The Health Business Innovation Centre (HBIC) is the latest facility to open within the University of Huddersfield's National Health Innovation Campus (NHIC).
Occupying 1,250 sqm on the fourth floor of the Emily Siddon Building, the centre provides laboratory, office and collaboration space for health, life sciences and wellbeing organisations developing new healthcare technologies, products and services.
The space was delivered by Kier Construction as part of the £45m Emily Siddon Building, a 6,800 sqm facility and the second major building completed within the National Health Innovation Campus.
The building also houses the UK's first NHS Community Diagnostic Centre to be located on a university campus, alongside radiography, dentistry and clinical teaching facilities.
Managed by the team behind the University's 3M Buckley Innovation Centre, the new Health Business Innovation Centre includes a dedicated Health and Wellbeing Innovation Maker Space equipped with 3D printing, prototyping equipment and immersive technologies.
Co-working areas, meeting rooms and event space have also been incorporated to encourage collaboration between businesses, researchers and NHS partners.
The Emily Siddon Building is the second major building to be completed as part of the National Health Innovation Campus, a long-term programme planned to deliver up to seven buildings dedicated to healthcare, education, research and commercial innovation.
Construction of the building began in 2024, with Kier reaching the topping-out milestone in early 2025 before the facility officially opened in January 2026.
The Health Business Innovation Centre has now become the latest facility to open within the building and is also home to the Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator.
The programme is funded through the West Yorkshire Investment Zone to support early-stage health and life sciences companies in developing and commercialising new technologies.
Designed by AHR and delivered by Kier, the Emily Siddon Building has been developed to BREEAM Excellent and WELL Platinum standards.
The building also incorporates 280 sqm of rooftop solar photovoltaic panels as part of the university's wider sustainability strategy.
Future phases of the National Health Innovation Campus are planned to expand healthcare research, education, clinical services and business innovation facilities, with the masterplan allowing for up to seven buildings across the site.
