Chinese-owned Syngenta to build new £100m bioscience hub in UK

Agrichemical group will open a research centre in Berkshire, in a move hailed by UK government as ‘clear’ vote of confidence

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Syngenta is to build a new £100m research centre for agricultural bioscience, a move hailed by the government as a vote of confidence in the UK’s science base.

The Chinese-owned company, one of the biggest agrichemical groups in the world, will open the centreat its Jealott’s Hill site in Berkshire to host hundreds of scientists.