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Servocell shares drop nine per cent following £1.7m losses
Hi-tech lock maker, Servocell said that it remains confident about progress for 2007 despite making a full-year pre-tax loss of £1.7m on turnover of... Read More
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£1bn coal power plant for Tilbury
European energy company RWE npower has unveiled plans for a 1600 megawatt cleaner coal power station to replace its existing coal-fired station in... Read More
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Basking in rays from rising sun
Record levels of investment from Japanese hi-tech and pharmaceutical companies is helping to further change the face of the East of England’s... Read More
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KPMG Cambridge toasts UK-German tie-up
KPMG in Cambridge will benefit from a proposed merger of its UK and German firms – a move that will create Europe’s largest accountancy firm with... Read More
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Judge Business School opens door to US collaborations
The Judge Business School at Cambridge University has put itself firmly in the market for two-way research and education collaborations with... Read More
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May Gurney acquires mechanical and electrical specialist
The Norfolk-based construction company, May Gurney, has paid £5.15 million in cash for the mechanical and electrical specialist, AC Chesters... Read More
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Brewery swaps sale plan for £3m expansion
Booming global demand has prompted directors at St Peter’s to shelve plans to sell the brewery and replace them with a £3m expansion strategy.St... Read More
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DanioLabs bought by Oxford firm in £15m deal
Oxford biotech, VASTox plc, is to purchase Cambridge-based drug discovery firm DanioLabs in a £16.5 million double swoop that also incorporates... Read More
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SHAREtrack 100 up as the rest slide
The SHAREtrack 100 in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers edged ahead 0.15 per cent to 6731 in the last week, contrasting with falls in both UK... Read More
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Petrofac opens Yarmouth base
Petrofac, an international provider of facilities solutions to the oil... Read More
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Malaysian chip company opens up trail to St Ives
St Ives has emerged as the bridgehead for the Malaysian government’s push into the European semi-conductor market.Fabless chip design company ICmic... Read More
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Dawe unveils 'PC-over-TV' play
The high-profile entrepreneurial partnership of Peter Dawe and Nigel Playford has launched a software program intended to form the bedrock of a mass... Read More
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Cranfield called up to improve British Army’s ballistic armour
Soldiers embroiled in future wars could be less susceptible to explosive attack following a £50k award to Cranfield University to investigate ways of... Read More
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Software pioneers leave hard legacy
Software engineering excellence comes wrapped in many cloaks these days as advanced technology is brokered into a whole new range of cutting-edge... Read More
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AT&T start-up unveils image search technology
The latest in a prodigiously long list of companies to be started by former researchers from the AT... Read More
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Cambridge research cash battle
Leading figures within the University of Cambridge have drawn battle lines in separate bids to win lifeline funding for hi-tech research, which they... Read More
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Key hire for Eversheds
The Cambridge office of international law firm Eversheds has appointed Mark Satterly as a senior associate in its corporate team.He joins from... Read More
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Artimi raises $5m from 'godfather' of Silicon Valley
One of the acknowledged ‘godfathers’ of Silicon Valley has backed Cambridge hi-tech company Artimi in a new funding round.Artimi, which develops... Read More
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Tristel is granted another patent
Hospital contamination controls specialist, Tristel has announced another in a string of patents granted for its products this year.The Cambridge-... Read More
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Inion plans to restructure to stem widening losses
Biodegradable medical implant specialist, Inion has announced restructuring plans after its full year results showed widened losses. The company... Read More