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Trump tells AstraZeneca: Thanks for the $50bn – now drop your prices or else!

Trump tells AstraZeneca: Thanks for the $50bn – now drop your prices or else!

Just days after telling AstraZeneca how proud he was at its $50 billion investment strategy for the US, President Donald Trump has ordered the Cambridge-based global pharma company to lower the price of its prescription drugs for American customers or risk punishment.
Cambridge Innovation Capital pledges £100m+ for University spin-outs

Cambridge Innovation Capital pledges £100m+ for University spin-outs

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) is pledging mega-money and mentorship to take more spin-outs out of the university and put them on the road to global success.
AstraZeneca rides a rocket to stockmarket stars

AstraZeneca rides a rocket to stockmarket stars

Cambridge headquartered AstraZeneca saw its UK share price rocket 328p to 11,118 and its market cap soar to £173.49 billion after a stunning set of results for the first half and second quarter of 2025.
Shortlist unveiled for 2025 Business Weekly Awards

Shortlist unveiled for 2025 Business Weekly Awards

The icing on the celebratory cake in the 35th Anniversary Business Weekly Awards is the stunning quality of the initial shortlist, announced today, from whom the latest cohort of champions will be announced at a banquet on Monday, September 15 at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
HP damned by Autonomy civil ruling and posthumous Mike Lynch statement

HP damned by Autonomy civil ruling and posthumous Mike Lynch statement

Cambridge tech entrepreneur Dr Mike Lynch, who died last summer on a sea cruise celebrating his release on fraud charges by a US court, was correct in his view that HP over-hyped claims of losses directly stemming from the acquisition of the software business for £11.6 billion in October 2011.
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Transformational tech unveiled by Arm and Aston Martin Aramco F1 puts wind up rival teams

Transformational tech unveiled by Arm and Aston Martin Aramco F1 puts wind up rival teams

Superchip company Arm has fast-tracked the drive to turn Aston Martin Aramco into a Formula One motor racing force. The companies formed an alliance at the start of the year at CES and have now unveiled a new wind tunnel high performance system that transforms sensor data into insights that deliver improved vehicle performance sooner.
Government envisages four phase implementation for flagship employment bill

Government envisages four phase implementation for flagship employment bill

The Government has recently published a plan for implementing the Employment Rights Bill, which gives workers and their employers a much better idea of when the various measures will be brought into effect, writes David Mills, Employment Partner and Head of the National Employment team at law firm Mills & Reeve.
World Congress underlines Cambridge’s global credentials as meeting hub

World Congress underlines Cambridge’s global credentials as meeting hub

Cambridge continues to underline its credentials as a world-class destination for international conferences after successfully hosting the ninth World Congress on Family Law & Children’s Rights.
Start of the journey: Flexible lab space to keep startups in heart of Cambridge

Start of the journey: Flexible lab space to keep startups in heart of Cambridge

Cambridge’s reputation as a global centre of science and technology is undisputed, but for early-stage science companies trying to establish a foothold in the city, the lack of city-centre wet lab space has long been a major barrier.
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University of Oxford spin-out secures $55m Series C to fight undiagnosed heart failure

University of Oxford spin-out secures $55m Series C to fight undiagnosed heart failure

Ultromics, an Oxford-based pioneer in AI-driven cardiology solutions, has raised $55 million in Series C financing. The round was co-led by L&G, Allegis Capital and Lightrock, with continued support from Oxford Science Enterprises, GV, Blue Venture Fund and Oxford University, the company’s alma mater.
PeroCycle lines up £4m seed round and unveils CEO

PeroCycle lines up £4m seed round and unveils CEO

Cambridge-based PeroCycle, an industrial decarbonisation startup advancing closed-loop carbon recycling for steelmaking, has launched a £4 million seed round and appointed a CEO.
Cambridge Innovation Capital pledges £100m+ for University spin-outs

Cambridge Innovation Capital pledges £100m+ for University spin-outs

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) is pledging mega-money and mentorship to take more spin-outs out of the university and put them on the road to global success.
Mills & Reeve advises on $18m raise for Colorifix

Mills & Reeve advises on $18m raise for Colorifix

National law firm Mills & Reeve has advised on an $18 million Series B2 funding round for biotech firm, Colorifix – a 2023 Earthshot finalist – to help commercialise its sustainable dyeing technology.
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Transformational tech unveiled by Arm and Aston Martin Aramco F1 puts wind up rival teams

Transformational tech unveiled by Arm and Aston Martin Aramco F1 puts wind up rival teams

Superchip company Arm has fast-tracked the drive to turn Aston Martin Aramco into a Formula One motor racing force. The companies formed an alliance at the start of the year at CES and have now unveiled a new wind tunnel high performance system that transforms sensor data into insights that deliver improved vehicle performance sooner.
Oxbridge advance in quantum error correction

Oxbridge advance in quantum error correction

Riverlane, a Cambridge-based world leader in quantum error correction (QEC), has integrated its second-generation technology, Deltaflow 2, at a commercial data centre operated by CentreSquare, where it is co-located with Oxford Quantum Circuits’ quantum computer.
Astroscale stars with Xona Space Systems contract

Astroscale stars with Xona Space Systems contract

Astroscale Ltd, a Harwell-based subsidiary of Tokyo company Astroscale Holdings Inc., is to provide California company Xona Space Systems with next-generation docking plates for integration into the client’s growing constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.
Sabert Corporation Europe swoops for Colpac Limited

Sabert Corporation Europe swoops for Colpac Limited

Sabert Corporation Europe, whose parent company’s HQ is in New Jersey in the US, has acquired Colpac Limited – a Bedfordshire-based manufacturer of sustainable paperboard packaging solutions for the food-to-go foodservice and industrial markets. No figures for the deal have been disclosed.
Yusen to acquire Walden Group's healthcare logistics business

Yusen to acquire Walden Group's healthcare logistics business

NYK Group subsidiary, Yusen Logistics Global Management Co., Ltd – which has major operations in Northampton and Milton Keynes – is spearheading a major acquisition.
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