Japanese agree $31bn ARM acquisition
Cambridge’s greatest ever technology business – chip architect ARM Holdings – is reportedly being sold to the Japanese for $31 billion (£23.4bn) – the largest deal in the UK cluster’s history by some distance and the biggest in European technology annals, writes Tony Quested of Business Weekly.
Cash for local projects as A14 scheme gears up
People living along the A14 in Cambridgeshire are being invited to apply for grants of up to £10,000 to help lock in the benefits of a major road upgrade that starts later this year.
Kickstarter success for the Cyrus soundKey
Launched on 1st July, with the aim of raising £50,000 to develop the Cyrus soundKey, the Kickstarter campaign has seen Cyrus Audio and new technology fans embrace the product with so much enthusiasm that the full amount was raised during the first few hours. The campaign will remain live until 30th July, giving ample opportunity for fans of high quality portable audio to secure their own Cyrus…
Cambridge children invent health solutions for the future NHS
Dozens of children took up the challenge to invent solutions to improve the health of local people in a competition organised by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network as part of the Health and Wellbeing Village at Cambridge Big Weekend.
Creating Cambridge Big Summer BBQ benefits EACH
When Cambridge creatives and networkers get together this Friday (22 July) for the Creating Cambridge BIG Summer BBQ, they'll be raising valuable funds for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) - 15% of the ticket price goes to the charity partner for this event.
UK businesses in strong position to face challenging period ahead, says KPMG
New analysis from KPMG Restructuring shows that whilst the run up to the EU Referendum created a period of uncertainty for British business, the number of companies entering insolvency across England and Wales in the second quarter of 2016 actually fell.
Brexit: Looking ahead for Cambridge’s technologies and enterprises
Cambridge Network members can join the Cambridge Enterprise and Technology Club (CETC) on 28 July for presentations, debate and Q&A on Brexit and Cambridge for the special rate of £15.
UK economy faces short sharp shock, but exports offer silver lining, says EY ITEM Club
The UK economy, post-referendum, will take a very different path to the one expected three months ago. While the fundamentals will not change in the short term, there are likely to be severe confidence effects on spending and business investment, resulting in anemic GDP growth for at least the next three years, according to the EY ITEM Club summer forecast.
Growth Commission sets out economic vision for the region
Establishing Europe’s leading high-tech region in Eastern England would create at least 10 new ‘unicorns’, new firms reaching valuations above US $1 billion, and generate nearly 1m additional jobs, according to a Growth Commission report launched last week.
Birketts boosts planning and environment law team to meet demand
Top 100 law firm, Birketts, has enhanced its planning and environmental law team with the recruitment of two highly-experienced appointments. Sue Chadwick (senior associate) and Stuart Tym (associate) both come with a wealth of knowledge and experience having advised a number of local planning authorities for many years.
Cambridge and Brexit – what next?
Over 70 Cambridgeshire political, academic and business leaders met at the Cambridge Union Society to discuss the results of the EU Referendum.
Cheffins Commercial Property and Planning and Development teams go from strength to strength
East Anglian-based Cheffins has strengthened its offering in both Commercial Property and its Planning and Development teams with a series of promotions this month.
ICONICS successfully achieves Cyber Essentials Plus certification with DIY packaged solution
IT Governance, the cyber security consultancy firm and CREST-accredited certification body, has helped visualisation and automation software technology company ICONICS achieve certification to Cyber Essentials Plus.
Purposeful brands make a positive impact while driving business results
Truly purposeful brands can change the world while driving fantastic business results.
Do you understand what motivates your clients to buy?
Many sales gurus will talk to you endlessly about closing the sale. Closing the sale is now a very old fashioned concept, and all of the world’s leading sales people have now realised that the real secret to continued business growth is not in the sales close, it’s how you open.
Stone King appoints business property lawyer to growing team
Cambridge law firm Stone King has bolstered its commercial team with the appointment of experienced business property lawyer Philip Lawrence.
'Biodiversity should be focus of businesses’ efforts to mitigate their environmental impact'
Biodiversity, the variety of plant and animal life in the world, is a fundamental component of ‘natural capital’ that businesses are dependent upon but which often gets overlooked in assessments of their environmental impact, according to a new report by members of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI).
Built to last: a humidity probe for tough processes
The new HygroSmart HS3 probe from Michell Instruments has been designed to withstand the kind of harsh and demanding conditions found in industrial processes. Unlike many ‘disposable’ probes that have a short life within harsh conditions before needing to be replaced, the HygroSmart HS3 sensor uses Michell’s polymer tile to give long-term reliable measurements.
Great minds clic at inspirational event
Leading event organisers gathered at Robinson College to share event planning best practice at the second clic+ Club seminar in July.
The Cambridge Roar benefits from Mobas' expertise
The third annual charity festival - The Cambridge Roar - has been a roaring success, with a pro-bono social media campaign led by Cambridge-based strategic marketing agency Mobas.
Powering our transport and heating our houses?
The Scientific Alliance asks: could hydrogen still be the fuel of the future?
Retail advice: managing in an era of huge customer choice
The Cambridge Judge Business School asked Sir Ian Cheshire, former CEO of Kingfisher and now chairman of Debenhams, about teambuilding, the importance of seeing the big picture, and his time as a student at the University of Cambridge.
Obesity linked to premature death, with greatest effect in men
A study of 3.9 million adults published in The Lancet has found that being overweight or obese is associated with an increased risk of premature death. The risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and cancer are all increased. Overall, the excess risk of premature death (before age 70) among those who are overweight or obese is about three times as great in men as in women.
Latest archaeological finds provide a vivid picture of everyday life in the Bronze Age
Excavation of a site in the Cambridgeshire fens reveals a Bronze Age settlement with connections far beyond its watery location. Over the past ten months, Must Farm has yielded Britain’s largest collections of Bronze Age textiles, beads and domestic artefacts. Together with timbers of several roundhouses, the finds provide a stunning snapshot of a community thriving 3,000 years ago.
Intelligent's PiFi adds CD quality audio to the Raspberry Pi
Intelligent Embedded Solutions (IES) has announced the availability of the PiFi, an expansion board that adds CD quality stereo audio to the Raspberry Pi.