Work is set to get under way on a £16.5 million addition to the newly created Leicester Space City.
New offices and workshops for high-tech industries are being built on the campus on the northern side of the city which includes the National Space Centre and Space Park Leicester.
The two buildings and a terrace of high-quality manufacturing spaces are being built in Exploration Drive, off Abbey Lane and will complement the existing Dock and Dock 2 workspace hubs which are already home to around 50 businesses. Some 90 per cent of the available workspaces within them are now occupied.