More about LIP

History and Objectives

Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP) comprises Marconi’s former HQ site, the Wavertree Technology Park, and over 10 acres of development plots. Space NW is developing an authentic innovation park from an existing estate of 500,000 square feet of buildings set in 110 acres of landscaped grounds. Potential exists to double the built environment to 1 million square feet.

The completed Park is an internationally-recognised engine of economic growth powered by a vibrant community of resident innovative technology-based start-ups, SMEs, and multi-national companies. To ensure an optimal mix of companies co-reside at the Park, preferrentially targets knowledge-intensive and ICT-dependent businesses.

LIP provides the natural grow-on space for hi-tech companies previously absent from the Liverpool’s knowledge economy offering.

Space for companies to grow

At LIP, tenants are offered a range of property solutions suitable for every stage of the company life cycle:
• 101 square foot modules to small offices
• 2,000 square foot grow-on spaces to 7,000 square foot refurnished stand alone suites
• 80,000 square foot buildings to development plots
With most legal work being carried out in-house, companies are able to grow at LIP with minimal disruption to their normal operations.

Support for growing companies

Relationships cultivated with trusted professional services firms, key business support agencies, and world –leading universities enable LIP tenants to access a wide range of innovation and business development support.
LIP constitutes an innovation hub from which a two way flow of talent, ideas, commerce and investment, generating benefits for local research, developing companies, the local job market, and graduate retention within the LIP community.

Thriving location

LIP is a thriving community of knowledge-intensive and tech-based organisations located within easy reach of Liverpool’s vibrant cultural centre, its four universities, healthcare infrastructure, two international airports, and the North West’s manufacturing base. Motorway and rail links connect the Park with England’s North West and the wider UK.

Services and facilities

These include:

• audited 24/7 security

• on-site management team
• tenant networking
• dedicated Innovation Manager
• meeting rooms
• wine bar and restaurant
• extensive parking

Developing a world-class innovation campus

A rolling programme of refurbishment at LIP continually improves the environment in which client companies can thrive. Not only is the real estate being upgraded, the range of amenities that will generate a real sense of place are being developed.

Vibrant community

LIP is currently home to over 80 organisations mainly operating in the Creative and Digital, Healthcare Technologies, Telecoms, IT, and defence sectors. The scale of LIP enables the co-location of companies of different sizes and disciplines to create a highly beneficial internal market. View a list of our current tenants at the footer of our Home Page.