New Laboratories and Offices Open for Business at World Class Science Centre

NORWICH, England, August 11, 2010 - The NRP Innovation Centre at the Norwich Research Park (NRP) in Norfolk
(UK) opened for business this month (August 2010) following a GBP5m
investment in brand new laboratory and office facilities for expanding
science and innovation businesses.

The NRP Innovation Centre is the first phase of the Norwich Research
Park's ambitious plans to create 5000 jobs in the next 10 years. Over 30
office and laboratory units have been constructed and fitted out in a totally
refurbished and customised 4,215 sq m three-storey building, located on the
NRP. The facilities have been designed to attract businesses working in
science and science-related disciplines looking to grow in a world class
science cluster.

The Norwich Research Park is Europe's leading centre for research in
food, health and environmental sciences. Nearly 3000 scientists are already
based on the NRP in science research institutes, which include the John Innes
Centre, Institute of Food Research, the Sainsbury Laboratory, the Genome
Analysis Centre and the University of East Anglia, as well as a number of
science and innovation businesses.

NRP Innovation Centre project chairman, Alan Giles, said: "The NRP
Innovation Centre provides a first class working environment in one of
Europe's top science parks and we are looking to attract tenants from all
areas of science throughout the UK, Europe and further afield."

This month, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation
Trust is to move its microbiology service to the NRP Innovation Centre, in a
development that strengthens the city's European expertise in microbiology.

Medical director Krishna Sethia said: "The Norwich Research Park is
already home to Europe's largest concentration of microbiologists but a
missing part of the jigsaw has been expertise in medical microbiology."

The NRP Innovation Centre complements the NRP-based Norwich Bio-Incubator
(NorBio) that already provides laboratory and office facilities for start up
businesses, including national award winning companies, in a number of
disciplines including forensics, ecology consulting, pharmaceuticals,
genetics, science related publishing and other supporting services.

NRP Innovation Centre project co-ordinator, John Irving, addedd: "The NRP
Innovation Centre provides us with the strong foundations for positioning the
Norwich Research Park as one of Europe's first choice science parks for
science entrepreneurs."

The NRP Innovation Centre's website is at www.nrpic.com.

    Press contacts:

    NRP Innovation Centre
    Peter Treglown, FOUR public relations, E: peter@fouragency.co.uk,
    T: +44(0)1603-627294

Press contacts: NRP Innovation Centre, Peter Treglown, FOUR public relations, E: peter at fouragency.co.uk, T: +44(0)1603-627294, M: +44(0)7768-176622