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Cambridgeshire companies to benefit from £1.84m agri-tech innovation fund
Three Cambridgeshire companies are among 12 regionally which have won £1.84 million of funding from the Innovate UK Launchpad for Agritech and Agrifood in Eastern England. This Innovate UK Launchpad provides innovation support and funding tailored to the wider region’s strengths from the forefront of crop and plant research, to harvesting, processing and packaging the […]
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Combined Authority helps Whittlesey take traffic-beating plans forward
Plans to tackle transport issues and boost economic growth in the market town of Whittlesey have taken a step forward thanks to Combined Authority funding. Following the establishment of a Whittlesey Relief Road project board earlier this year, consultant Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Fenland District Council to lead the development of a Strategic […]
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Lift-off for £7.5m Launchpad to drive innovation in agri-food businesses
A partnership of four counties across Eastern England, including the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, has launched a programme with Government funding to drive innovation and business growth in agri-tech, agri-biotech, and food-tech. New Innovate UK funding and support for innovation and business growth in local cluster Focuses on Eastern England’s strengths in agri-tech, agri-biotech […]
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Al Kingsley’s statement on the publication of Engineering UK report
“Some of the biggest challenges we face, from the energy transition to carbon net zero, greener transport and food security, will require a pipeline of talented engineers. As an East of England Apprenticeship Ambassador, I welcome the findings of this comprehensive study, led by Lord Knight and Lord Willetts, which shines a light on the […]
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Life sciences firm invests in Cambridge with help from Growth Works
A leading Spanish-owned life sciences company has chosen Cambridge for its first expansion to the UK following support from the Combined Authority and Business Board’s dedicated business growth service Growth Works and other partners. Quibim, a global leader in whole-body medical imaging, has located to the Bradfield Centre at Cambridge Science Park, with a commitment […]
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WATCH: Business Board’s Al Kingsley sees how relocated Chatteris aerospace company is taking flight
Member of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board Al Kingsley took a tour of recently relocated aerospace parts manufacturer Aerotron Composites’ new Chatteris premises and heard about its plans for growth. Aerotron Composites was supported to grow its new facility in Chatteris with a £2 million Local Growth Fund grant through the Business […]
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WATCH: Business Board’s Prof Aamir Khalid visits TeraView to see a new wave of growth
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board member Professor Aamir Khalid visited a world-first, homegrown Cambridge business to find out how loan support is helping them to take their growth to the next level. TeraView is a company reflective of the unique business ecosystem which exists in the region. Born as a ‘spin-out’ from Toshiba […]
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Business Board chair visits upgraded Soham centre nurturing pioneering agri-tech companies
Chair of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board Austen Adams visited a newly upgraded business innovation centre to find out how it is supporting more commercial and job opportunities in agricultural technology and science. Mr Adams was shown around the new £1.25 million facilities at the Eastern AgriTech Innovation Hub in Soham, to […]
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Recovery underway in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy, but impacts remain
A report has highlighted the impact of Covid-19 on the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough economy since the pandemic hit almost 18 months ago. It found that a recovery was underway in the region, aided by a rebound in manufacturing, retail and construction. However, at the end of 2020 the region’s economy was 7.6 per cent smaller […]
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Business Board vice chair sees how Haverhill innovation centre investment is paying dividends for local economy
Investment into a flexible, modern business centre for entrepreneurs and growing enterprises is already supporting growth and jobs in the local economy just nine months after its launch. Vice chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board, Professor Andy Neely, visited The EpiCentre in Haverhill to take a tour of the modern, flexible […]
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Survey launched to hear business views on post-Brexit trade with EU
A call has gone out to businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to share their first-hand experiences of Britain’s new trading relationship with the European Union. The Business Board, the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, and the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce have launched a joint survey and are appealing for feedback from as many business leaders […]
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Technology: the path from education to employment
By Al Kingsley, Business Board Member and Group Managing Director of NetSupport It’s a question that is often contemplated: what will the future workplace look like by the time today’s primary school students get there? I’m a passionate believer and advocate for broadening our learning pathways and creating opportunities for all of us as “lifelong […]
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£2million in grants to businesses from Growth Works to create over 300 jobs
Within weeks of launching, Growth Works has awarded over £2,000,000 to 32 businesses across the region. The grant funding is forecast to create 321 new jobs while stimulating £11.184 million in capital expenditure. Grants have been awarded region-wide and across a wide range of sectors including automotive, electronics, engineering, financial services, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, manufacturing, […]
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UK Community Renewal Fund Networking Event
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority are hosting a networking event on Friday 9 April 2021, to facilitate co-working for the recently announced UK Community Renewal Fund. Following on from our webinar, An Introduction to the Community Renewal Fund, we would like to invite you to a networking event where we will look to facilitate […]
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£79.6m scheme to improve lives and reduce carbon emission across the South East of England
In a meeting of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority today (26 March), approval was given for the Combined Authority to act as the accountable body for a £79.6m funding scheme to support the Government’s commitment to achieving Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. The ask for the scheme is to deliver greater energy efficient […]
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Pioneering MedTech company to create Global Headquarters in Cambridge creating 18 new jobs
An animal health MedTech company behind pioneering wireless animal monitoring technology has announced it will expand its UK operation and established a new Global Headquarters in Cambridge. Alpha Vet Technology, who already have a global team spanning across Australia, Switzerland, the United States, will be creating 18 new jobs in the region over the next […]
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Digital technology grants for hundreds of regional businesses
A digital technology grant scheme inviting businesses in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough to apply for a share of over £1million funding to boost growth has been inundated with over 300 responses. Within a week of being launched (15 February), the Connecting Cambridgeshire Digital Technology Grants for Business scheme was oversubscribed with over 180 eligible expressions of […]
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Funding boost for women-led businesses
In recognition of International Women’s Day, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is prioritising £1m in grant funding for female-led or female-owned SMEs across the region, as part of the new Growth Works service. The match funding will be available for businesses to invest in capital investment, professional or coaching services. According to the 2019 Rose […]
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IT and Life Science firms in Cambridge outperforming UK
Information technology and the life sciences are the largest and most dynamic of the KI sectors Medium term data on the growth of the Cambridge economy, right up to the start of the 2020 Covid lockdown, shows persistently much higher annual growth rates than the national economy, particularly amongst knowledge-intensive (KI) firms. This confirms Cambridge’s […]
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New Business Growth Service to deliver 5200 new jobs
Transformational Business Growth Service to deliver at least 5200 new jobs across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough just when we need it most to grow back jobs Growth Works will deliver 5278 new jobs, 1400 new apprenticeships and generate significant inward investment in Cambridgeshire & Peterborough over the next three years. Made up of five service lines, […]
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Experienced Business Leader Appointed to Lead the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Business Growth Company
Nigel Parkinson, a business leader with over 30 years’ experience, has been appointed as the inaugural Non-Executive Chairman of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Business Growth Company Ltd. Mr Parkinson has experience as an executive at Unilever, Perkins Engines and Caterpillar. For the last 13 years, before retiring in 2020, he was the managing director of the Marine Business Unit […]
Find out moreStatement from James Palmer, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
We have been informed that we will be moving into Tier 2 restrictions from 2nd December, and whilst I accept this, I understand the frustration and disappointment of so many households and businesses who have worked tirelessly to follow the government guidelines and go above and beyond to keep families and customers safe. The Combined Authority […]
Find out moreCombined Authority Commits £3 Million to Fuel Genomica Driven Start-ups at Illumina Accelerator Cambridge
The unique Illumina Accelerator Cambridge, in partnership with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, has welcomed several new start-ups to the first funding cycle of the Cambridge-based business accelerator. The Mayoral Combined Authority have agreed to £3 million funding over the next few years to the incoming genomics start-ups at […]
Find out moreGreen light given to pilot Retraining scheme that will help people affected by Covid-19 move into new careers
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board has today voted to approve the acceleration of a government scheme to help people retrain and develop new skills to support their employment following Covid-19. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has been chosen as a pilot area for a National Retraining Scheme launched by the Department for Education (DfE). The […]
Find out moreThomas Cook Taskforce is concluded after employees receive £59 million redundancy pay and many helped back into work
A cross-government Taskforce featuring Mayor James Palmer has officially concluded, having issued £59 million in redundancy pay to 8,281 ex-employees of former travel agency Thomas Cook, after it announced liquidation in September 2019. The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department of Work and Pensions, who chaired the Taskforce, wrote to its […]
Find out moreJoint-statement from the Government regarding economic recovery
The Prime Minister, Local Government Secretary Robert Jenrick and Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government Simon Clarke today spoke with the M9 group of Mayors and leader of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority to update them on the current situation and to discuss their role in the response to coronavirus. “The Prime Minister agreed […]
Find out moreNew 1-2-1 phone support and free webinars for local businesses have been launched by the Mayor to help the region’s economic fight back against COVID 19
The Combined Authority of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, led by Mayor James Palmer, has today launched a new dedicated phone support service for local businesses along with a series of free webinars to help guide businesses through issues they are facing due to the outbreak of COVID 19. Since social distancing measures were implemented to help […]
Find out moreMayor launches match-making service for job seekers and local businesses to help people move into new roles
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, led by Mayor James Palmer, has today launched a new digital platform to match job seekers with new roles and businesses with the right staff. The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Talent Portal is a digital ‘match making’ service for people seeking new employment and businesses looking for employees. To ensure […]
Find out moreCombined Authority will support local firms through virus crisis pledges Mayor
As thousands of workers across Cambridgeshire & Peterborough face an uncertain future, Mayor James Palmer pledges the Combined Authority will work flat out to support local businesses in their battle to stay afloat and to keep their employees in jobs. Responding to the online Business Resilience Intelligence survey, launched by the Mayoral Combined Authority last […]
Find out moreBusiness Resilience COVID-19 Intelligence Research
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority is collecting ongoing real time business resilience data to capture the health of local business and the impact Coronavirus is having across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. It will use this data to send back to Government and it will use the intelligence gathered to inform it’s products and services to ensure […]
Find out moreReady Steady Brexit: Mayor urges bosses to get free Brexit expertise
With Brexit Day imminent, the Mayoral Combined Authority is renewing calls for businesses in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to take advantage of the free-to-access service it has laid on to help large, medium and small companies prepare for the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union on 31st January 2020. So far take-up of the ‘Brexit4Business’ service, […]
Find out moreSt Neots gets people-friendly new look with street makeover
Full funding is now in place for improvements to the look and feel of St Neots town centre, including replacement and upgrade of bus shelters around the market square, signposts to help visitors, planters, bench seating, and new cycle racks. With additional funds from Huntingdonshire District Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy – CIL – there will […]
Find out moreNew ‘Dragons Den’ panel to allocate £50 million of funding to local businesses
A new ‘Dragons’ Den’ style panel including Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough James Palmer has been set up to hear pitches from local organisations for funding to help continued local economic growth. Applicants will be bidding for a share of a £50 million Local Growth Fund pot managed by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority […]
Find out moreHaverhill businesses multi-million funding boost welcomed
Plans to bring jobs and employment to Haverhill Research Park and Enterprise Zone have been given a welcome multi-million cash boost. Finance has been provided jointly through a loan by West Suffolk Council and Local Growth Fund investment from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, via the Business Board which administers the fund. West Suffolk […]
Find out moreBusinesses in the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough area to benefit from a £3.7 million skills training fund.
Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Greater Cambridge & Greater Peterborough are urged to take advantage of a £3.7 million skills training fund to upskill their workforce. The programme is co-financed by the European Social Fund and the Education and Skills Funding Agency. The training is delivered as part of the Skills Support for […]
Find out moreNew Business Board chair has task of driving region’s new industrial plan
A new Business Board chair today takes charge of pushing forward the first ever Local Industrial Strategy – LIS – for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough which was launched last month. The interim appointment of Austen Adams – to replace inaugural Business Board chair Professor Aamir Khalid – was announced today by Mayor James Palmer. “We are incredibly grateful to Professor Khalid for his expertise, experience and leadership in the Board’s crucial first months. He’s been both an inspiration and a champion and we’re thankful that he’ll stay on as a member of the Board, even though he’s standing down as chair,” […]
Find out moreUrgent call for bidders to £50 million Local Growth Fund pot
Following the launch of the Local Industrial Strategy (LIS) for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, an urgent call has been made for organisations to apply to a £50 million pot of growth funding before time runs out. The Business Board, the Local Enterprise Partnership accountable to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, is calling for applications to […]
Find out moreStatement on the launch of the Local Industrial Strategy by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor James Palmer
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority today launched its first Local Industrial Strategy, a plan to support industry in delivering growth and prosperity across the region. Statement on the launch of the Local Industrial Strategy by Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor James Palmer This is a fantastic roadmap to help businesses in the region realise their […]
Find out moreNew economic plan to boost innovation and maximise opportunities in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Area aims to become a global leader in the region’s life sciences, food production, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing sectors Locally-developed plan sets out how the area will take full advantage of its global assets and maximise the economic opportunity of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc Business Minister Lord Henley meets Cambridgeshire and Peterborough leaders today to […]
Find out moreAgri-Tech Growth Fund grant for innovative soil sampling app
Keith Mount Liming, a sixth-generation agricultural business based in Bury St Edmunds, has been awarded a £12,500 grant by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will be used to create a soil nutrient data-logging app, with the ability to upload real-time data linked to GPS […]
Find out moreMedtech Accelerator injects £430k into pioneering, early stage technologies
Medtech Accelerator have recently awarded four new early stage pioneering projects amounting to £430,000. The medical technology financial scheme is a joint venture led by Health Enterprise East (HEE) in partnership with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP), The Eastern Academic Health Science Network and Essex County Council. With this […]
Find out moreAgri-Tech growth fund grant awarded to pioneering sustainable food waste specialist, AgriGrub
AgriGrub, an East Cambridgeshire-based specialist in sustainable food waste solutions, has been awarded a grant of £29,292 by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will contribute towards vital research and assist the upscaling of AgriGrub’s pioneering organic fertiliser and biopesticide production. AgriGrub breed black soldier […]
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Combined Authority Board approves £10.5 million Wisbech road upgrade package to help deliver on growth ambition for town
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Board has approved allocating £10.5 million of funding to bring forward a package of improvements to the road system around Wisbech. The highway improvements will stimulate housing, economic and jobs growth in the town, with the funding coming via the Government’s Growth Deal package. The interventions have been independently […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer visits new advanced training facility iMET to see first apprentices at work
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor James Palmer visited the newly launched iMET advanced training facility at Alconbury Weald on Monday (November 19) to see the first apprentices working towards their new qualifications. The £10.5 million facility, funded by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, has this Autumn launched its first […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer puts collaboration at heart of meeting challenge to double the size of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough economy
Mayor James Palmer was today (November 6) joined by local elected representatives and business leaders to present his and the Combined Authority’s vision for meeting the housing, transport, skills and economic challenges raised in this Autumn’s Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Independent Economic Review (CPIER) report. The event, called Ambitions for Growth, was an opportunity for the […]
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Mayor James Palmer welcomes ‘single route approach’ as significant step forward in accelerating plan to fully dual A47 in Cambridgeshire
Mayor James Palmer has described the Combined Authority Board’s approval of a comprehensive, single route approach to dualling the whole of the A47 in Cambridgeshire as a significant step forward in the long wait for the road to be upgraded. A paper presented to the Board on Wednesday (October 31) also described the economic case […]
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Combined Authority welcomes budget announcement to support UK high streets
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) have today, (Monday, October 29), welcomed a budget announcement from Chancellor Phillip Hammond that sees significant investment into our UK high streets. He announced a high street regeneration fund of £675 million and a cut to business rates by a third for small businesses for the next two […]
Find out moreCPCA shows greatest improvement nationally for sustainability
The latest report looking at sustainability across the work of the nine combined authorities in the UK shows Cambridgeshire and Peterborough has made the greatest level of improvement. The Combined Authority Sustainability Benchmarking Technical Report analyses sustainable activity and scores each authority on their progress in areas including air quality, carbon emissions, green infrastructure, biodiversity, […]
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Agri-Tech Growth Fund grant for award-winning coffee recycling and bio fuel producer, bio-bean
Huntingdon-based coffee recycling and bio fuel producer bio-bean has been awarded a £40,000 grant by the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority. The grant, which is part of the Agri-Tech Growth Fund, will contribute towards recruitment and the purchasing of essential equipment to increase capacity and further improve the quality of bio-bean’s products. bio-bean is an […]
Find out moreFirst Charity Ball hosted by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor raises more than £12,000 for emergency services charity
The inaugural charity ball hosted by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mayor James Palmer has raised more than £12,000 for an organisation committed to helping emergency services staff suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Around 200 guests enjoyed a night of music and entertainment in the stunning surroundings of The Lady Chapel at Ely Cathedral in aid […]
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Masterplan for St Neots Moves Forward
A bid for £4.1m of investment in St Neots will be presented at the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board meeting next week (Wednesday 27th June 2018). St Neots is the first Market Town in the Combined Authority area to complete its Masterplan and deliver a Strategic Business Case and funding proposal to the Board. […]
Find out moreMayor James Palmer opens new iMET technical skills centre
Cambridge Regional College and Peterborough Regional College are proud to announce their collaboration with the iMET Centre in Alconbury Weald, which officially opened its doors to local businesses across the region recently. The advanced technical skills centre provides innovative training to the construction, manufacturing, digital and science sectors. iMET aims to address the identified skills […]
Find out more‘Strength in Places’ Fund welcomed by Combined Authority
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has welcomed the new ‘Strength in Places’ (SIP) fund from UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and encouraged local organisations to submit an expression of interest. The £115m SIP Fund has officially launched a call for expressions of interest from businesses and research organisations to support innovation-led growth and enhance local […]
Find out moreTender Opportunity: Oxford-Cambridge Corridor project
“The corridor connecting Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford could be the U.K.s Silicon Valley – a world renowned centre for science, technology and innovation. But its future success is not guaranteed… The corridor faces a chronic undersupply of homes made worse by poor east-west transport connectivity. Two of the least affordable cities in the UK […]
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