AstraZeneca pledges $1m of aid plus more vaccines for Covid-hit India
Cambridge Big Biotech AstraZeneca has pledged $1 million in humanitarian aid to support relief activities in India as well as other communities around the world hardest hit by the COVID-19...
View ArticleHewitsons and HCR merging to create £65m legal powerhouse
Hewitsons is set to merge with Harrison Clark Rickerbys to create a combined law firm of around 780 people and a £65 million turnover.HCR today reveals that it is in the advanced stages of merger talks...
View ArticleArecor set for UK IPO
Thrusting Cambridge biopharma business Arecor is planning a UK IPO. The company is advancing a robust portfolio of partnered and proprietary treatments from existing therapies to enable healthier...
View ArticleZooming in on the future?
Covid-19 has posed challenges across every aspect of how we conduct our lives and business activities. It has been incredible to see how the BioMedTech sector has risen to so many of the challenges...
View ArticleEast of Englandl bio deals from start of 2021 top $50 billion
East of England BioMedTech companies have been involved in deals worth more than $50 billion in the first five months of 2021, raised in style and at a fair clip.Liquid biopsy specialist Inivata became...
View ArticleExcalibur rapid antigen tests delivered via autonomous drone
Even as restrictions around the world continue to ease and light can be seen at the end of the tunnel, every week brings a new challenge in tackling the coronavirus pandemic, writes Professor Sir Chris...
View ArticleArm on top of the world: 70 million chips a day shipped
Arm's silicon partners shipped a record 7.3 billion Arm-based chips in the last calendar quarter of 2020, equating to more than 900 chips per second and 70 million chips a day. That is 22 per cent up...
View ArticleEliem Therapeutics Series B takes fundraising haul to $140 million
Cambridge UK and Seattle biotech company Eliem Therapeutics has raised $60 million Series B financing – taking its haul to date to $140m.Eliem is developing novel therapies for neuronal excitability...
View ArticleAre you ready for life after your business?
Selling your business is an emotional time and usually a one-off life event. Rarely are you given a second chance. So the following should be considered if you are a business owner or entrepreneur...
View ArticlePlanning inspectors back Stansted’s expansion to 43m passengers a year
Stansted Airport has been cleared for take-off with plans to expand capacity to 43 million passengers a year following a thumbs-up from the Planning Inspectorate.Stansted winning the legal battle means...
View ArticleTime to sell? Time for an Employee Ownership Trust?
An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a form of employee ownership where a Trust acquires a majority stake in a business on behalf of all employees, writes David Scrivener – Corporate Finance partner,...
View ArticleCanadians pay £45m for Cambridge Science Park asset in swoop on Golden Triangle
Canadian power player Oxford Properties Group, a leading global real estate investor, asset manager and business builder, has extended its global life sciences platform with the acquisition of 310...
View ArticleTakeda helps Cambridge startup out of stealth with £9.1m seed funding
Cambridge startup Transine Therapeutics has emerged from stealth with £9.1 million seed funding – co-led by Takeda Ventures, Inc. and the Dementia Discovery Fund (DDF) – to advance a novel class of...
View ArticleArecor market cap soars to c$100m after IPO
Cambridge biopharma business Arecor made a stunning bow on London’s AIM market today as its share price immediately grew wings.At one stage in the early flurry of dealings the market cap had soared to...
View ArticleBuying a commercial property versus residential property: top 5 differences
You would imagine that buying a property is one process, regardless of its intended use and occupancy, writes Talia Jacobs, Solicitor with Birketts LLP.The construction and design may also be...
View ArticleCMR Surgical and Microsoft innovation could store health data for more than...
Cambridge keyhole surgery robotics pioneer CMR Surgical has teamed with Microsoft to pilot a world first FutureTech innovation to store health data for centuries.Through a space age initiative dubbed...
View ArticlePragmatIC blazes a Cambridge glory trial in top engineering award
Flexible microchip pioneer, PragmatIC Semiconductor, is bidding to uphold an outstanding record for Cambridge technology companies in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s MacRobert Award 2021. It flies...
View ArticleHoneywell to invest c$300m in Cambridge Quantum Computing merger
The UK’s leading quantum computing company, Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC), is combining with Honeywell Quantum Solutions (HQS), establishing the world’s most advanced, fully integrated quantum...
View ArticleIt’s the tooth! Lion healed by Cambridge dental anaesthesia device
A revolutionary anaesthesia device developed by NHS clinicians in Norfolk and delivered through Cambridge technology from Medovate has been used in world-first dental surgery on a lion at a Scottish...
View ArticleOrigami wins £20.5m growth capital led by Barclays
Cambridge CleanTech business Origami has raised £20.5 million new funding to help drive its next phase of growth.Barclays PLC led the round, investing as part of its Sustainable Impact Capital...
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