SPT Labtech and EMBL GeneCore collaborate to advance fully walkaway automation in genomics workflows

firefly+ liquid handling platform installed at EMBL GeneCoreCollaboration to enable more streamlined end-to-end workflows while maintaining sample integrity

Cambridge, UK, and Heidelberg, Germany, 13 April 2026: SPT Labtech, a global le

Wellcome Genome Campus secures government backing for autonomous vehicle study

One of the UK’s first autonomous vehicle routes could arrive in Cambridgeshire, as the Wellcome Genome Campus embarks on a ‘game-changing’ study to help boost connectivity and growth in the region.

Flow Myna launches free programme to help manufacturers uncover operational bottlenecks

Flow Myna is offering five businesses early access to its operational analytics platform to explore how their work flows, where it gets stuck, and where improvements are best focused.

FairJourney Bio opens Cryo-EM structural biology facility in San Diego

Antibody discovery expert expands presence in US biotech ecosystem with world-leading atomic-resolution structural biology capabilities

 

Mark Wheeler announced as new Managing Director as Guardtech mark beginning of new era with company rebrand

The Suffolk-based cleanroom construction specialists’ family of brands will all fall under the simplified umbrella title of ‘Guardtech’ from now on

Webinar: When Hits Don’t Translate – Challenging Membrane Targets from GPCRs to CD3–TCR

How target presentation and environment shape epitope access, selection outcomes, and functional screening.

Cambridge Building Society marks 175th anniversary with record year as lending hits £434m

The Cambridge Building Society has reported a record-breaking 2025 - with mortgage lending reaching £434 million, multiple industry awards and significant investment in its community.

Genome loaded onto a quantum computer in world first

Sanger Institute team and their collaborators have successfully loaded the Hepatitis D viral genome on a quantum computer.

Introducing a New Series of Masterclasses: Starting with Confidence in Cyber This April

TechWyse is launching the first in a new series of Leadership Masterclasses designed to help Essex business leaders build confidence in their IT systems, reduce cyber risk and strengthen strategic decision‑making across their organisations. The opening session, Confidence in Cyber: Leadership Masterclass, takes place on 22 April at the County Hotel in Chelmsford.

Price Bailey highlights tax considerations for non-cash benefits

Andrew Park, Tax Investigations Specialist and Partner at Price Bailey, highlights the tax treatment of non-cash benefits, particularly where individuals receive valuable services in connection with their role.

Divergence as a working condition

Over the past two decades, the UK and China have followed increasingly distinct economic trajectories. The ways in which each system allocates resources, values expertise, and defines progress have not converged — they have diverged.

The Red Hen Project seeks trustees to help shape the future of family support in Cambridge

For 28 years, The Red Hen Project has been working quietly but powerfully alongside families in Cambridge providing long-term, one-to-one support for children and their families, tailored to whatever challenges they are facing.

Kimbolton pupils brave freezing night to raise funds for homeless veterans

Seven Upper Sixth pupils from Kimbolton School, Cambridgeshire, demonstrated resilience, compassion and community spirit by taking part in an overnight charity sleep-out in late March, raising over £500 of vital funds to support homeless veterans across the UK.

William Blair analysts name Carterra a winner in life science tools for enabling AI drug discovery at unprecedented scale

Carterra, with its HT-SPR technology platforms, is listed alongside large public companies as a technology provider to capitalize on the likely growth in wet lab work driven by the increasing use of AI in early discovery

Virica Biotech and FUJIFILM Biosciences Collaborate Under the Canada–Japan Co-Innovation Program to Advance AAV Production Enhancers

Efficient production of Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) vectors at scale for in vivo gene therapies remains a key bottleneck for broad patient access and sustainable manufacturing costs 

Planning permission granted for relocation of lifesaving charity’s air base

East Anglian Air Ambulance has been granted planning permission for the relocation of its air base in Cambridgeshire.

Germany and Netherlands --registration just as a foreign employer

Firms expanding their staffing outside UK (or wherever the company is based) can just register as a “foreign employer” instead of engaging in the cost and commitment of forming a branch, subsidiary or other legal entity. Two Italian companies have recently used this method to safely expand staffing in Europe.

Campaign days: Game-changer or just more noise?

Mental Health Awareness Week in May - How will you take action?

Landmark UK study could change child brain injury treatment

Researchers are calling for a re-evaluation of guidelines used in the care of children with traumatic head injuries following the first multi-centre study of its kind in the UK.

Another good reason to enforce MFA

A recent cyber security investigation uncovered a large data-theft campaign.

Sensitive business information was quietly collected and later sold online.

Staying confident and human-centred in the age of AI: An interview with Katherine Wiid

On 14 April, CamAWiSE will explore careers in the age of AI in an interactive workshop with Katherine Wiid, Career Management Coach and Facilitator at Career Ambitions. Ahead of the event, we spoke with Katherine about supporting career journeys, navigating change, and what changes AI will - and will not - bring to STEMM careers. Read the interview with Katherine Wiid to learn more about what…

Another freeze to the thresholds: auto-enrolment & pension impact

While much attention has been paid to successive government freezes of tax thresholds, there is another prolonged threshold freeze with similar distortionary effects.

Cambridge Indian restaurant wins major 2026 award as it marks 10 years on Mill Road

A popular Cambridge Indian restaurant has been crowned Best Contemporary Indian Restaurant 2026 – Cambridgeshire, as it celebrates a decade in business on Mill Road since it renovation 2016.

One of cholera’s great enemies is found in the human gut

Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study.

Freddo inflation - What rising Freddo prices tell us about UK inflation

Inflation can be complicated, but the price of a Freddo makes it instantly understandable. For decades, the tiny chocolate frog has been Britain’s unofficial inflation index, a simple way to see how the value of the pound has changed over time.