Economic Development
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UK Government pledges £2.5m for Oxford-Cambridge Pan Regional Partnership
Secretary of State Michael Gove has confirmed government support for the establishment of an Oxford to Cambridge Pan Regional Partnership. The... Read More
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Stansted buyers’ event provides welcome trade boost
Around 200 companies rubbed shoulders to boost trade prospects in the region as London Stansted Airport’s Meet the Buyers event re-emerged face2face... Read More
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Marshall lands fresh £9.5m deal with Lockheed Martin
Marshall Advanced Composites has signed a £9.5 million contract with US-headquartered Lockheed Martin to manufacture and supply cockpit trim panels... Read More
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Cambridge China Forum returns with fresh focus on UK|China trade and investment
Returning for a second year, Cambridge China Forum is the only conference focused on enhancing relationships and increasing investment and trade... Read More
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Cambridge and Norwich in PwC Good Growth for Cities Index
Cambridge and Norwich each make the top six in the PwC Good Growth for Cities Index, which is an acid test of the factors that drive productive... Read More
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Fear new chair of Cambridge Ahead while Braben takes transport role
Harriet Fear, formerly CEO at life science gateway One Nucleus, is the new chair of Cambridge Ahead which is working to steer sustainable growth for... Read More
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Cambridge tops post-Brexit economic league table
Cambridge is expected to have the fastest-growing city economy in the UK in the three months following the scheduled date for leaving the EU, says a... Read More
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Golden Triangle cities to drive UK’s Industry 4.0 forward
From automated warehouses and robotic assembly to self-driving cars and intelligent robots, these changes are all around us, but some regions are... Read More
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Access to talent vital for UK businesses post-Brexit
Despite the unprecedented levels of political uncertainty facing the UK at home, in Europe and the US, the mood at the Question Cambridge event was... Read More
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East of England tops UK for growth of output and new orders
Companies in the East of England enjoyed a strong month of growth in April, as demand for goods and services continued to increase, according to the... Read More
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Marshall and AW fly fast-growth flag for Cambridgeshire
Marshall Group and Anglian Water are the only Cambridgeshire companies to make the Sunday Times HSBC Top Track 100 league table, published this... Read More
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Cambridge leads fightback from Brexit carnage
Entrepreneurial Cambridge brandished a beacon of enlightenment amid the fog and gloom of Brexit – vowing to redouble its efforts to scale... Read More
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Brexit uncertainty puts brake on business spending
A pause on investment and hiring decisions in the run-up to the EU referendum has left the UK economy on hold, according to the latest Business... Read More
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Jewels in the crown as business leaders win Queen’s Awards
East of England innovation, entrepreneurship and exporting prowess received royal assent in the UK today as trailblazing startups and mature... Read More
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Dawe declares hand to become first East Anglia Mayor
Cambridge entrepreneur Peter Dawe is bidding to become the first Mayor of East Anglia. The Government has proposed a tri-county devolution... Read More
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Business boom for region as Superzones launch
The Cambridge Compass Enterprise Zone plus 10 other superzones in Norfolk and Suffolk went live today with the aim of driving thousands of new jobs... Read More
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Keeping Cambridge moving
Greater Cambridge hosts a remarkable set of interconnected hi-tech clusters which have generated huge net additional growth for the UK economy over... Read More
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Working towards a hyper-connected region
Whatever our profession or lifestyle we all now take it for granted that we can communicate with anyone, anywhere and on any device, writes Faye... Read More
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Building a pipeline of talent for Cambridge
One way in which we can build a talent pipeline for Cambridge companies is to grow our own, writes Professor Michael Thorne, vice-chancellor Anglia... Read More
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Delivering commercial space for growth
The growth of Cambridge into a world-leading cluster has been underpinned by an increase in incubator and commercial space in and around the city –... Read More