Financial
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East of England rainmakers feature in Experian deals pantheon
Cambridge-based UK law firm Mills & Reeve has excelled in Experian’s corporate deals survey for the first six months of 2020. It leads a... Read More
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Companies start to feel crippling cash strictures, says BDO
Cash generation of businesses in East Anglia has stayed worryingly low heading into the financial crunch that’s starting to be triggered by the COVID... Read More
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Zedify delivers as it steps on the GAS with £300k investment
Zedify, a network of first and last mile urban delivery operations across the UK with bases in Cambridge and Norwich, has raised over £300,000... Read More
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CIC piles on the assets in boom year for investments
Cambridge Innovation Capital expanded its portfolio to 30 companies and increased net asset value by 46 per cent to £301.7 million in the year to... Read More
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La Playa helps create new force in specialist insurance market
Global insurance and risk management specialist La Playa has effectively been acquired with the whole team joining as founders of a new startup... Read More
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FFI launches crisis fund with $1m from Arcadia
Fauna & Flora International in Cambridge has launched the first crisis fund in response to the coronavirus pandemic – a $1 million venture to... Read More
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Diverse business portfolio helps Co-op make £4.5m annual profit
The East of England Co-op says it is in a strong position to weather the coronavirus storm after generating trading profits of £4.5 million in a... Read More
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Venture investors retain appetite despite impact of COVID-19
UK venture investors appear to still be open for business, signalling a positive message to startup and scale-up businesses seeking investment.... Read More
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Preferential creditors owed £14.5m after Cambridge Broadband crash
Joint administrators at BDO are confident of rescuing some money for the two main creditors hit hardest by the collapse of Cambridge Broadband... Read More
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New high reached in R & D tax credits
New data published by HMRC has revealed a number of positive trends, pointing to the continued importance of R & D tax credits, according to... Read More
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Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launches Bitcoin mining map
The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance, based at Cambridge Judge Business School, has launched a new interactive Bitcoin mining map. ... Read More
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Profit warnings soar as pandemic batters business
Profit warnings issued by quoted East of England companies reached their highest peak of any quarter since 2005 in the first three months of 2020,... Read More
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Ashcroft Partnership LLP opens for business, current and new
The partners of the Cambridge office of BKL have completed a buyout of the Cambridge business from BKL and the office now trades as The Ashcroft... Read More
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PwC’s Steele shows her mettle by going it alone in tech-savvy Cambridge
PwC’s inspirational head of Cambridge office Sian Steele is leaving the firm after more than 20 years and going solo in the Cambridge UK science... Read More
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IPOs grind to halt after strong start to 2020
The combination of a reduction in oil prices and the COVID-19 crisis has created the most turbulent market conditions since the financial crisis in... Read More
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Now that’s fulfilment as company secures £11m Lloyds investment
An e-commerce fulfilment business that has grown exponentially since being founded by two Cambridge graduates has clinched £11 million in private... Read More
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Budget 2020: Getting things done
Rishi Sunak’s first budget as Chancellor (and the UK’s first Budget since 2018) brought with it a real sense of anticipation, writes Matt Herd,... Read More
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Cambridge sees 35 per cent increase in VC investment in 2019
Cambridge is one of Europe’s fastest growing European technology cities, with an increase of 33 per cent in VC investment into digital tech companies... Read More
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Chancellor appears from the shadows to shed some new light on the economy
This Budget was always going to have the shadow of Brexit hanging over it; however, that appears a distant memory given the more pressing concerns... Read More
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UK InsurTech company raises $19.5m for global expansion
InsurTech business INSTANDA has completed a $19.5 million Series A round, led by Assembly Capital Partners, to underpin international expansion in... Read More