Cardiff Innovation Campus creates up to 135 jobs

Ground work is underway on Cardiff Innovation Campus, creating up to 135 construction job opportunities over the next two years. Cardiff University is partnering Kier Group plc to conduct the first £80m of early works on the brownfield site - the third phase in the development of Cardiff Innovation Campus (CIC), backed by Welsh Government funding. The construction work will support employment, training, apprenticeships and development opportunities for disadvantaged groups, NEETs, workless households and long-term unemployed. The latest Maindy Park development features two centres of excellence. One will house SPARK , the world's first social science research park, and the Innovation Centre - a creative space for start-ups, spin-outs and partnerships. The other will be home to two leading scientific research establishments - the Institute for Compound Semiconductors and Cardiff Catalysis Institute. Professor Hywel Thomas, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Engagement, said: "We are delighted to be working with Kier as preferred bidder on Cardiff Innovation Campus.