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Cambridge team invents personalised brain tumour operations
Scientists and clinicians in Cambridge have developed a technique to eavesdrop on a patient’s brain during tumour surgery – improving the accuracy of the operation and reducing the risk of impairing...
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Ridgeons sold to Huws Gray in multi-million pound deal
Inflexion Private Equity portfolio company Huws Gray, an independent builders merchants, has acquired Ridgeons – the Cambridge UK timber and builders merchants trading from over 40 mixed branches in...
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Tristel warns continental customers to stockpile product ahead of Brexit
Cambridgeshire infection control business Tristel is advising continental customers to stockpile products to avoid supply delays after Brexit.The company, quoted on AIM in the UK, posted a thumping set...
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Business matters: The race to embrace technology
Nick Gomer, Managing Partner at EY in the East, explains how mid-market companies are leading the way in embracing new technology and how Cambridge and the East of England are thriving at the forefront...
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Amazon creates extra 180 ‘Silicon Valley’ jobs in Cambridge
US technology giant Amazon says it is bringing an additional 180 ‘Silicon Valley’ style jobs to Cambridge as part of a new wave of UK expansion.Amazon’s Cambridge Development Centre is to create space...
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Autumn Budget 2018 – the challenge of Brexit
In planning his Budget this year Phillip Hammond faces two significant problems, writes James Francis, Corporate Services Partner at Ensors Chartered Accountants. The first is the looming threat of...
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Cambridge radar tech wins slice of $18m US defence deal
Blighter Surveillance Systems, a radar technology business at the heart of the Cambridge UK cluster, has earned a slice of an $18 million contract clinched by Liteye Systems of Colchester with the...
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The Legal 500 Guide 2018 East Anglia
As Cambridge’s Science & Technology cluster grows at an unprecedented rate so more national and international law firms and IP specialists choose to put down roots here.The effect has been to grow...
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Axol in Oxbridge initiative to grow brains in the laboratory
Research into neurological disorders – increasingly a cause of death – has taken a major advance through an Oxbridge collaboration backed by BBSRC funding.Researchers at the University of Oxford have...
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End animal experiments to fix ‘broken drug discovery process’, says biotech...
Cambridge life science investor Dr Jonathan Milner has lifted the lid on what he calls a broken drug discovery process and called for a more enlightened approach utilising human cells in research and...
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The five worst clients for your professional services firm
Over my career I have learnt a few hard lessons and one of the most valuable is when to say no to a potential client, writes Fiona Hotston Moore, partner at Ensors Chartered Accountants.Unfortunately,...
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Robust IP crucial to protect technology and pharma edge
Our recent intellectual property summit in Cambridge brought together dynamic businesses and entrepreneurs from across the city’s vibrant pharmaceutical and technology sectors, writes Steven Gurney of...
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Not a Hallowe’en shocker?
It is usually hard to feel sorry for a politician, but Philip Hammond has a difficult task ahead on Monday when he will deliver the Autumn Budget, writes Nick Edgley, Personal Tax Manager at Ensors. He...
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How may the Budget impact upon business?
It is quite likely that Phillip Hammond will face a difficult decision; to increase the tax take in order to pay for the costs of Brexit, or to continue to support business and entrepreneurship post...
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Autumn Budget far from a non-event as Oxford-Cambridge Arc wins millions
Those expecting an uneventful Budget were disappointed as the Chancellor announced some interesting changes to the taxation of businesses, writes Tim Shaw, partner at Ensors Chartered Accountants.The...
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Microsoft in multi-million pound move to stop brain drain by backing AI...
Microsoft and Cambridge University have joined forces in a multimillion pound initiative to address the problem of ‘brain drain’ in AI and machine learning research.As part of the Microsoft...
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Horizon Discovery the power behind the throne of new cancer test
Cambridge UK gene editing world leader Horizon Discovery has emerged as the power behind the throne of a significant new cancer test unveiled by quoted Belgian business Biocartis in Texas today.Horizon...
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Scientists aim to sequence DNA of every living thing
Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge recently announced that they had created the first comprehensive summary of all genes known to be involved in human cancer, the ‘Cancer Gene...
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What does the Budget mean for the individual?
This was supposed to be a fund-raising Budget with tax increases to pay for the NHS and Universal Credit and so on. Instead, there were lots of give-aways, admittedly mostly small amounts, but...
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Crescendo draws early millions from $754m Takeda well
Cambridge drug developer Crescendo Biologics has won a lucrative payment from Japanese pharma giant Takeda as part of a partnership potentially worth $754m.Business Weekly understands the decision by...
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