Cleantech and Environment
Finalists announced for Cambridge Tech Week 2026 Pitching Competition
Five of the UK’s most innovative startups have been selected to compete in the live Cambridge Tech Week Pitching Competition this September. ...
Data Centres are causing idle grid capacity that is blocking Britain’s switch to electric trucks, new report warns
· Data centres typically use less than a fifth of the grid capacity they have reserved, with the twelve largest sites using just 7%, analysis of more than five million electricity meter readings shows · Report warns that power booked but never used is holding up the grid capacity hauli...
Celebrating 10 Years of Impulse: A Decade of Helping Researchers Become Entrepreneurs
As we mark the tenth anniversary of Impulse, the University of Cambridge's flagship early-stage entrepreneurship programme and another successful cohort of science and tech researchers complete the Programme, we have many reasons to celebrate. ...
Do I Need an Industrial Design Agency or a Product Design Agency for My Idea?
Industrial Design Agency or Product Design Agency: Which Does Your Idea Need?Anyone researching how to turn a physical product idea into reality will have noticed that "industrial design" and "product design" are thrown around almost interchangeably, often by the same studio, on the sam...
Guardtech helping Aerospace applications reach for the stars with an unrivalled range of controlled environment solutions
From small segregation pods to large-scale off-site constructed container facilities, East Anglian contamination control specialists Guardtech have all your Aerospace cleanroom bases covered ...
Mayor opens community-created wildlife corridor in growing Cambridge
The Mayor of Cambridge, Councillor Maria Cleminson, has officially opened Barnwell Verge: Seeds of Hope, a community-led project that has transformed a neglected roadside verge into a thriving wildlife corridor and green space for local residents.The opening brought together volunteers,...
What do investors actually want to see from a hardware startup before funding it?
It takes more than a good idea.Investors backing hardware want to see proof of a real problem worth paying to solve, a prototype that demonstrates function, not just looks, a cost structure that still works at true production scale, and a manufacturing plan that's grounded in reality, n...
Precision matters: Guardtech and DryR leading the way for controlled environment provision when things get seriously tight
East Anglian contamination control specialists Guardtech are collaborating with dry room experts DryR to strengthen their overall delivery of advanced cleanroom and dry room facilities across a wide range of high-tech sectors ...
London Climate Action Week: Nigel Topping keynoted as deep tech founders pitched at Cleantech Venture Day
One of the flagship events at London Climate Action Week, Cleantech Venture Day London took place on Monday 22 June at KPMG’s Canary Wharf office. ...
Guardtech sponsors charity football match fundraiser to kick off latest round of community support initiatives
The Suffolk-based cleanroom construction specialists have pledged £1,000 in shirt sponsorship funds to support children’s cancer charity Be More Fab ...