Deloitte CFO Survey Q3 2026: Economic and political uncertainty seen as the greatest constraint on UK competitiveness

Geopolitics now tops the CFO risk list for more than three years;  CFOs expect inflation and interest rate rises as the cost of credit hits a two-and-a-half year high;Cost reduction remains CFOs' top business priority, with expansionary strategies losing favour;

How do founders handle the people side of scaling? New Cambridge-based project to help scale-up leaders gain insights from peers

Founders and executives at Cambridge scale-ups are being invited to share how they’ve handled the people challenges of fast growth, as part of a new peer insights project.

British Equestrian backs East Anglian Air Ambulance’s Cambridge Air Base Appeal as charity passes halfway mark in bid to raise £8.2 million

British championship event rider, Bubby Upton, is backing East Anglian Air Ambulance’s Cambridge Air Base Appeal and sharing details of how the charity helped her following a serious riding accident in 2023 that almost left her paralysed. Bubby’s support comes as the charity passes the halfway mark in its £8.2 million fundraising appeal.

Kimbolton School named finalist at SME National Business Awards 2026

Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire, has been named a finalist for the Community Business of the Year award at the SME National Business Awards 2026 in recognition of its outstanding commitment to educational outreach and supporting people in its wider local community.

Leading life science organisations collaborate for second London Bio-Innovation Week

One Nucleus, SLAS, and ELRIG will connect their communities through cross-event networking and partnering opportunities during London Bio-Innovation Week

Better managers are built between the training days: Introducing Experience Pridmora

Management development doesn't end when a course finishes. Pridmora has launched a guided, interactive experience showing how organisations can support managers through everyday workplace challenges and gain clearer insight into how management capability develops over time.

Mythos AI: The cyber risk to your business and how you can build resilience

Artificial intelligence is changing the cyber threat landscape at pace. As tools such as Mythos raise questions about how quickly vulnerabilities can be identified and exploited, businesses need to understand what this means for their risk exposure — and how they can improve resilience before an incident occurs. Key takeaways AI is accelerating cyber risk — making it easier to identify…

ROAR Events Agency appoints Alex Goldie to business development team

Cambridge agency expands its business development team with a focus on technology and life sciences clients CAMBRIDGE, UK, 12 October 2026 - ROAR Events Agency has appointed Alex Goldie to its business development team to develop new client relationships and support the agency's growth, initially focusing on Cambridge's technology and life sciences sectors.

Elevate MedTech relaunches its website

The new site reflects Elevate MedTech’s global reach and is organised around the path a device takes from concept to market.

East West Rail agrees new solution for Cambridge Eastern Train Care Centre

Fulbourn no longer being considered as possible location for a train care centreCollaborative industry working has found a better value solution that will benefit local communities and rail users Alternative location for train

Undecimal Bio launches with $18 million oversubscribed Seed financing to address ‘liver trap’ in siRNA therapeutic delivery

·  A spin-out focused on AI-enabled decoding of the deliverome

·  Proprietary synthetic biology platform identifies conjugates that target RNA medicines beyond the liver, with initial focus on renovascular disease

Mursla Bio publishes peer-reviewed validation of Tissue-Specific Extracellular Vesicle Platform for Liquid Biopsy

Study published in Journal of Extracellular Vesicles validates platform for new class of liquid biopsy: multiomic disease biology of living cells from a chosen tissue, starting with the liver Platform underpins FDA Breakthrough Device-designated EvoLiver™ and preci

The EpiCentre celebrates three award successes at the West Suffolk Business Awards 2026

EDR Technology and KluraLabs are recognised at the acclaimed Bury Free Press West Suffolk Business Awards, taking home two wins and a highly commended accolade.

Cambridge Index declines 0.6%

The Cambridge Index declined 173.8 points or 0.6% to close at 28,998.3.

The office Christmas Party is changing – here’s how to make It work for everyone

Anita Macdonald, Deputy Marketing Manager at Meet Cambridge, takes us through so top tips to navigate Christmas - As hybrid working changes how colleagues connect, businesses are rethinking the traditional Christmas party – from when celebrations take place to how venues, food and drink can accommodate everyone.

Stronger minds, stronger teams: build resilience in just half a day

Promote Mental Health has launched a new workshop: The Resilient Mind and Body. This half day workshop combines the knowledge and skills of two highly trained professionals in psychology and nutrition Claire Harris (Promote Mental Health) and Bee Innes (Healthy Be Naturopathy). It covers practical science based strategies to help your people feel better, perform better and stay well. Check out…

Stryker and CMR Surgical announce strategic alliance to advance robotic-assisted surgery

Strategic alliance combines CMR Surgical’s established platform and robotics expertise with Stryker’s scale, customer relationships and commercial reach to accelerate growth of the Versius Surgical Robotic portfolio.

The productivity leaks hiding in your organisation

Everyone notices the big technology problems.

The internet goes down; your systems stop working and everything grinds to a halt.

Although smaller frustrations are easier to overlook.

Whose move next?

By Lily Lin, CEO, Excellence First Enterprise Consultancy (EFEC), and Founder, CognateUK.

Google DeepMind’s Nature Study on Watermarking AI-Designed Proteins Validated with Carterra HT-SPR

New paper published in Nature shows watermarks can be embedded in AI-generated proteins without compromising function, confirmed with binding kinetics data from Carterra’s LSA-XT

Shared Party Night – Christmas 2026

An Après-Ski Christmas Celebration! This Christmas, swap the boardroom for the slopes and join us for an unforgettable Après-Ski celebration! ROAR Events Agency invites you to experience the magic of the mountains at our spectacular Shared Christmas Party Night, taking place on Friday 11th December 2026 at The Venue @ Quy Mill Hotel & Spa, Cambridge. Step into a stunning Alpine-inspired…

Unmarried couples: major legal reforms proposed

Proposal for financial protections for unmarried couples

“Over 3.5 million couples live together without getting married or entering a

Amphista Therapeutics announces first patient dosed in AMX-883 Phase 1 clinical trial for acute myeloid leukemia

AMX-883, Amphista’s first asset to enter the clinic, is a potent, selective, orally bioavailable DCAF16-mediated BRD9 degrader targeting acute myeloid leukemia (AML) The first-in-human ‘BRAMLIE’ (BR(D9) AML Interventional Evaluation) trial will assess the safety, p

Only 13% of telecom operators say their network data is largely accurate, putting service activations and M&A at risk

Industry survey of 500 senior telecom decision-makers finds operators are flying blind on physical network data, and it’s impacting operations and deal valuations.

42 Technology demonstrates neuromorphic AI for always-on condition monitoring

42 Technology (42T), the Cambridge-based product development and manufacturing innovation consultancy, has developed an always-on condition monitoring approach for industrial equipment using Innatera’s Pulsar neuromorphic microcontroller.