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’Tis the season for blockbuster Christmas adverts
There are a few tell-tale signs that Christmas is on its way; the big Christmas lights switch on, hearing the first Christmas songs on the radio, and mince pies on the supermarket shelves.And now it...
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£85m Dolby gift boosts new Cavendish Lab in Cambridge
The world-renowned Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge has received an £85 million gift from the estate of Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby to underpin the cost of a new building at the West...
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AI insurance tech business wins £4.4m funding
Game-changing AI technology for the insurance industry is being rolled out internationally by Cytora after the company secured £4.4 million funding.Cambridge Innovation Capital invested alongside a...
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Cambridge University spin-out magnifies the power of AI
A new Cambridge University spin-out whose software magnifies the power and potential of Artificial Intelligence across a raft of innovation plays is charting a fast-growth scale-up strategy after...
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Employment Appeal Tribunal confirms UBER taxi drivers are workers
Valerie Lambert, a partner in Hewitsons’ Cambridge Employment Law team, explains what the ongoing case involving taxi-hailing firm Uber and its workers means for businesses operating in the so-called...
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Cambridge hi-tech vaccine alert to save babies’ lives
A specially developed ‘smart indicator’ technology from Cambridge innovator Timestrip is being adopted in developing countries where missed vaccinations are common.Working with the Trust for Vaccines...
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Emirates launches historic Middle East service from Stansted
Stansted Airport has opened up direct services to the Middle East in an historic alliance with Emirates – handing another huge boost to the Cambridge and East of England business community.Emirates...
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Technology take-up triggers Cambridge space race
A surge of office space take-up by technology companies in Cambridge has shredded availability in the sought after sub-10,000 sq ft bracket – and that could stifle startups’ growth plans, according to...
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This year, invest in African futures, and double the return
Maybe you saved £100 on your new sofa, and you’re wondering how best to spend it. Or perhaps you’ve decided to make a real difference in someone’s life in 2018. Whether you’re a fan of BOGOF (Buy One,...
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Unique cocktail of arthritis and melanoma drugs mooted to treat skin cancer
A novel mix of a renowned rheumatoid arthritis drug with traditional treatment for skin cancer has been promoted as a potentially more effective treatment for killer melanoma.The potential solution has...
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Cambridge bug-buster sold for £10m but Roche milestones will still kick-in
Bug-busting technology company Discuva Limited in Cambridge has been sold to drug discovery and development company Summit Therapeutics in a £10 million cash-plus-shares deal.Summit is quoted on...
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US tax reform to hand Abcam extra millions
The controversial tax reform in the United States is set to hand a multi-million pound windfall to Cambridge UK life science company Abcam. The bonus payback was revealed in a half-year trading update...
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Power play launched to unlock the economic potential of Cambridgeshire
A high powered brains trust of entrepreneurs, company bosses, economists and academics have joined forces to help unleash the maximum potential of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy.The think...
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Japanese giant’s VC arm piles £4m into STORM Therapeutics
The Californian-based VC arm of Japanese company Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd has invested £4 million in one of Cambridge UK’s most exciting drug discovery companies – STORM Therapeutics.This bonus...
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Robotics pioneer scales into new flagship Cambridge HQ
Cambridge Medical Robotics, which is developing a unique robot for micro-surgery, is scaling at such a rapid rate that it is developing a new 42,000 sq ft UK headquarters to the north of the city.From...
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AstraZeneca lines up $6.7bn haul as FDA backs breast cancer treatment
The US FDA has approved a potential blockbuster drug with Cambridge roots to treat metatistic breast cancer, partners in the venture, AstraZeneca and Merck & Co, have revealed.Business Weekly...
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Bango raises £5m to buy data management business
Cambridge mobile payment technology business Bango is raising £5 million growth capital which will cover the acquisition of a European data management specialist.CEO Ray Anderson said the acquisition...
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Camfed raises £2m to help more girls out of poverty trap
Cambridge-based Camfed has smashed all its targets in a UK funding campaign to help more girls in Africa escape child marriage and poverty and build new lives through education.Camfed praised “an...
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Owlstone Medical shares $1m global award to fight rare killer disease
Cambridge UK diagnostics business Owlstone Medical has clinched a third of a million dollars in a major global challenge to find potential cures for a rarely publicised lethal disease.It shares the $1...
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Featurespace hiring 100 more tech aces in Cambridge
Fraud busting machine learning business Featurespace is looking to hire 100 new staff from Cambridge this year to keep pace with unprecedented demand from customers at the forefront of the global...
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