Early data shows limited deterioration in UK labour market in March – EY ITEM Club comments
Data from HMRC and ONS indicate that the UK labour market took a modest hit in March as economic activity became increasingly affected by coronavirus. Indeed, the reported deterioration was markedly less than expected, given the reports of many workers signing on to receive benefits. Howard Archer, chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club, comments.
City Council issues Coronavirus Business Advice and Support Update
Cambridge City Council has just issued its latest newsletter, detailing advice and support for businesses during the coronavirus crisis.
Anglian Water honoured with Queen's Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development for the second time
Anglian Water is celebrating receiving a Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development – the UK’s highest accolade to celebrate business success – for a second time.
Avacta - Cytiva partnership generates reagents for COVID-19 antigen rapid test
Avacta successfully generates several highly specific Affimer reagents for COVID-19 antigen rapid test ahead of schedule as part of Cytiva partnership.
EMBL-EBI launches COVID-19 Data Portal
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and partners launch the COVID-19 Data Portal to help scientists, public health and healthcare professionals tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
PA Consulting supports production of life-saving new ventilators for NHS
On 16 April 2020, the Cabinet Office confirmed that the first newly-adapted ventilator design from the government’s Ventilator Challenge had received regulatory approval and the first batch of devices have already been dispatched to NHS hospitals to support coronavirus patients.
Women bear brunt of coronavirus economic shutdown in UK and US
New data shows women and people who did not go to university are more likely to have lost work and earnings since mid-March.
COVID-19 severity associated with increased levels of air pollution in England, preliminary study finds
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have found an association between living in an area of England with high levels of air pollution and the severity of COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Birketts to merge with leading London-based boutique insurance law firm
Top 100 law firm, Birketts, has announced that it is set to join forces with leading London-based boutique insurance law firm EC3 Legal on 30 April.
Fancy having your name used as a character in the next Jeffrey Archer novel?
Your name in a novel is just one of the top lots being offered as part of an online charity auction being hosted by Cheffins Fine Art Auctioneers.
ARU donates PPE to Cambridgeshire care homes
Anglia Ruskin University provides gloves, aprons and hand sanitiser to ExcelCare.
Be the L&D lighthouse
It's been a challenging few weeks for all of us for many different reasons: concern for loved ones, isolation from people and unimaginable changes to the way we are living in a very short space of time.
eg technology supports Health Enterprise East innovation voucher competition
eg technology is partnering with Health Enterprise East by supporting its latest Innovation Voucher Competition.
Helpline offers emotional support to all in the workplace
Cambridgeshire Workplace Chaplaincy (CWC) has recognised the need for a helpline - to listen and comfort, for those who are finding life difficult at the moment. Its multifaith chaplains are a diverse group who are happy to provide support regardless of whether you’re spiritual or religious.
Cambridge Judge collaborators help in COVID-19 pandemic
Cambridge Judge Business School wants to extend its most gracious thanks to its existing collaborators, with whom it has an existing deep relationship – Peking University HSBC Business School (PHBS), China Medical System (CMS), and current Cambridge MBA student Nancy Zhang (MBA 2019) and Richard Liu Qiangdong, together with their company JD.com – for their generous donation of medical supplies to…
Cambridge Healthcare Research Ltd wins prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise 2020
Cambridge Healthcare Research (CHR) has been recognised as a top UK performer in International Trade.
Mogrify and Sangamo announce collaboration and exclusive licence agreement for Mogrify’s iPSC- and ESC-derived regulatory T cells
Mogrify Ltd (Mogrify®), a UK company aiming to transform the development of cell therapies by the systematic discovery of novel cell conversions, and Sangamo Therapeutics, a genomic medicine company, today announced that they have executed a collaboration and exclusive licence agreement for Sangamo to develop allogeneic cell therapies from Mogrify’s proprietary induced pluripotent stem cells …
Taylor Wessing advises Government on establishment of new 'Future Fund'
Taylor Wessing has advised the UK Government on the establishment of its new £500m 'Future Fund' to support start-up technology and life sciences companies.
Resilience in the face of adversity, uncertainty and the Covid-19 situation
The term resilience tends to be used to describe our physical and physiological capacity to cope with stressful situations. In times of crisis and prolonged stress, our resilience capacities can reach their limits.
Application deadline extended for programme to support early stage life science ventures
Applications for Accelerate@Babraham, designed to support early stage life science ventures, will close on June 17th 2020.
Adder Technology receives third Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Adder Technology, a specialist in connectivity solutions and high performance IP KVM, today announced it has been awarded the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for excellence in International Trade.
COVID-19 update: Changes to the Companies House strike off procedure
On 16 April 2020, Companies House announced temporary changes to its strike procedures as part of its measures to protect and support businesses due to the coronavirus outbreak. David Browne of Hewitsons explains.
Sphere Fluidics receives Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Sphere Fluidics, a company commercialising single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, has be honored with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. The award recognises the Company’s excellence in patenting, developing and globally commercialising single cell analysis systems for biotherapeutic discovery.
Sepura and GEG support emergency hospital in Italy with critical communications solution
Sepura’s Italian partner GEG has donated vital critical communications equipment to an emergency hospital in Italy, to aid the country’s medical support during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Open-source ventilator designed by Cambridge team for use in low- and middle-income countries
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team at the University of Cambridge has designed an open-source ventilator in partnership with local clinicians, engineers and manufacturers across Africa that is focused to address the specific needs for treating COVID-19 patients and is a fully functioning system for use after the pandemic.