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A nappy deal as Philips gets baby food firm for £460m
Dutch electronics giant Philips says it has no plans to reduce the 600 headcount at the Suffolk factory it intends to acquire from Charter-house... Read More
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Start-up plans to breathe new life into health sector
An Essex start-up will soon break cover with a potentially paradigm-shifting suite of technologies that utilise the dramatic medicinal properties of... Read More
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Door left open for new Goldman Sachs bid for BAA
A Goldman Sachs-led consortium has been handed the chance to stage a last ditch hijack of Ferrovial’s recommended £10.3bn offer for BAA – the owner... Read More
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Spaniards win £10bn bid battle for BAA
Spanish roads and infrastructure group Ferrovial has won a £10 billion-plus battle to take over BAA, the UK airports operator that owns Stansted.... Read More
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Cambridge firm at heart of historic operation
A portable organ preservation system from TransMedics, a company backed by Cambridge-based 3i, was used by Papworth Hospital to perform an historic... Read More
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BAA will sell Gatwick to keep Stansted
Airport owner BAA would be prepared to sell Gatwick Airport so it could keep its prized assets of Stansted and Heathrow in any break-up ordered by... Read More
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Motorola prepares for £103m acquisition of TTPCom
International communications giant Motorola has announced it is set to pay £103 million for local wireless innovator, TTP Communications.... Read More
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Fall in top soccer wages
Premiership soccer clubs’ total wages have dropped for the first time in the league’s history, according to Deloitte’s annual review of football... Read More
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New jobs as Marshall Aerospace wins £1.52 billion contract
Marshall Aerospace has won a £1.52 billion contract from the MoD to support the RAF’s fleet of Hercules transport aircraft – a deal that will create... Read More
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Battle for BAA hots up
The stakes have been raised in the battle for BAA. Stansted Airport’s owner has rejected a massively sweetened offer from Spanish group Ferrovial of... Read More
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All singing, all dancing interactive posters look set to hit the streets
A new low-cost technology that enables shoppers to access videos, images and music via Bluetooth from street posters is to be launched by the end of... Read More
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Hong Kong-Norfolk axis gives product design firm an edge
A Norfolk product design agency is winning new international commissions to help develop a range of inventions. Product Resolutions says it is... Read More
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Owlstone hit sparks local expansion
Owlstone Nanotech, one of the region’s brightest new hi-techs, is examining expansion options in Cambridge with a view to a potential move within the... Read More
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£9.5m for industry-academia interface
The East of England is to receive a £9.5 million cash injection from the UK government in an effort to boost collaboration between academia and... Read More
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Sphere raises £6.2m in share issue
Sphere Medical, the Cambridge medical micro-tech company, has raised £6.2 million through the issue of shares. It has secured the support of new... Read More
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Sky’s the limit for aerospace students
Bedford College and the University of Hertfordshire are flying high with the UK’s first foundation degree in aerospace and defence systems. The... Read More
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Milton Keynes to offer free wireless broadband in city centre
Cranfield-based Briteyellow Ltd and Invest Milton Keynes are to launch what they claim is the first free wireless broadband service to cover an... Read More
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Saxby gives up ARM chair
Sir Robin Saxby, the man who led superchip design company ARM from the back of a barn to the top of the world, is retiring from the board from... Read More
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Sepura solves a software development skills blight
Sepura, the digital radio communications specialist, has solved a software development skills blight that threatened the growth of its Cambridge... Read More
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Set-back for investor
Prelude Trust, the Cambridgeshire investor in young technology businesses, has been forced to start from scratch in a bid to push through a £5... Read More