Cleantech and Environment
Waitrose announced for local centre at Springstead Village
A Waitrose convenience store is coming to Springstead Village in Cherry Hinton, on the eastern fringe of Cambridge.The retail company has been announced as the anchor store within the development’s new local centre, with an anticipated opening date of late 2028. ...
Guardtech accelerate Automotive cleanroom provision to ensure clients stay in pole position
The contamination control specialists' adaptable portfolio is helping everyone from Formula One innovators to automotive manufacturers and advanced spray finishing applications find the perfect cleanroom solution ...
UK Business Delegation to China: CIIE Shanghai & Hangzhou Innovation Visit, 3–12 November 2026
Cambridge-based NPZ Technology Ltd, as promotional partner to London agency Intennel Business Group, invites UK businesses to join a ten-day delegation to Shanghai and Hangzhou this November — combining the world's largest import-themed expo with visits to Alibaba, Unitree Robotics and ...
Bridging the Digital Divide: WaveLength partners with The NextPath Device Consortium
As part of The NextPath Device Consortium, WaveLength has safely passed along community-donated laptops and smartphones for professional refurbishment. This collaboration ensures refurbished, high-grade tech reaches those in need, furthering both organisations' shared mission to fight l...
The Welch Group crowned ESG Champions of The Palletline Network for third consecutive year
Duxford-based Welch’s Transport is celebrating after fending off competition from hauliers across the UK to win Palletline’s Environmental and Social Impact Award. ...
The quantum race has a communications problem
Sarah makes the case that the UK's quantum sector has a communications problem, not a science one. The trigger is ProQure, the government's £2 billion procurement programme launched in March 2026, which asked quantum companies to explain themselves to civil servants and commercial leads...
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...