Driving Growth for the UK Event: Accelerating Economic Development in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Pictured: From left to right: Sir Colin Humphreys CBE, Dr Simon Thomas, Minister Baroness Poppy Gustafsson, Mayor Dr Nik Johnson, Rob Bridge. Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough welcomed Minister for Investment Baroness Poppy Gustafsson last month to the region to explore opportunities to strengthen the local economy.

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Driving Growth for the UK Event: Accelerating Economic Development in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

March 12, 2025

The team at Cambridge Innovation Capital. Their website boosts ‘diversity of thought, experience, and background breeds success. We believe our experience and talent can help others. Collectively we invest to achieve positive outcomes for our founders, investors, and society’.

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Cambridge Innovation Capital launches £100m Opportunity Fund

February 24, 2025

Developer Chancerygate has been granted planning permission for 51,000 sq. ft of Grade A urban logistics, research and development space in Newmarket.

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51,000 sq ft logistics and research space agreed for Newmarket

February 17, 2025

Andrew Hickson with some of the Kingfisher team is attached (left to right) Richard Bruce (Andrew Hickson) Julie Hirst and Philip Reynolds. It is now an employee-owned business which allows the founder or owners to exit by selling their shares to a trust run by employees. That founder can exit immediately or over a period of time.

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Cambridgeshire funeral company now owned by its workers

February 13, 2025

The Fenland Unite Community Facebook group says Wisbech Princes workers went on strike this month ‘for fair pay for the job and management promises to be honoured. ‘Great support from the public and backing from Wisbech, March and District Trades Union Council’

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Striking Wisbech factory workers told talks with your union ‘have ceased’

January 21, 2025

Specialist 3PL Knowles Logistics has further expanded its offering with investment in two bonded warehouse facilities at its sites in Wimblington and Cromwell Road, Wisbech in response to increasing demand.

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New bonded warehouse facilities a ‘win win’ says Knowles managing director

December 5, 2024

Marshalls plc is the UK’s leading hard landscaping, building and roofing products. Locally it is based in Meadow Lane, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire.

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Construction workers at St Ives Cambridgeshire in strike ballot

October 23, 2024

St Neots-based place maker Moss proudly walked away with three accolades at the fourth annual UK Graphic Awards, hosted at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham

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Cambridgeshire business Moss brings home three national awards

October 23, 2024

$Totalling 1,000,000 sq. ft of gross internal area (GIA) across 7 buildings, the scheme’s design has been led by master planners Hawkins\Brown in collaboration with other design practices. Images of the planned scheme from Hawkins\Brown$

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23 acre science district to bring 4,000 jobs to Cherry Hinton Cambridge

September 22, 2024

McCarthy Stone, the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, is bringing forward proposals to redevelop a vacant site at the former fire station on Hartford Road, Huntingdon PHOTO: Cheffins/Google

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McCarthy Stone plan 48 flats on site of former Huntingdon fire station

September 22, 2024

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£150m upgrade and 40 new jobs at Purina pet food Wisbech

September 22, 2024

Julia Nix, district manager for East Anglia Jobcentre Plus said: “Peterborough also boasts the second-highest rate of SME growth in the UK, with a 19% increase in small businesses from 2018 to 2023.”

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Peterborough top town or city for small business employment

July 21, 2024

NewRiver Retail plan to demolish the car park

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360-space Horsefair Wisbech car park to be demolished to make way for new store

July 16, 2024

Image of what The Press will look like when complete: it set to deliver over 100,000 sq ft of fitted lab and office space through repositioning of Cambridge’s former printing press.

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Foxton, Cambridge development ‘responds to persistent shortfall in fit-for-purpose lab and office space’

July 13, 2024

Produced at Marshall’s advanced composites facility, the panel kits are installed on every C-130J assembled by Lockheed Martin. To date, Marshall has delivered more than 1,000 kits, and this new contract extension will take the commitment for further deliveries to 2029

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Lockhead Martin £11m contract extension for Marshall of Cambridge

April 6, 2024

MBA Polymers UK has launched a new car bumper recycling service aimed at independent approved treatment facilities (ATFs), automotive recyclers and breakers yards.

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Bumper pay day beckons says Fenland recycling company

February 1, 2024

Welch’s Transport wins GREENFLEET Awards, Private Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year 2023

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Welch’s Transport of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, bag trio of awards

December 20, 2023

Investments include a series of system upgrades as well as five new rigid trucks and ten new fork lifts

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£1m investment to kick start New Year for Masters of Stretham near Ely

December 8, 2023

Metalcraft of Chatteris received the Princess Royal Training Award at a London ceremony on Thursday

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Princess Royal Training Award for Chatteris based Stainless Metalcraft

November 24, 2023

Hybrid Laser Tech, an Ely-based subsidiary of Shearline Precision Engineering, will be making 300,000 parts for Vishay MCB Industrie

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French connection pays off for Hybrid Laser Tech of Ely with £121k automotive deal

November 15, 2023

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BUSINESS: Cambridge office of Marks & Clerk support innovation

November 9, 2023

Managed and operated by West Suffolk College, the training centre was built within the Stainless Metalcraft site with the help of a £3.16m grant from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority Business Board’s Local Growth Fund and opened last November.

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£75m forward order book for thriving Chatteris company includes nuclear waste storage contracts

October 11, 2023

Education minister Gillian Keegan opened the 25,000 square foot workshop and 10 classrooms, Marshall Skills Academy’s new training centre on Newmarket Road, Cambridge.

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Education minister Gillian Keegan opens new skills academy at Marshall, Cambridge

October 10, 2023

Sean and Heidi welcome the Mayor of Whittlesey, Cllr Kay Mayor, to their new mobility scooter shop in Broad Street

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New Whittlesey shop began life as a market stall

October 3, 2023

The Peterborough-based TV shopping channel Ideal World is off air having suspended broadcasting with immediate effect. . Up to 250 people are said to work at the TV channel based in Newark Road which was bought last year by entrepreneur Hamish Morjaria for an undisclosed sum. Staff have been told there are “several interested parties” in acquiring the business and the company is hoping to share further information during the week. “Over the weekend, the actions of a few key trading partners has added to a recent difficult trading period and therefore we have taken the decision to suspend all trading with immediate effect,” says a statement sent to its employees. Newark Avenue, Peterborough Tuesday 04 July 2023. Picture by Terry Harris.

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Ideal World TV set for return after Peterborough channel collapsed into administration

September 26, 2023

Guy Bowden, partner at Bridges Fund Management partner, added: “The Bourges View development has revitalised a previously redundant site and could create up to 280 new jobs for the surrounding area"

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280 jobs possible as £30m Maskew Retail Park, Peterborough, set to open

September 19, 2023

The expansion follows the acquisition of Beagle Street by financial service mutual, OneFamily.

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Peterborough: Expanding life insurance company looking to recruit

September 14, 2023

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It’s official: Fenland one of the top places in UK to start a new business

August 17, 2023

Hotel staff at the Old Bridge Hotel, Huntingdon, pay tribute to former owners and to welcome new owners Chestnut who plan few changes to a ‘winning formula’ PHOTO: Old Bridge Hotel

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HUNTINGDON: Old Bridge Hotel new owners will keep ‘winning formula’

August 10, 2023

The former Piggery, a workshop, two shipping containers and a small derelict building located near the Ramsey Road/Milk and Water Drove frontage remain in situ, and these buildings are not subject to this retrospective application. IMAGE: Google

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Hunts council urged to allow 9 shipping containers on business park

August 9, 2023

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Driving Growth for the UK Event: Accelerating Economic Development in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough

Cambridge Innovation Capital launches £100m Opportunity Fund

51,000 sq ft logistics and research space agreed for Newmarket

Cambridgeshire funeral company now owned by its workers

Striking Wisbech factory workers told talks with your union ‘have ceased’

New bonded warehouse facilities a ‘win win’ says Knowles managing director

Construction workers at St Ives Cambridgeshire in strike ballot

Cambridgeshire business Moss brings home three national awards

23 acre science district to bring 4,000 jobs to Cherry Hinton Cambridge

McCarthy Stone plan 48 flats on site of former Huntingdon fire station

£150m upgrade and 40 new jobs at Purina pet food Wisbech

Peterborough top town or city for small business employment

360-space Horsefair Wisbech car park to be demolished to make way for new store

Foxton, Cambridge development ‘responds to persistent shortfall in fit-for-purpose lab and office space’

Lockhead Martin £11m contract extension for Marshall of Cambridge

Bumper pay day beckons says Fenland recycling company

Welch’s Transport of Duxford, Cambridgeshire, bag trio of awards

£1m investment to kick start New Year for Masters of Stretham near Ely

Princess Royal Training Award for Chatteris based Stainless Metalcraft

French connection pays off for Hybrid Laser Tech of Ely with £121k automotive deal

BUSINESS: Cambridge office of Marks & Clerk support innovation

£75m forward order book for thriving Chatteris company includes nuclear waste storage contracts

Education minister Gillian Keegan opens new skills academy at Marshall, Cambridge

New Whittlesey shop began life as a market stall

Ideal World TV set for return after Peterborough channel collapsed into administration

280 jobs possible as £30m Maskew Retail Park, Peterborough, set to open

Peterborough: Expanding life insurance company looking to recruit

It’s official: Fenland one of the top places in UK to start a new business

HUNTINGDON: Old Bridge Hotel new owners will keep ‘winning formula’

Hunts council urged to allow 9 shipping containers on business park

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