Cambridge and East of England companies are hiring record numbers of apprentices, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg revealed as the UK embarked on the biggest skills drive in its economic history.

Marshall, the Cambridge based motors group, has continued its turbocharged growth in the UK by acquiring the Audi, Volkswagen (passenger cars & commercial vehicles) and Skoda businesses in Devon and Somerset from Silver Street Automotive.

Mike Lynch’s former management team at Cambridge technology company Autonomy are facing a new probe by UK financial authorities.

Businesses in Cambridge and the East of England have been invited by Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg to tilt at a new £350 million funding pot designed to stimulate the UK economy.

Crowdfunding portals will raise $3 billion in 2013 for technology innovation, experts at Deloitte in Cambridge UK predict.

UK business sees the tough economic climate as an opportunity for growth but corporate CFOs have ruled out plans for really aggressive expansion, Deloitte in Cambridge has revealed.

Deloitte’s annual CFO Survey, published today, shows that Britain’s finance chiefs have entered 2013 in more upbeat mood than 2012 and will grab opportunities for growth – but they won’t be taking unnecessary risks.

Ensors Chartered Accountants in Cambridge and Suffolk UK have promoted Jan McLean and James Francis to become partners of the firm.

Needham Chalks and Alliance Technical Laboratories Ltd in Needham Market, Suffolk, have been acquired by Bishop’s Stortford based Harlow Agricultural Merchants in a multimillion pound deal.