Cambridge Network is one of the region’s most influential organisations

A prestigious panel of judges from local companies chose 125 organisations from a list of 300 put forward by members of the public, academics and the business community. Those selected were deemed to be "the most influential in helping to shape and build the economy, not just locally, but nationally and internationally as well," according to Chief Reporter Chris Elliott, who compiled the 40-page supplement in today's issue of the News.

Featured organisations range from Addenbrooke's to Zeus (sold two years ago to Riverbed Technology for £68 million), and include the full range of high technology companies for which the cluster is renowned - from Abcam and ARM to Cambridge Consultants, CSR, Horizon Discovery, Marshall Group, PA Consulting, Plastic Logic, Raspberry Pi, RealVNC, Red Gate, TTP and Xaar, to name a few. It includes professional services firms such as Hewitsons and Mills & Reeve as well as local independents like Fitzbillies - famed for its sticky Chelsea buns - and chains like Hotel Chocolat and John Lewis.

"The Cambridge News does a great job of keeping us up to date with all the local stories, and has branched out into well-researched glossy publications like Cambridge Business and the very new Cambridge Magazine ," comments Claire Ruskin, Cambridge Network's CEO. "It is good to see so many Network members nominated by the people of Cambridge, and indeed we are delighted that the Network itself has been acknowledged in this way. 

"Many of our companies are business to business rather than well known brands but we can continue to say that Cambridge ideas change the world.  We have so many Cambridge products selling globally now, and look forward to having new names becoming well known to us all.”


See the full list of the top 125 most influential organisations

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