China surge helps Cambs almost double June exports
Exports from Cambridgeshire UK companies exceeded £47 million in June 2016 – almost double the value of the same month last year.The annual increase of over £23m was partly down to companies increasing...
View ArticleCambridge on the map as Google scouts tech startups
Innovative Cambridge startups with potential to scale globally are being targeted by US technology giant Google as part of a UK initiative this summer.Google is inviting entrepreneurial businesses from...
View ArticleProduct development company scales in Cambridge
Another star is twinkling brightly in Cambridge UK’s world-leading galaxy of product design consultancies – providing innovation for global science & technology market leaders.Coalesce Product...
View ArticleBango boom as Pokemon Go mania kicks in
Shares in Cambridge UK technology company Bango have rocketed more than 30 per cent in 24 hours as the new mobile game Pokemon Go hit the UK and caused a stir in the industry globally.Bango CEO Ray...
View ArticleJapanese pledge to double ARM UK staff after $31bn acquisition
SoftBank Group of Japan has promised to fund ongoing growth of ARM’s Cambridge HQ and double UK headcount in the next five years after the boards agreed a $31 billion (£24.3bn) cash takeover.The...
View ArticleCambridge trials for Amazon delivery drones
Cambridge is the testing ground for trials of new drone technology – to be used by US giant Amazon for delivery drops – in a pilot scheme backed by the UK government.Seattle-headquartered Amazon says...
View ArticleCambridge deals haul closing in on $140 billion
ARM’s decision to agree a $31 billion takeover by Japanese business SoftBank smashed all kinds of records in terms of deals for the Cambridge UK science & technology cluster. Without it, dealflow...
View ArticleThousands of entrepreneurs to be nurtured at new Cambridge hothouse
Pioneering Trinity College in Cambridge is laying out the welcome mat to a new generation of entrepreneurs willing to build the next ARM-style technology great in the UK innovation cluster.The...
View ArticleMaking Sense of the Smoke Signals: What’s next for planning in 2016?
As Boris Johnson joins David Davis and Liam Fox in the most luxurious HMO in England, Sue Chadwick of Birketts looks at what changes might be in store in planning over the next few months.1) Politics...
View ArticleCambridge Pixel wins Lockheed Martin radar deal
Cambridge Pixel is providing key technology to Lockheed Martin as part of a £44 million Royal Navy upgrade contract.Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems UK has chosen the Cambridge business to supply...
View ArticleCambridge Innovation Capital raises £75m to invest in tech cluster
Local technology ventures have been handed a massive boost after Cambridge Innovation Capital raised £75 million of new cash to invest in the UK cluster’s cream of innovation.CIC is a preferred...
View ArticleUniversities, patents, Brexit – nothing changes everything
Andy Bentham, patent attorney with J A Kemp in Cambridge, discusses the challenging but rewarding relationship between UK universities and patents and the effect on this of the UK’s recent decision to...
View ArticleTurning Cambridge ideas into reality
Strategic early investment has paid off for Cambridge Enterprise in the past year with four big successes: X01 Limited, VocalIQ, Cambridge CMOS Sensors Ltd and Cambridge Epigenetix, writes Tony Raven,...
View ArticleHorizon offers to soften blow of Takeda Cambridge job cuts
Gene editing world leader Horizon Discovery has thrown a lifeline to cell and molecular biologists set to lose their jobs in the impending closure of Takeda’s Cambridge Science Park research...
View ArticleBoland building AI powerhouse for driverless cars
A startup spearheaded by serial entrepreneur Stan Boland plans to build a world-leading UK software powerhouse for autonomous vehicles – a hothouse of AI that manufacturers can harness to validate the...
View ArticleCambridge fast-tracked in mega-millions rail upgrade
Investment in Cambridge rail station as well as better and faster trains and services linking the key trade corridors of Norwich, Cambridge, Stansted and London are at the heart of a multimillion...
View ArticleIllumina shrugs off takeover talk to push on with £60m Cambridge expansion
US genetics powerhouse Illumina is pressing ahead with a new European headquarters in Cambridge UK, shrugging off unsubstantiated takeover speculation.Work on a new £60 million facility at Granta Park...
View ArticleARM shareholders back $31 billion sale to Japanese
There are more business angels in the hi-tech heaven of Cambridge tonight after ARM Holdings shareholders sanctioned the $31 billion sale to Japanese bidder SoftBank.ARM employees share an estimated...
View ArticleCambridge deals haul tops $184bn as monthly average hits $4.5bn record
It shows the strength in depth of the Cambridge UK business, science & technology cluster when even a $31 billion Japanese swoop for your greatest ever tech company is put in the shade.The cream of...
View ArticleTop law firms survive heavyweights KO
Two things are immediately obvious from this year’s Legal 500 Guide – firstly the Cambridge and East Anglia legal scenes have become stronger than they have ever been. Secondly, there is a hair’s...
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