Scientific Opportunity

Andy and Fiona Garner are both scientists. The science opportunities in America, and more specifically in Boston is what initially led the Garners to move across the Atlantic. Andy got a new job at a large pharmaceutical company called Novartis. Novartis flew Andy and his family to Boston and helped make the move an easier experience in general. Back in the United Kingdom, Andy and Fiona were both working as scientists, however, they were working and living in different cities because they could not find science jobs in the same area. Large pharmaceutical companies are much less common in the United Kingdom when compared to the scientific powerhouse that is the Northeast of the United States. Moving over to Boston, Andy and Fiona were both able to get jobs in close proximity, additionally, Andy has changed jobs three times since his move and has never had to move house. Andy says, "the breath of opportunity whilst having the ease of the same base has been the difference". The science opportunity in the Northeast is unparalleled anywhere else in the world, and the Garners felt those benefits early on in their move.