Max Bryan
Partner, Head of Science & Technology
Head of Science & Technology
Max works with pioneering innovators and tech entrepreneurs, leading our unparalleled offices and labs agency team.
Max works with pioneering innovators and tech entrepreneurs, leading our unparalleled offices and labs agency team.
Max has negotiated deals on behalf of the largest tech companies globally and supported scaling R&D businesses in the Cambridge cluster.
No-one knows the Cambridge market quite like Max. His local market knowledge leads to on and off-market deals and plays a huge part in our unbeatable track record.
At the hub of a thriving science, research and technology growth market, Max enjoys enabling cutting-edge businesses to expand, using his specialist knowledge to find the right occupiers for sought-after spaces.
With a degree in architecture, he understands buildings, but also people – he can empathise with different stakeholders, unlocking transactions only possible through his industry relationships.
Positioning the UK at the intersection of Life Sciences and Tech
Bidwells Head of Science & Technology, Max Bryan reflects on our latest Life Sciences 2030 research, which looks at how the UK’s leading life science companies are assessing technology’s impact on them.
The Convergence of Life Science & Technology report
In this edition of our Life Sciences 2030 series, we worked with YouGov to track the growing relationship between science and technology, and the momentum of their convergence.
Offices and Labs Arc Market Databooks
Our latest offices and labs research reports provide an update on the market across Cambridge, Oxford, M1 South, Norfolk & Suffolk.
Creating a Scientific Superpower - Hunt’s Mansion House reforms are a step in the right direction
Science and technology start-ups in the UK face a wide range of obstacles to success, with access to capital being just one of them.
Opening Speech | Max Bryan, Head of Science & Technology
Bidwells’ Head of Science and Technology, Max Bryan, delivers a 10-minute opening speech to kick-start the conference. He focuses on the UK government's commitment to advancing science and technology to enhance the country's global innovation position. Listen to him discuss how government, academia, science and real estate can work together to introduce policies, funding and partnerships needed for the UK to realise its vision of becoming a scientific superpower.
Bidwells Science and Tech group wins best Niche team at 2023 Property Awards
Bidwells, the largest property consultancy in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, has won the Niche or Regional Agency Team of the Year award at the Property Awards 2023.
Investing in Life Sciences Real Estate: Clusters
Many of the locational factors driving value in Life Sciences assets will be familiar to more traditional real estate investors. Location is as critical as ever. But understating the importance of clustering – the name given to a location with a high concentration of interconnected businesses and / or research organisations – is an essential part of investing into this sector.
Bidwells named Triple Finalist in National Property Awards
Bidwells’ Commercial agency teams have been selected as finalists in Property Week’s Property Awards.
Commercialising the success of British genomics will rely on infrastructure
If the UK is to become a "scientific superpower", ministers must harness the power of industries it already leads the world in.
Budget 2023 summary: a Scientific Superpower, East West Rail and boosting labour supply
As Britain prepares to solidify its position as a scientific superpower, the property industry and life science sector were watching closely during yesterday’s Budget. From investment in R&D, support for infrastructure in the Arc and measures to boost construction labour supply, the Bidwells team reviews the Government ‘s latest support for growth.
Lab space on the way for supply-strapped Cambridge, new research reveals
Cambridge’s knowledge-based economy is still suffering a lack of immediately available quality space leading to an extreme supply and demand balance. There is an acute shortage of purpose-built life science wet lab space, but with new schemes starting on site during 2022 and to commence in 2023 there will be some limited supply arriving from H2 2023.
Bidwells top agency leader boards at end of 2022
Our business space agency teams are celebrating ending 2022 at the top of the Estates Gazette (EGi) agency league tables.
Offices & Labs Databook London - Summer 2022
Total take up across Central London touches 6m sq ft for the second successive six month period underpinned by growing demand from the life science sector.
Offices & Labs Databook Cambridgeshire - Summer 2022
The life science and technology sectors continue to drive very strong floorspace demand across the Cambridge market, with office and lab requirements standing at 2.2m sq ft, up a fifth in the last six months.
Offices & Labs Databook Cambridgeshire - Summer 2022
The life science and technology sectors continue to drive very strong floorspace demand across the Cambridge market, with office and lab requirements standing at 2.2m sq ft, up a fifth in the last six months.
Life Sciences 2030 Report
We are witnessing an evolution of the life science sector both in the UK and internationally. Not only is the sector expanding rapidly but scientific developments are facilitating new techniques and product outputs.
Investing in UK Science and Technology
The UK science and technology market remains a hot prospect for investors from home and abroad.
What does the science and technology sector need to grow within the Arc?
The success of the Arc, and its science and technology sector, depends on Britain’s world-class skills base. But is enough being done to ensure the UK continues to train, attract and develop the best scientific talent?
Pioneering Projects
These three sessions highlighted scientific advancements within the Arc that place the UK at the forefront of global innovation.
Creating places for innovation
As one of the fastest-growing sectors in the UK, science and technology has proven its potential to turbocharge regional economies and create centres of success.
Unleashing the UK’s innovation potential
To become a scientific superpower we need to unleash the UK’s innovation ecosystem in a way that maximises the benefit for all stakeholders.
Creating a Scientific Superpower
The UK is home to world-leading innovation in life sciences, space, energy and future transport, yet support for our R&D sector lags our international competition.
Life Sciences 2030
The government has set out a 10-year vision to make the UK a world leader in life sciences. But how do we build the partnerships that will make this happen?
Science and real estate call for national effort to make Britain a scientific superpower
Almost 400 researchers, academics, investors and real estate professionals from around the world convened in Westminster yesterday to call on Government to grasp the opportunity to make Britain a Scientific Superpower.
Arc Market Databook Offices & Labs London - Spring 2022
The second half of 2021 saw a strong rebound in the Central London following the pandemic period, an expansion in the tech sector accelerating take up ahead of trend.
Arc Market Databook Offices & Labs Cambridgeshire - Spring 2022
Investment into the Cambridge cluster triples from previous 12 months
New Head of Science and Technology for Bidwells
Max Bryan has been appointed as Bidwells’ Head of Science and Technology.
Arc Market Databook Cambridgeshire Offices and Labs - Summer 2021
Bidwells' latest Market Databook research for Cambridgeshire sees the intense pace of occupational demand has underpinned investor demand, the first six months of the year seeing sale volumes outpace 2020 as a whole.
Arc Market Databook Cambridgeshire Offices and Labs - Spring 2021
Cambridge laboratory sector sees highest level of requirements in five years
Our View on Cambridgeshire Offices and Labs - Summer 2020
The Cambridge office and laboratory market continued to see lettings throughout the lockdown period, with the life sciences sector dominating activity.
Bidwells forecasts huge increase in demand for workspace in Oxford-Cambridge Arc
New Bidwells research has revealed that up to 20 million sq ft of new lab and office space will be required in the Oxford Cambridge Arc within the next two decades to keep pace with soaring demand, twice the volume of the previous 20 years.
Our View on Cambridgeshire Offices and Labs - Spring 2020
Cambridge office and labs take-up well ahead of ten year average
What is Capital Park?
Capital Park is a specialised office park focused on providing workspaces for high-growth businesses. The park is located in Fulbourn, close to the centre of Cambridge, a town known for its prestigious university and dynamic skilled workforce.
How to Start a Biotech Company
Biosciences and biotechnology are booming in the United Kingdom, with the country set to become the third-largest biotech hub in the world. Many entrepreneurs in the life sciences sector are taking advantage of these prime conditions by founding start-up biotech companies.
Data Centre Hotspots
There are several factors data centre providers must consider when setting up colocation services, including location and proximity.
What is Silicon Fen?
Silicon Fen is a vibrant hub for tech and digital innovation in the UK. We delve into how Silicon Fen came about and what makes it the phenomenon it is today.
Wet labs in the Golden Triangle
As the Golden Triangle is established as a leading hub for biotech and life sciences, there is a growing demand for wet lab space in Oxford and Cambridge. Read more here.
Reimagined office space in the centre of Cambridge
Creating a new, mixed-use sustainable urban quarter
One of Cambridge’s largest leasing transactions of 2021
Developing a Cambridge life science cluster to advance research and discovery
Creating a new home for science in one of the largest innovation districts in Europe
Offices & Labs Arc Market Databook - Webinar
Wed 01 Feb, 10:30
What does the science and technology sector need to grow within the Arc?
Tue 21 Jun 2022
Creating a Scientific Superpower Conference
Wed 28 Jun, 08:30 - 16:00
Arc Market Databook Summer 2021 - Office and Labs
Thu 16 Sep 2021, 10:00 - 11:00
Arc Market Databook Summer 2021 - Office and Labs
Thu 16 Sep 2021, 10:00 - 11:00