Business Weekly - Guest Blog
Guest blog: Leading entrepreneurs on issues affecting the Cambridge technology cluster.
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Planning permission no longer a cork popping moment?
As house price growth across the region takes a breath – with Cambridge in particular taking a pause from the high levels of growth seen over almost... Read More
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Supporting charities: do you know the legal requirements?
Corporate Social Responsibility is increasingly important for businesses and there is particular appeal for many businesses in supporting local... Read More
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Don’t get caught up in a Carillion-style fall out
The recent demise of contracting giant Carillion is a pertinent reminder of why credit risks should be insured, says Laurence Hill, credit insurance... Read More
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Under the hood of Project Trillium
Imagine you’re 30 metres down, diving above a reef surrounded by amazing-looking creatures and wondering what species the little yellow fish with the... Read More
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Broadening the Cambridge cachet essential to cluster’s growth
A report which was commissioned by the Greater Cambridge Partnership and released in early January evaluated a range of proposals to improve... Read More
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Cambridge BioMedTech cluster in great shape but can become even stronger globally
The current dynamism, growth and continuing success of Life Sciences in the Cambridge and surrounding cluster cannot be denied and is, quite... Read More
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Hot topics in BioMedTech – will the law get in the way of progress?
James Fry, partner at Mills & Reeve, looks at three hot topics in BioMedTech and highlights potential legal and regulatory roadblocks that could... Read More
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The hidden costs of plentiful capital
The flow of capital into global biotech startups is turning from a flood into a tsunami. 2018 has already seen more $50 million+ Series A rounds than... Read More
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Biotech IP in 2018 – Never a Dull Moment?
What will define biotech in 2018? Andy Bentham of J A Kemp’s Cambridge office picks a few technologies from an Intellectual Property perspective.... Read More
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Facing up to harassment in the workplace
A recurring theme of 2017 was the apparently relentless disclosure of inappropriate behaviour on the part of high profile individuals, both in... Read More
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Data Protection – Out with the old and in with the new
On May 25, our current data protection regime is going to be swept away and replaced by a new set of regulations in the form of the pan-European... Read More
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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... Read More
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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... Read More
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Get Connected: Will connected play surpass toys-to-life?
When we first revealed Lightseekers back in October 2016, the appeal of the Toys-To-Life genre was beginning to wane, writes Mark Gerhard – co-... Read More
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Food wants to be free
Susan Krueger, founder of Agricultural and Nutritional Research in Royston, examines the challenges facing the agri-food sector as information... Read More
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BREXIT – An opportunity for Local Government?
What might Brexit mean for Local Government? Answers to the national Government on a postcard, writes Dominic Hopkins – head of Disputes and... Read More
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Investment into the UK: Does the UK now believe in itself?
by James Lawrence, a partner at Hewitsons and head of the law firm’s Corporate Finance team in Cambridge. At the beginning of the year, I was... Read More
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Change management: Catering for the ultra-mobile workforce
A company’s digital technology is no longer just the concern of IT staff – it has become an integral part of the employee experience. Jane Craven,... Read More
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Social media and privacy
The use of social media has exploded over the past decade, writes Georgina Perrott, Solicitor at Birketts LLP. Social networks have become an... Read More
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Tech sector must uphold the Digital Social Contract
Cybercrime costs the global economy an estimated half a trillion dollars a year in economic losses, ransom payments and dealing with the resulting... Read More