News
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Smart awarded DTI Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Bath
Smart Holograms’ programme for the development of novel glucose sensors for diabetics was given a boost this week with the award of a grant from the... Read More
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Mobile TV licence
Following on from a successful trial in London, Melbourn based technology developer, The Technology Partnership has agreed to licence its mobile TV... Read More
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East meets East as Cambridge cluster is showcased in India
Cambridge has been pushed to the forefront of the agenda for Indian hi-tech and biotech companies eyeing a foothold in Europe, Business Weekly can... Read More
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Eversheds forges India desk
Eversheds in Cambridge has set up a dedicated team to service the rapidly growing B2B market between India and the East of England. Eversheds in... Read More
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Region a prime target in biofuels venture
The UK’s first bioethanol development firm is scouting the East of England for new refinery sites as it ramps up the race to dominate the UK’s... Read More
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iO’s silver lining with ITN deal
ITN has signed a Suffolk start-up to enable the supply of its 3G news and video services to the news provider’s worldwide audience.ITN has signed a... Read More
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Louisiana issuing $50m of bonds for Norfolk firm’s power play
The state of Louisiana is on the verge of finalising a $50 million (£28.6m) bond deal with one of Norfolk’s oldest companies to help it establish its... Read More
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Fray-ed relationship as clash of the ‘titaniums’ brings writ
Two Cambridge sister companies could soon lock horns in a £230m High Court legal battle about rights to a revolutionary way to produce ‘super metal... Read More
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nCipher the latest of the region's technology pioneers to be bought by the Americans
nCipher, the Cambridge internet security specialist, is being acquired by American company SafeNet for £86.1m cash.nCipher, the Cambridge internet... Read More
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Acquisition will tip the balance sheet says Fulcrum
AIM-listed drug development and services company, Fulcrum Pharma has acquired a company specialising in clinical trials for drugs for a maximum of £1... Read More
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Eversheds on song with music industry float
Cambridge lawyers have made sweet music following a successful IPO.A top Cambridge lawyer led a team from international law firm Eversheds that... Read More
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BAA tells Spanish to go to ‘el’
The owner/operator of Stansted, BAA has given a potential suitor the cold shoulder.Stansted Airport owner BAA has issued a no-nonsense hands off... Read More
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Centurion looks set to rise again following debt problem
Centurion Electronics, which makes in-car DVD players, looks to have escaped the administration many investors feared following the announcement of... Read More
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Eisai does it with new European HQ in Hertfordshire
A third Japanese technology giant has confirmed a move into the East of England and could create hundreds of new jobs. And a fourth – possibly the... Read More
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Charpak plans more investment after move from toy town to medical devices sector
A Huntingdon company is investing heavily after successfully re-engineering itself in the medical device sector.A Huntingdon company is investing... Read More
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Experian shells out £100m for Luton data specialist ClarityBlue
US information analysis expert, Experian, is to pay up to £100 million for Bedfordshire-based data specialist, ClarityBlue.US information analysis... Read More
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11th hour rush for EastPort development bid
Hopes are high of securing a key private partner for the EastPort Outer Harbour Project at Great Yarmouth after several expressions of interest were... Read More
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Danish hi-tech firm chooses Cambridge
A Danish software company has set up in Cambridge and is inviting some of the world’s brightest computer minds to put its new firewall technology... Read More
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Chinook contract clinched by RSL
Raytheon Systems Ltd (RSL) in Harlow has been chosen by the Ministry of Defence to manufacture a suite of aircraft identification systems for its... Read More
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Senior’s £21.1m US acquisition
Senior plc, a Herts-based manufacturer of hi-tech components and systems for OEMs, has acquired US aerospace manufacturing specialist, Sterling... Read More