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Cambridge Independent | 28 August 2024

Pattern of selling profitable or will-be-profitable UK firms early to overseas investors ‘harms UK economy’, says CBR report

A new report by the Centre for Business Research reveals that the UK economy is suffering due to “large, profitable UK-based companies” being “sold early and usually to overseas multinationals”.

University World News | 13 August 2024

Universities can take concrete steps to support HE in Gaza

CBR Research Associate Mona Jebril writes about a new briefing paper in which she examines the role of universities at times of war and crisis, and puts forward ideas that universities can implement.

University of Cambridge | May 2023

Quantifying the Cambridge Cluster

The University features the work of CBR’s Dr Andy Cosh and Dr Giorgio Caselli, describing them as “two indefatigable Cambridge researchers who map in minute detail what’s going on in the local economy”.

Cambridge Network | 6 April 2023

Latest research shows job creation within Cambridge’s innovation clusters fuels an increasingly buoyant and resilient ecosystem

New research from CBR shows that growth of the Cambridge city region’s economy has been resilient over the uncertainty of the pandemic and has bounced back strongly since the restrictions ended.

Times Higher Education | 28 March 2022

Local focus for university-business links in UK ‘too narrow’

The Times Higher Education writes about CBR’s major survey of almost 4,000 firms, which has found that work with institutions at national and international level is a large slice of collaboration activity.

Cambridge Independent | 17 March 2022

Life sciences and IT drove Cambridge growth in pandemic’s first year

The Cambridge Independent newspaper describes analysis from the Centre for Business Research that shows corporate employment in the Cambridge city region grew by 1.8% overall over 2020/21.

Cambridge Independent | 5 January 2022

Employment growth remains strong in Greater Cambridge region’s knowledge-intensive businesses but falls elsewhere

A report from CBR that looked at a sample of companies covering 68% of corporate employment in Greater Cambridge and reveals the impact of lockdowns on the economy is covered in the Cambridge Independent newspaper.

Cambridge Network | 20 December 2021

Knowledge intensive sectors ensure Greater Cambridge employment rates grow despite Covid challenges

Cambridge Network writes about research from CBR that shows the resilience of knowledge intensive sectors ensured employment rates in Greater Cambridge continued to grow despite the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19 (coronavirus).

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