In a ranking by research consultancy ING of 40 locations, Edinburgh is fifth while Glasgow is in the top 15. Commissioned by construction and civil engineering company McLaughlin & Harvey, it finds that the future of UK life sciences development could expand beyond the best-known towns and cities as technology changes the market and factors such as access to housing, talent, infrastructure and favourable planning conditions become increasingly important.

Source: Daily Business

Edinburgh has been ranked as the UK’s fifth most promising location for future life sciences development, emerging as Scotland’s highest-rated city in a new study that suggests the industry’s next phase of growth could increasingly take place beyond the “Golden Triangle” of London, Oxford and Cambridge.

Source: The Herald