Financial
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PEM Corporate Finance partner wins Dealmaker of the Year award
Philip Olagunju, partner at Cambridge-based M & A adviser PEM Corporate Finance, won the ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ title at the Insider Media... Read More
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Cambridge Cluster deal-flow shows no sign of slowing
Cambridge Cluster deals in the last 12 calendar months have held steady following a record year in 2019-20. Last year we reported deals totalling... Read More
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Home banker: Top law firm partners with HSBC
Cambridge-anchored law firm Mills & Reeve has appointed HSBC UK as its leading banking partner following a competitive tender. HSBC UK will... Read More
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European banks back £690m refinancing for energy group
The Energy Assets Group, UK leaders in multi-utility metering, data analytics and network construction, ownership and operation, have completed a £... Read More
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R & D spending gets Budget boost
In a Budget where Covid 19 was notable by its absence, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a number of measures which had been pre-briefed to the press... Read More
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Fast-growth accountancy firm Sydney Hudson on course to scale globally
Sydney Hudson, a family owned financial and professional services firm, has relocated to a new premises at Bedford Heights due to rapid expansion... Read More
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CBM raises £2.3m to help fight blindness in Africa
Business Weekly has helped raised a record £2.3 million for Cambridge based charity CBM’s Light up Lives appeal. Local businesses have responded... Read More
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Acquisitions on the cards after US firm buys Goodfellow
Battery Ventures, a global, technology-focused investment firm anchored in Boston US, has acquired Goodfellow Cambridge Ltd – a specialist supplier... Read More
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BDO East Anglia advises on £300m of transactions across six deals
BDO’s East Anglia team has advised on six deals with an aggregate value of more than £300 million as M & A activity in the East Anglian region... Read More
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Oxford2Cambridge Arc companies lead UK venture capital spree
Companies based in the Oxford2Cambridge Arc – notably in the life sciences and DeepTech sectors – led the way for venture capital investment into UK... Read More
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AW turns tap on historic sustainability bond
Subscribers have dived into a bond issued by Anglian Water to combat climate change and slash carbon usage. Headquartered in Huntingdon, AW has... Read More
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Origami wins £20.5m growth capital led by Barclays
Cambridge CleanTech business Origami has raised £20.5 million new funding to help drive its next phase of growth. Barclays PLC led the round,... Read More
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Foreign investment in the East soars by a third and leads UK
The East of England recorded the largest increase in inbound Foreign Direct Investment projects out of all parts of the UK in 2020, with the number... Read More
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R & D tax credit and Patent Box are failing, says CJBS expert
The UK’s £7.3 billion flagship research and development tax credit scheme is failing to stimulate the additional spending required to meet the... Read More
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Succession plans see employees rewarded at MiTech after MBO
MiTech Consultants Limited, a specialist telecommunication engineering services company, has completed a management buyout which has installed a... Read More
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Optics and photonics tech reseller eyes US growth after succession buyout
Laser 2000 (UK) Ltd, the UK’s leading value-added reseller of optics and photonics technologies, has completed a succession buyout. This enables... Read More
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UK the jewel in Europe’s crown for VC investment
Fast growth businesses in the East of England saw a surge of VC investment in the first three months of the year with more than £350 million ($497... Read More
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Four new businesses join the Haatch family
Four ‘game changing’ startups have this week joined fast-growing Mills & Reeve client Haatch Ventures’ ‘stable’, capping a record-breaking year... Read More
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RO Group launches development capital arm focusing on PropTech
Hertfordshire-based RO Group has launched a new investment arm – RO Capital Partners. The early stage investment partner will principally focus on... Read More
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PA Consulting basks in record-breaking year
Innovation hothouse PA Consulting has reported a record breaking financial performance for the year to December 2020. It has also added expertise... Read More