The Cambridge city region’s economy depends increasingly on access to secure, reliable and scalable compute capacity. Demand is growing across AI, life sciences, semiconductors and other data-intensiv...

Securing the future workforce cannot begin at the point of recruitment. Across the UK, economic inactivity – particularly among young people – is rising, with long-term implications for productivity, ...

Cambridge’s innovation economy relies on a steady supply of highly skilled people. Yet employers consistently report recruitment challenges, particularly in fast-moving, knowledge-intensive sectors wh...

Cambridge’s success as a global innovation hub depends on its people – a secure talent pipeline and diverse talent pool to support its growth. Yet as the city region continues to grow, employers face ...

The UK’s innovation economy is often described as a series of world-leading places, from the Oxford–Cambridge Growth Corridor to major city regions across the country. But new research from the Growin...

Cambridge Ahead’s work on skills and talent in our city region has hit a new gear this year, keeping track of the fast-changing skills policy landscape and dynamic labour market needs. From inputting ...

The Cambridge city region is home to the most intensive innovation ecosystem in Europe and is the UK's most innovative city. Cambridge has the capability to drive UK growth, productivity, and competit...

People living and working  in the Oxford to Cambridge Growth Corridor to benefit from additional investment to bring forward development and infrastructure.

Lag between planning approval and construction is much lower.

The Government is right to modernise the skills system. The Growth and Skills Levy is intended to make levy funding more flexible, with new products such as foundation apprenticeships and short, modul...

The Future of Work Group’s latest report, People and Place: Securing Cambridge’s Growth Through Workforce and Housing, explores the experiences of young professionals in the region, examining how livi...

In the context of recent Government announcements about Cambridge and the continued national spotlight, this blog explores what the latest research from Cambridge Ahead, in partnership with the Centre...

Our latest build-out data report, produced in collaboration with Savills shows that Greater Cambridge continues to set the benchmark for housing delivery, build-out rates, and the provision of afforda...

We often talk about moving the dial at Cambridge Ahead – making a material difference towards our good growth mission. 2025 has been a year where the dial moved in the right direction for Cambridge a ...

As trailed across 2025, Government is introducing “apprenticeship units.” These are short courses that – crucially – employers can pay for through their Growth and Skills Levy.This is due to come in f...

The Investment Prospectus sets out some of the investment opportunities that make the Corridor and the UK a dynamic and exciting place to invest.

Cambridge has considerable strengths in research, discovery and innovation in the advanced materials sector and acts as a national discovery engine. Cambridge is in the European Top 3 for ERC-funded m...

The success of Cambridge’s knowledge-intensive firms has been placed at the heart of Government’s growth mission. But where is the money to fund their growth going to come from?

Deloitte’s latest survey of UK Chief Financial Officers shows that finance leaders see the UK as the most attractive destination when it comes to investment, alongside India, with a net 13% describing...