Birmingham Knowledge Quarter (BKQ)

Birmingham Knowledge Quarter (BKQ) is a distinctive and inclusive city-centre innovation quarter. It’s a priority for advanced manufacturing, in the IZ’s broad definition, related research and development, and associated supply chains and services. The focus is on knowledge-intensive, R&D-driven real estate leveraging engineering, advanced digital technologies, and health tech research clustering.

BKQ offers compelling development and investment opportunities with its innovation core immediately beside HS2 Curzon Station, driven by a collaboration between Birmingham City Council, Aston University, Birmingham City University and private sector partners. Tax incentives on six key sites offer extensive benefits to new investors in the area.

BKQ will deliver nearly 700,000 sq m of developed floor space for advanced manufacturing, DeepTech and HealthTech, creating around 20,000 jobs and new research, innovation and skills opportunities.

New laboratory and commercial innovation space targeted at med-/health-tech and associated clusters will be available – with planning permission already in place for many of the sites.