St John's Innovation Centre tenant spotlight: Dr Rosemary Francis, Founder CEO of Ellexus
Dr Rosemary Francis, CEO of Ellexus Ltd, spoke to St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, about her role in developing Ellexus from a small start-up to an established, growing business.
Entrepreneur in Residence Dr Soraya Jones joins KTN board
Dr Soraya Jones, Entrepreneur in Residence at St John’s Innovation Centre, the leading early stage incubator in Cambridge, was appointed to the board of the Knowledge Transfer Network on 18 June 2015.
Innovative learning: 'Skylark English for Babies' reaches new heights in Russian market
Within the vibrant environment of St John’s Innovation Centre, there is a unique company called Skylark Learning that has recently launched Skylark English for Babies: All About Me to the Russian market, a new multi-sensory toolkit providing a fun, interaction-based method for meaningful learning.
St John's Innovation Centre collaborates with Enterprise Europe Network on Social Media event
St John's Innovation Centre, the leading incubator in Europe, is set to deliver 'Espresso Sho(r)t Business Insights: Social Media – Marketing Without Frontiers' on Wednesday 22 July, in collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network.
Enterprise Europe Network East of England offers business support on your doorstep
St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, is delighted to be a new partner in the re-launched Enterprise Europe Network.
Challenges and the changing landscape of user experience
In its latest Tenant Spotlight, St John’s Innovation Centre, the leading incubator in Europe, had the pleasure of interviewing tenant Leo Poll, President of Akendi UK Limited, exploring user experience (UX) and how the industry is evolving with the emerging ‘Internet of Things’.
Talented Chinese students help UK businesses through new free internship programme
China Business Solutions, based at St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence, is launching a new UK China internship programme to help British businesses successfully access the still growing Chinese market.
‘I admire Robin Saxby and James Dyson’, says Rupert Baines, CEO of UltraSoC
St John's Innovation Centre is delighted to have had the opportunity to interview tenant Rupert Baines, the recently appointed CEO of UltraSoC, a rapidly growing company based in St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses.
Espresso Sho(r)t Business Insights Series is launched: Pitch for Investment
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce the inaugural event for the new Espresso Short Business Insights Series. The first event is taking place on Monday 22 June 17:30 - 19.30 at St John’s Innovation Centre with a focus on ‘How to Pitch for Investment’.
Conference explores the Innovation Corridor
David Gill, Managing Director of St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, will chair one of the sessions at The London Stansted Cambridge Consortium Conference (LSCC) on Tuesday 16 June at the British Library in London.
St John’s Innovation Centre: interview with Cambridge Healthcare Research
St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses, had the pleasure of interviewing Matteo Perucchini, Director of Cambridge Healthcare Research, on industry trends and his personal challenge to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean in December.
St John’s Innovation Centre: interview with Kinneir Dufort
St John's Innovation Centre is delighted to have had the opportunity to interview Greg Berman and Tony Bedford from Kinneir Dufort, who recently won the Queen’s award for Enterprise. Kinneir Dufort is an integrated research, innovation, design and product development company based at St John’s Innovation Centre, the leading early stage business incubator in Cambridge.
SMEs’ internationalisation encouraged through EU-Japan cluster cooperation
A heavily subsidised mission to Japan for SMEs and ICT clusters has been announced for October 26-31. Assistance is provided with prospecting and B2B meetings at Japan IT Week.
St John’s Innovation Centre MD David Gill speaks at Planning for Growth
David Gill, Managing Director of St John’s Innovation Centre, the leading early-stage incubator in Cambridge, is scheduled to speak at ICAEW's Planning For Growth conference on Tuesday 2 June at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford.
Soraya Jones joins Digital Catapult’s Spin-out Pitch-off judging panel
St John’s Innovation Centre, the first innovation centre of its kind in Europe, is delighted to have been involved with Digital Catapult’s successful Spin-out Pitch off competition which took place last week in London.
St John's Innovation Centre welcomes new Entrepreneur in Residence
St John’s Innovation Centre, the leading early stage incubator in Cambridge - home to 85 small to medium-sized businesses and 360 virtual tenants - has named Soraya Jones as its new Entrepreneur in Residence.
Cambridge showcased in ‘Innovation Ecosystem’ report for World Economic Forum
Some of the leading organisations powering Cambridge’s “innovation ecosystem” - Cambridge Judge Business School and St John's Innovation Centre - have been showcased in a report published at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week.
St John’s Innovation Centre helps businesses to optimise investment proposition
Building on its extensive track record in helping companies in the East of England raise millions of pounds in grants, equity and bank finance, St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to announce that it is providing expert support through delivery of the Access to Finance (A2F) stream of the GrowthAccelerator service.
Local businesses unlock their true growth potential
The national Government-backed GrowthAccelerator has had an impressive first year since it was launched in May 2012 to support businesses looking to double their turnover in the next three years. Over 8,000 businesses nationally have signed up for the service, and St John’s Innovation Centre is already engaged with over 130 local companies looking to achieve this level of growth.
Milner Ltd opens Cambridge office
Milner Strategic Marketing Ltd, the technology business consultancy based at Adastral Park near Ipswich, has opened a new office in Cambridge.
Cambridge helps train businesses to grow
St John’s Innovation Centre is pleased to announce its new portfolio of exciting training support services to help businesses grow. The initiative is being delivered in partnership with First Ascent, a leading global training company, also based in Cambridge.
Ambitious local businesses still looking for growth
The national Growth Accelerator service was recently launched to support businesses looking to double their turnover in the next three years. Over 600 companies nationally have already signed up for the service, and St John’s Innovation Centre are already engaged with over 50 local companies looking to achieve this level of growth.
Conference venue designed for inspiring and innovative events
St John’s Innovation Centre is pleased to announce that its purpose-built conference rooms have recently been refurbished to a very high standard.
Protecting your ideas and inventions – World IP Day
Intellectual Property (IP) can be owned, bought and sold. But how does this affect you? St John’s Innovation Centre and The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) invite individuals and businesses in Cambridgeshire to a special event on World IP Day - April 26th 2012 - for an overview on how patents and designs can be used to protect ideas and inventions.
SJIC chooses ELIMINATA energy savers for office energy saving
Energy Reducing Products (ERP) recently announced that St John’s Innovation Centre, Cambridge has selected ERP’s ELIMINATA® energy savers as a key part of their energy saving and de-carbonisation programme.