Tenant companies benefit from msp’s strong links with the City’s universities. Thanks to its proximity to the Universities and senior academic representation at board level, msp can provide assistance regarding a range of activities that can support companies in their development :

• graduate recruitment
• student placements and assignments (technical, scientific and business projects)
• staff professional development
• collaborative research
• access to leading-edge new technologies
• access to scientific and technical services at competitive commercial rates
• library membership
• discounted rate for membership of University sports facilities

msp tenants can register with the University of Manchester’s association “Manchester Momentum”, which is a unique network of companies that have a strong connection with the University.  The network meets regularly and aims to address the needs of its members through their relationship with the University and with each other.

msp has strong links with University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), the University’s technology transfer and intellectual property commercialisation company, and with its incubation company, University of Manchester Incubator Company Ltd. (UMIC).  These connections provide access respectively to world-class novel technologies generated from the largest single-site university in the UK and to a range of business incubation support.