Cambridgeshire Community Lottery marks first anniversary with over £20,000 raised for local good causes

One year in and the Cambridgeshire Community Lottery has raised over £20,000 for 89 charities, community groups and voluntary organisations across the county - and the momentum is growing! 

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Acteon launches AI training informed by behavioural science and AI best practice

Behaviour change consultancy Acteon has released free TikTok style training helping employees use AI safely, effectively and confidently. Free to download now.

You're briefing tasks when you should be briefing problems

Most client-agency relationships drift into transactional territory not because the work goes wrong, but because the briefing does. Clients often say they want an agency's thinking, not just execution, "we want your brains, not your hands" as one client put it, yet the briefs that actually land describe a task rather than a problem: a landing page, with the copy and wireframe already attached.

Oxford’s West End a new frontier of homegrown science, says Science Minister Vallance

Oxford’s West End is emerging as a new frontier of British science and technology, the Minister for Science, Research and Innovation said on Thursday, lending support to a £600 million vision that will see the emergence of a new urban district providing critical infrastructure for UK innovation.

12 years later, annuities are back

As a means of drawing income in retirement, annuities have made a comeback, and for good reasons.

Why B2B marketing leaders don't trust their own numbers

This piece asks why so many B2B marketing leaders, despite bigger teams and better tools, still don't trust their own numbers. Forrester's Marketing Survey 2024 found 64% of B2B marketing leaders don't trust their organisation's own marketing measurement for decision-making, which the piece consideres as the gap between the pressure to prove ROI and the ability to actually measure what's driving…

10 Year Anniversary - Charity Golf Day July 9th 2026

We’re proud to be fundraising for Arthur Rank Hospice and Emmaus Cambridge by hosting a Charity Golf Day

Engaging online event - the role of leadership in rupture and repair

A one-day online event for senior HR and Learning & Development professionals exploring why rupture and repair are critical yet often overlooked leadership capabilities. Through the lens of organisational psychology, conflict, and relational dynamics, the event invites participants to rethink conflict not as failure, but as a potential pathway to trust, learning, and transformation.

The EpiCentre expands laboratory capabilities with new advanced equipment

Haverhill, UK — [14th May 2026] — The EpiCentre announces a major enhancement to its laboratory offering with the introduction of two advanced pieces of scientific equipment: a fluorescent microscope and a quantitative PCR (qPCR) machine. The investment has been made possible through grant support from West Suffolk Council via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Turning your Life Sciences leads into long-term commercial value

Learn how aligning content, channels and automation through lead mapping can unlock better performance across the funnel.

Sapphire Digital Health Advisory joins Cambridge Network

Sapphire Digital Health Advisory Ltd is pleased to join Cambridge Network as part of our commitment to collaboration, innovation and responsible digital health transformation.

Qureight to support Mediar Therapeutics’ Phase 2 trial of MTX-474 in diffuse cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

Qureight’s AI-powered quantitative imaging analytics platform and services to analyse HRCT images to evaluate changes in compartment-specific lung biomarkersThe focus of these efforts will be on the quantitative assessment of change from baseline in lung fibrosis

Flatter, more accurate wafer positioning from Queensgate

The new WP120B Z-axis, tip-and-tilt piezo positioning stage for 300 mm (12”) wafers offers minimal off-axis errors for consistent focus and measurement accuracy. Queensgate has launched the latest of its piezo nanopositioning stages, the WP120B low-profile Z-axis, tip-and-tilt stage. It was developed in response to customer demands for improved roll and pitch errors in wafer piezo…

What’s really shaping performance in organisations and what remains hidden

There is often more capability present in organisations than is visible in the results being achieved. What sits behind that isn’t always obvious, and understanding it can change where effort is best applied. This thinking sits behind the launch of Enkindle Insight, a practitioner‑led diagnostic designed to make those patterns more visible.

Lolly: achieved 25% YoY growth with strategic marketing support

It's Lolly, a hospitality technology innovator, needed sharper focus to scale — fractional Marketing Director Mark Pearson (Eastern Counties) helped narrow its target markets, clarify messaging, and align strategy with the company's vision, delivering consistent 25%+ year-on-year growth.

Sona Insurance: Creating a Strategic System for Sustainable Growth

Sona Insurance, an independent broker, had grown through word-of-mouth alone — no CRM, no marketing history, no in-house infrastructure. Fractional CMO Stephen Rumbelow built a complete demand generation system from scratch, delivering a 265% increase in organic and direct website visits in four months.

Award-winning cybersecurity: how FullProxy increased revenue by 135%

FullProxy, a Glasgow-based cybersecurity consultancy serving healthcare, financial services and critical infrastructure clients, had strong technical expertise but no strategic marketing capability. A Fractional CMO rebuilt its positioning from "reseller" to "trusted advisor," delivering 135% revenue growth year-on-year.

Esme Page joins Salus Wellness

We are very pleased to announce that Esme Page has joined Salus Wellness this month.

Intellegens and Materials Design, Inc. collaborate to accelerate materials research

Intellegens and Materials Design, Inc., today announced a collaboration enabling materials research organizations to combine advanced machine learning and the full range of materials simulation methods, deli

Reduce sickness absence, retain staff and increase productivity in your business

As it is Mental Health Awareness Week, it’s a perfect opportunity for me to reintroduce myself.

Enterprise Therapeutics achieves primary efficacy outcome in Phase 2 clinical trial for cystic fibrosis with novel inhaled ENaC blocker ETD001

First investigational inhaled ENaC blocker to deliver clinically relevant and statistically significant change in lung function compared to placebo Inhaled therapeutic designed to treat the 10% of people with cystic fibrosis with the highest unmet medical need

Howes Percival adds new Partner to growing Agriculture team to meet ongoing demand

Howes Percival has expanded its Agriculture team in East Anglia with the appointment of Partner Tim Ryan.

Impactful social work project leads to Royal invite

ARU lecturer attends Royal Garden Party thanks to pioneering schools initiative.

The scaffolding of expertise: rethinking capability formation in an AI-enabled system

Recent reporting from Accenture, Jisc, and the Institute of Student Employers points to a subtle but consequential shift in early-career development. While large-scale entry-level job loss has not yet materialised, a quieter change may already be underway: growing uncertainty about how professional capability actually develops in AI-enabled environments.

Alfa Corporate Finance advises on the sale of Cambridge based Blue Scientific to Aptco Group

Alfa Corporate Finance has advised on the sale of BlueScientific to Aptco Group, supporting the shareholders from initial strategic review through to buyer selection, negotiation and completion. The transaction enables BlueScientific to join a broader pan-European platform while retaining leadership continuity, and was structured to balance value, cultural alignment and long-term growth.