Cambridge Independent

In this week's Cambridge Independent, we spoke to a mum who arrived home with her children from school to find a lightning strike had set fire to her house. We have a General Election special, with candidates for the #Cambridge and the St Neots & Mid Cambs constituencies taking on our Q&A. We discuss the future of Cambridge market, feature some interesting outfits from the King's College, Cambridge May Ball, and have pictures from Star Shine Night Walk and Cambridge University Botanic Garden. There are plans for a new 'urban science park' in Cambridge, a fire-watch at sheltered housing and, in Science, I look at a major University of Cambridge discovery on our immune system and explain why giant lizards could be key to preventing sheep being eaten alive (yes, really). In our Business pages, look out for Mike Scialom's feature on Cambridge Mechatronics Ltd - one of our Science and Technology Awards winners - and on a triumph for Vine FX, plus updates on bit.bio, Thermoteknix, Cogniss, Manta Cyber Systems, @Cresset and Cambridge Cleantech's Cleantech Venture Day. Plus: The Cambridge Society for the Application of Research celebrates its 60th, Grape Britannia celebrates its 5th anniversary and Domino Printing Sciences celebrates Women in Engineering Day. There's a Glastonbury update from Levidian, TECHNEAT ENGINEERING LIMITED explains how it's helping Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm and there's a reminder that you've got just over two weeks to enter the inaugural Cambridge Independent Business Awards! It's on sale all week, available for home delivery, or use the code SUMMER on our subscriptions page to get an annual digital subscription - featuring a page-turning edition of the paper, our app, archive and unlimited Premium website access all for just 50p a week. The offer runs out on July 1.

The deadline for entries for the inaugural Cambridge Independent Business Awards is 12th July. To enter couldn't be easier - please follow the link below to see the 14 categories: https://lnkd.in/efvmwdsV These Business Awards would not be possible without the generous support of our Partners - a big thank you to Headline Partner Barr Ellison Law and Category Partners that include BDO, CPCA Growth Hub, The Cambridge Building Society, Pure Resourcing Solutions, Cambridge BID, Conscious Communications, Fora , Form the Future CIC and Kale & Damson. Also thank you to the Drinks Reception Sponsor, Bidwells, and our hosts for the Gala Final on 26th September, King's College, Cambridge. We are thrilled to be working with such great Partners at these Awards which acknowledge outstanding business achievement and the contribution that businesses make to the Cambridgeshire economy. Iliffe Media Group Paul Brackley Mike Scialom Emily Lloyd-Ruck Karen Ball Keith Heppell Ricky Allan iQ business magazine #businessawards #cambridgeshire #marketing #networking #success

There's one month left to enter the inaugural Cambridge Independent Business Awards and it great to see the entries coming in. With 14 categories from Start-up to Business of the Year (Small, Medium and Large), there is something for all sectors. We're grateful for the support of Barr Ellison Law, CPCA Growth Hub, Cambridge BID, Conscious Communications, Fora and Kale & Damson, and our reception sponsor Bidwells, and we're looking forward to making some more exciting announcements soon. Do get your entries in via the website below - and we'll be pleased to profile some of our entrants as we build up to the awards. #awards #startup #scaleup #green #innovation #hospitality #retail

In this week's Cambridge Independent, we feature the decision on the £54m East Barnwell revamp, and the news that the East Barnwell GPs are to leave the health centre. We have an exclusive on Cambridge Retail Park, concern over plan for land by Fenner's and picture specials from Arbury Carnival, the Cambridge Regional College fashion show and from the COEL v Carter Jonas charity cricket match. We quiz Ely and East Cambridgeshire Parliamentary candidates in the first in our series of General Election Q&As. There's a £16m donation to Cambridge Arts Theatre and an update on Ekin Road, new details on Cmabridge's new luxury cinema while in Culture we look back at The Cambridge Club Festival and talk to Steven Webb. In Business, there's a new Sano Genetics initiative and Mike Scialom interviews DOM PORTAL, and we feature pictures from Mills & Reeve's Cambridge summer reception. There's an Innovate UK grant for Nuclera, Cycle Pharmaceuticals has made a bid for Vanda Pharmaceuticals, and there's awards success for Secondmind. Talking of awards, there's a reminder that there's one month left to enter the Cambridge Independent Business awards, plus updates on Lucida Medical Ltd, Genestack, Sepura, Sphere Fluidics Limited, IQGeo and Chesterford Research Park, plus more success for cofinitive. It's on sale all week, available for home delivery or try our new annual digital subscription and get all this in a page-turning digital edition, plus unlimited Premium website access and our app - all for just 50p a week, using the code SUMMER on our subscription site.

Congratulations to our #SciTechAwards winners!

In this week's Cambridge Independent, we report on how #Cambridge has topped an index of the health of 1,000 retail centres. We have a Q&A with the parties seeking votes in the upcoming Cambridge City Council elections. We have the latest on the future of the former Mill Road Library, fantastic pictures from the Anglia Ruskin University student exhibition at the Grand Arcade and Koniks at National Trust: Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve. We feature more from the debate over water scarcity, Gove's homes and the C2C busway from Parliamentary hopefuls and in Culture we look forward to the 50th anniversary of Cambridge Open Studios, and feature an interview with the brilliant Sir Tim Rice. In our Business pages, we report on fundraising success for CN Bio and feature a fascinating interview with angel investor Peter Cowley (he/him), as he faces his terminal illness and releases a new book looking at his life of public success and private grief. We also have the latest from St John's Innovation Centre Ltd, Arm CEO Rene Haas on the issue of power and #AI and the winners - with pics - of all the Cambridgeshire Law Society Legal Excellence Awards, plus Zyme Communications Ltd in their expanded office space. There's also the topping out of The Optic, the latest from ELRIG UK, Darktrace, Cambridge Future Tech, Cambridge Wireless Ltd, Nxera Pharma, Lucida Medical Ltd and more. It's on sale all week, available for home delivery or try our digital subscription offer (until the end of April) of two months for £1, using the code on our website and read us in full on your laptop or device, and get access to our app and Premium website access.

We emerged victorious at the Regional Press Awards!

It's a really packed issue this week...

In this week's Cambridge Independent, we reveal how children in Cambridge and Cambourne have been told to go to St Neots and St Ives to take up secondary school places. We have a six-page souvenir picture special on the Cambridge Half Marathon (congrats to the 13,005 people who finished that). We visit the new police station site, get the latest on the Hartree development, hear about a pavement parking crackdown, I explore delays to the key Local Plan process and we celebrate the reopening of the city's smallest pub. We interview Marianna Spring about investigating conspiracy theories and disinformation, we feature the latest on the new children's hospital and have pics from Cambridgeshire County Council's Spotlight Awards and in Science, I look at efforts to turn the tide on pancreatic cancer. In our Business pages, we celebrate International Women's Day, talk to Theia Insights, get the latest research from Zedify, feature the judging panel for our Science and Technology Awards, discuss the acquisition of CC Bio and have updates from Cellular Highways, Tetris Pharma Limited, Levidian and Techspert and have insight from HCR Hewitsons. It's on sale all week, available for home delivery or try a digital subscription (look out for a two months for £1 offer via our website) and read us in full on your laptop or device.

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