Business Weekly - Guest Blog
Guest blog: Leading entrepreneurs on issues affecting the Cambridge technology cluster.
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Bigger challenges mean working together more
Corporate innovation teams tend to have one of two backgrounds, writes Isabela Chick, head of business innovation at Telefonica. The first... Read More
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No Stranger to Innovation: How the UK is revolutionising the fight against global payments fraud
The UK has an illustrious track record of introducing revolutionary innovations, writes Dave Excell, founder and CTO of Cambridge technology business... Read More
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Ensure your business is cyber security savvy
Breaches of data security, as a result of a cyber-attack, are frequently reported in the news and evidence suggests they are becoming more... Read More
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Keep an eye on the time: Don’t lose your break
Let my pain be a lesson to all. I recently had to join the queue outside the Passport Office when 48 hours before my family and I were due to depart... Read More
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Facial recognition technology and law enforcement
Technological advances in the last 20 years have rapidly increased the ability of online systems to identify individuals, writes Elizabeth Denham,... Read More
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Businesses must adapt or perish: The growing risk of irrelevance in the digital age
The fourth industrial revolution is upon us! As technology continues to occupy almost every aspect of our lives, we are entering the digital age... Read More
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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