News Archive
Community Ventures Limited appoints a new SME Consultant
20 April 2010
Working with the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP), Community Ventures (M’bro) Ltd (CVL) are offering a procurement development programme including a series of free skill workshops to enable small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) access public sec Read more...
Cambridgeshire Companies Go for Growth
15 April 2010
Cambridgeshire firms are currently recruiting and growing with the support of the Inspiration for Growth programme run by St. John’s Innovation Centre. Read more...
Greater Cambridge Takes Advantage of Fragile National Recovery
03 February 2010
The Greater Cambridge area, with its diverse economy, is now taking advantage of the fragile recovery underway in the national economy, although there remains a degree of unevenness in the upturn across the area at district level. Read more...
Nigel gets waxed!
18 February 2010
When Nigel Brown OBE takes over as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire he will have to sport silk stockings for his official duties, so he needs smooth legs! Read more...
Win Public Sector Contracts in Cambridgeshire
17 February 2010
Over £500 million is spent each year by local councils, the NHS and other public sector bodies on goods, works and services in Cambridgeshire alone. Read more...
Action for the Economic Upturn
28 January 2010
Responding to the impacts of recession and preparing for the upturn is a priority for the GCP and our partners across the public and private sectors. Read more...
Cambridgeshire Inspires Growth
28 January 2010
Small Cambridgeshire firms who wish to grow can now attend a range of business workshops especially designed to inspire and support companies with high growth potential. Read more...
Developing Land-based Skills
03 December 2009
Three years ago, Sandalwood Farm was an ordinary, 50 acre, family run arable farm. Today it is a linchpin in the education and skilling of young people in agriculture in Fenland. Read more...
Greater Cambridge Rides the Recession
05 November 2009
Despite recent news from Government that the recession in the UK has continued into a sixth quarter, the economy in the Greater Cambridge area continues to perform relatively well when compared with the regional and national economies. Read more...
Recession Levelling Off in Greater Cambridge ?
11 August 2009
On 30 July the GCP released its latest quarterly report on “Responding to the Recession – Organising for the Upturn” for the second quarter of the business year. Read more...
Greater Cambridge in Rude Health … up to the Recession …
22 July 2009
The 2009 Greater Cambridge Annual Profile is launched today. Read more...
Packed audience for GCP Conference
23 June 2009
On 11 May 300 delegates arrived at Hinxton Hall for the Greater Cambridge Partnership Annual Conference. Read more...
Renewable Energy - Have Your Say!
14 April 2009
Cambridgeshire residents are being asked for their opinions on renewable energy in an online survey by Cambridgeshire Horizons, in conjunction with Renewables East. Read more...
We're open for business - come and talk to us and ask
03 March 2009
So said the senior commercial managers from the clearing banks from across Greater Cambridge when they met with Nigel Brown OBE, Chairman of the Greater Cambridge Partnership, and Robert Sansom and Amy Mokady, two of the business sector members of the GCP Read more...
Ice Cream Vans to Workwear to Sales Training
03 March 2009
Over 60 business leaders attended the inaugural London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games procurement breakfast meeting in Ely. Read more...
Evidence that Cambridgeshire is weathering the economic storm
19 March 2009
Cambridgeshire’s economy is proving to be resilient to the recession according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics today (18 March 2009), despite national unemployment figures rising above 2 million. Read more...
GCP Board Realistic but Positive on the Economy
17 February 2009
“Greater Cambridge is not immune from the international and country-wide downturn but there are still opportunities in these difficult times that “Greater Cambridge Plc” can exploit.” said Nigel Brown OBE, when chairing the recent GCP Partnership Board Read more...
Swimming with the big fish
06 November 2008
"Swimming with the big fish: get paid to innovate". Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club (CUTEC), and the GCP are hosting a workshop on how to promote innovative ideas to larger companies, and make money out of it! Read more...
Willets adds clout to cluster power
05 November 2008
The shadow secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills was the main speaker at what had originally been called a "wash-up" meeting to chew over what had come out of September's Cambridge Enterprise Conference. Read more...
Creative Cluster!
30 October 2008
Greater Cambridge has been famous globally for it’s ICT and life sciences sectors but the creative industries are catching up! Read more...
New EEDA Chief Visits Greater Cambridge
03 October 2008
Deborah Cadman, the new Chief Executive of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has visited the Greater Cambridge sub-region to meet with private sector leaders and local authority chiefs from the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) Boards. Read more...
Improved Job Prospects for Local Bangladeshi and Pakistani Community
03 October 2008
The Bangladeshi and Pakistani Skills Project aims to help educate people from these communities, give them confidence and independence and the skills to encourage them into mainstream education or employment. Read more...
GCP working with Centre for Cities on sustainable growth
09 September 2008
Cambridge is a Partner City in the Centre for Cities’ research programme, Unlocking City Potential and Sustaining City Growth. Read more...
Slivers of Time
09 July 2008
people to get total flexibility from the workplace as employers offer to pay for ‘Slivers of Time’. Read more...
Cambridge at the Crossroads!
08 July 2008
The GCP today hosted a major transport symposium to debate the key issue of the future direction of the transport strategy for the Cambridge area. Read more...
GCP opposes proposed eco-towns
01 July 2008
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) has unanimously agreed to oppose the proposed eco-towns at Hanley Grange and Elsenham Read more...
£4 million Economic Boost for the Fens
04 June 2008
Local people have been awarded £4 million of funding for the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Fens by the East of England Development Agency. Read more...
Transport Commission for Cambridge
24 June 2008
Nigel Brown OBE, Chairman of the Greater Cambridge Partnership has been invited to sit on a new Transport Commission for Cambridge. Read more...
City Chief to Chair GCP Operating Board
10 June 2008
Rob Hammond, Chief Executive of Cambridge City Council is the new Chairman of the GCP Operating Board. Read more...
Promote Greater Cambridge…and win
07 May 2008
Spread the world on our new brand and win a case of wine and donate £100 to your nominated charity! Read more...
Andrew Gowers to Address GCP Conference
12 May 2008
Andrew Gowers, youngest ever Editor of the Financial Times and now Head of Communications at Lehman Brothers will be the keynote speaker at the GCP conference on 22 May at Hinxton Hall. Read more...
Creative Industries Expert to Launch New Plan
30 April 2008
Danny Meaney, Managing Director and founder of consultancy nmp, will launch the Greater Cambridge Creative Industries Action Plan at the GCP Conference on 22 May at Hinxton Hall. Read more...
International Relocation Guru to address GCP Conference
16 April 2008
René Buck, President of Buck Consultants International will address the Greater Cambridge Partnership Conference on 22 May. Read more...
“Cambridge Calendar” Launched
06 March 2008
Confused by the range of International related business events and conference in Greater Cambridge? Read more...
Fens Adventurers Partnership - £4m LEADER final stage bid submitted
19 March 2008
A final stage bid has been submitted for a £4m LEADER rural development programme in the Cambridgeshire & Norfolk Fens, to be delivered over the next five years. Read more...
Branding Greater Cambridge on the World Stage
12 March 2008
Greater Cambridge is operating in an increasingly competitive world. Standing still is no longer an option and Greater Cambridge can and should be competing on the international stage. Read more...
Leading researchers address symposium on women in science and technology
28 February 2008
Leading female scientists will share the secrets of their success and how to increase the role of women in engineering, science and technology at an event held at Lucy Cavendish College next month. Read more...
Tackling congestion in Cambridgeshire –new generation to have their say
13 February 2008
The third meeting of the Greater Cambridge New Generation Forum, “Tackling congestion in Cambridgeshire”, takes place on Wednesday February 20thth at Taylor Vinters. Read more...
Fens LEADER bid through to the next round
23 January 2008
An expression of interest for a £4m LEADER rural development programme in the Cambridgeshire & Norfolk Fens has been successful at the first stage. Read more...
New Profile of Greater Cambridge Launched
22 January 2008
The performance of Greater Cambridge is now being monitored against the Eastern region and the rest of the UK in the new Greater Cambridge Annual Profile. Read more...
GCP Partners Debate Congestion
17 January 2008
This morning, the Greater Cambridge Partnership hosted a breakfast meeting to discuss the future of transport in Cambridgeshire. Read more...
Greater Cambridge Partnership Hits the Top – it’s Official!
05 December 2007
The GCP has come top in a performance review of all the economic development partnerships across the East of England. Read more...
Leader Rural Development Programme for England 2007/13
11 December 2007
On 10th December 2007 Cambridgeshire ACRE and the Greater Cambridge Partnership submitted an expression of interest for a £4m LEADER rural development programme in the Cambridgeshire & Norfolk Fens. Read more...
Speed Networking really works!
05 November 2007
A speed networking evening at Magdalene College on 1 November brought together a record number of Cambridge businesses and charities. Read more...
Bridging the Digital Divide
22 November 2007
An award winning scheme which improves peoples job prospects has got a major boost from a new partner. The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) will invest over £200k in Cambridge Housing Society’s (CHS) Laptop Loan Scheme over the next 2 years. As a res Read more...
“What is Cambridgeshire and what do we want it to be?”
11 October 2007
The second gathering of the Greater Cambridge New Generation Forum takes place on Wednesday November 7th at Shire Hall, Cambridge. The event is titled “What is Cambridgeshire, and what do we want it to be?” Read more...
Greater Cambridge Needs Branding
10 October 2007
66% of delegates at the Greater Cambridge annual conference think that the area needs a stronger brand image. Read more...
Government Enterprise Director visits Cambridge
10 October 2007
The Greater Cambridge Partnership, joint organiser of the Cambridge Enterprise Conference, hosted a post-conference policy workshop today. Read more...
GCP Launches New Website
27 September 2007
Having undergone a major redesign and rework, the GCP website is up to date, clean and informative. Read more...
Cambridgeshire Doctors’ Surgeries Lead the way in Employment Advice to People with Depression
26 September 2007
Family doctors in Cambridgeshire are pioneering a new way of helping people with depression and anxiety to keep their jobs or to get into work by providing access to specialist employment advisers in their surgeries. Read more...
Greater Cambridge to Present to High-Level Chinese delegation
26 September 2007
The Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) are delighted to be supporting the latest International Trade Forum hosted by March Publishing. Read more...
GCP Partners Debate Congestion Charge
13 September 2007
This morning, the Greater Cambridge Partnership hosted a breakfast meeting to discuss the future of transport in Cambridgeshire. Read more...
Getting a job and keeping it
09 August 2007
The Ramsey Learning Community Project is now into its second year and has three main themes; one of those themes is Employability. At the Abbey College on 5th & 6th July the project ran a two day workability workshop to assist young people prepare the Read more...
News Archive
- Championing Support for rural Enterprise
- The Wireless Olympics has Racing Start
- Launch of New Generation Forum for Greater Cambridge
- Value not Volume Tourism Plan
- Bay Area Chief Exec to Share Experience
- Open evening at Romsey Mill
- Improving Opportunities for Travellers and Gypsies
- Change of Leadership for the GCP Operating Board
- Deyton Bell MD Appointed Chairman of GCP International Relations Forum
- Greater Cambridge Partnership Annual Conference 2007
- Cambridgeshire & Peterborough 2012 Olympics Co-ordinating Group Formed
- Land for Jobs Growth in Greater Cambridge
- International First for Greater Cambridge
- Investing in Communities Celebrates Success
- Oxford to Visit Greater Cambridge to “swot up” on Economic Development!
- Women’s Business Mapped!
- GCP to boost skills and prospects via Romsey Mill expansion
- GCP Secures £9m as Community Fund
- Skills and Training Issues Top Conference Feedback
- Greater Cambridge Partnership Strengthens it’s Partnership Board
- Private Sector Directors Grow GCP Operating Board
- CBCAN Celebrates the Work of Greater Cambridge Companies
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