Sci-Tech Daresbury could see the creation of hundreds of new jobs under fresh expansion plans being considered by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

Up to £7.5m of Life Sciences Innovation Zone funding is being sought to support the development of a new 23,000 sq. ft. office and innovation building, forming part of Project Violet Phase 2.

Phase 2 builds on the success of the first stage, completed in 2022 and now fully occupied, and also includes a 60,000 sq. ft. laboratory-enabled facility already approved to house around 150 high-skilled roles.

Together, the two new buildings are expected to create approximately 250 well-paid jobs and attract both existing and new science and tech tenants to the region’s only national science and innovation campus.

If funding is approved, construction will begin next summer.