OBN Strikes Up Partnership with BioCity; Appoints Senior Buyer for Member Companies

OBN Strikes Up Partnership with BioCity;OBN Strikes Up Partnership with BioCity; Appoints Senior Buyer for Member Companies PR Newswire OXFORD, NOTTINGHAM, MANCHESTER and NEWHOUSE, England, November 18, 2013 OBN, the membership organisation supporting and bringing together the UK's emerging life science companies, their corporate partners and investors, is pleased to announce the closing of a long-term agreement with the BioCity group of sites that include BioCity in Nottingham, MediCity (BioCity at Boots) also in Nottingham, BioCity Newhouse (Scotland) and BioHub, Alderley Park, Manchester. BioCity is the UK's leading bioscience incubator and supports nearly 100 businesses. Taken together with OBN's membership of 240 companies, the partnership has the buying power of 340 firms spanning the Golden Triangle of Oxford, London and Cambridge, as well as Nottingham, Manchester and Scotland. Under the terms of the agreement, OBN will provide the BioCity tenant companies direct access to the OBN Purchasing Consortium which can offer substantial savings on everything from laboratory supplies, reagents and equipment right through to office stationery and furniture. In addition, the tenants of BioCity will be able to take advantage of the procurement expertise and support to be provided by OBN's new fulltime Purchasing Group Development Manager, Lee Pratley.