Exeter Science Park invites pathology business

New premises at Exeter Science Park have been commissioned by a veterinary pathology business, ahead of their upcoming move from Exeter University’s Innovation Centre.

Torrance Diamond Diagnostic Services (TDDS), will be sharing half of a new 17,000 sq ft building, with open plan pathology labs, biosecurity labs, and communal and lecture facilities for staff.

Andy Torrance, TDDS co-founder, said: “We have been based at the University of Exeter’s Innovation Centre since we launched. It has been a fantastic facility for us, and we have taken up more office and lab space as and when we needed it, but we’ve got to the point now where we’re bursting at the seams and require our own building. We’re an innovative, academic and research focused company, our natural home is within a science park, we just needed to wait for exactly the right time.”

TDDS, launched in 2001, provides clinical diagnostic services to veterinary practices across the UK. They receive samples and biopsies from more than 350 practices, which they analyse and diagnose. The team now analyses almost 500 samples every day.

Construction of the new building will begin in 2017, with the site to be completed in early 2018. Exeter Science Park is match funding TDDS’ contribution, through a Growth Deal 2 funding grant from Heart of South West Local Enterprise Partnership.

Steve Hindley, chair of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “We are excited to see these new buildings become a reality and provide much-needed working space for science and technology businesses. This is a perfect example of the transformational projects that the Growth Deal was designed to deliver.”