50% off for your first room booking in August at Allia Future Business Centre*
This August, Allia Future Business Centre Cambridge is offering 50% off your first meeting or conference room booking.
Allia seeks a lead researcher for a ‘silver economy market’ project
A new European-funded research project is launching this autumn to boost the ‘silver economy’. As one of the main project partners, Allia is seeking a lead researcher to develop new financial models for housing and supporting ‘living laboratories’.
New opportunities to tender for Innovation Lab equipment in Peterborough
Allia is inviting suppliers of laser cutting, 3D printing, IT and/or media equipment to identify, supply and fit a range of items items for the new Serious Impact Innovation Lab facility at the Allia Future Business Centre Peterborough.
Tech impact ventures benefit from new programme of structured support, advice and guidance
High-impact ventures that work in fields such as CleanTech, AgriTech and HealthTech were today urged to view the EU referendum results as an opportunity and not just a challenge.
Free event offers crowdfunding insights and practical advice for startups and entrepreneurs
A team of experts and experienced crowdfunders, from across a range of platforms, will be offering their guidance to budding entrepreneurs at Allia Future Business Centre Cambridge this Wednesday (27 July).
World leading investment crowdfunding platform comes to Cambridge
Allia Future Business Centre has announced that Crowdcube, the world’s leading investment crowdfunding platform, will be special guest speakers at a major crowdfunding event in the city on Wednesday 27th July.
Support to help entrepreneurs grasp the opportunities post-Brexit
Social and environmental impact ventures based in the eastern region were today urged to view the EU referendum results as an opportunity and not just a challenge. The message came as a new free-to-access programme of skills, advice and support was launched by Allia, an organisation that creates social impact through enterprise.
Event brings together soup, networking and social impact
With just under a week to go, there's still time to get your tickets and help support social ventures in Cambridge.
Connect with your online audience using video
Allia will be hosting a free workshop with Cambridge-based Little Dragon Films at Future Business Centre Cambridge on Thursday 26 May.
Energy giant Engie calls for air quality innovators
Allia Future Business Centre assists Global Energy giant – Engie – to identify entrepreneurs and businesses with air quality innovations.
Meet the social venture making job-sharing accessible
Cambridge based social venture Ginibee is devoted to making Jobsharing an accessible and accepted career strategy that enables career progression alongside self development outside work.
'Buy Social Corporate Challenge' launches at Downing Street
This week, Social Enterprise UK and the Cabinet Office launched the 'Buy Social Corporate Challenge' at a reception with Minister for Civil Society, Rob Wilson. The Challenge comprises a group of businesses who have joined forces to spend £1 billion with social enterprises by 2020.
Final spaces remaining for Allia MassChallenge information evening on 3 May
Find out more about MassChallenge, the venture accelerator with a £500,000 prize fund, at Future Business Centre in under two weeks. Register now to confirm your place.
CambridgeSoup joins forces with WOUP
Following on from the success of launching CambridgeSoup in February, Allia is pleased to confirm the date of its second CambridgeSoup on Tuesday 24th May 2016 at Allia’s Norfolk Street Future Business Enterprise Centre, Cambridge.
Cambridge collaboration launches online platform to map agribusiness in Africa
AGRIinsight Ltd and Arcus Global, alumni of Allia Future Business Centre in Cambridge, have announced a new partnership to provide an online mapping platform to support agribusiness investment in the developing world.
CambridgeSoup searches for pitchers
Inspired by the success of SundaySoup projects across the globe, CambridgeSoup offers a platform for local individuals, businesses or community groups to share and gather support for their new ideas to make a positive impact on people or the planet.
Free finance workshop provides advice and guidance for entrepreneurs
A free Accounting & Finance workshop organised by Watermill Accounting at Allia Future Business Centre, Cambridge, will invite expert speakers to offer guidance and advice to start-ups and entrepreneurs.
CAF Retail Charity Bond raises £20m
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) Retail Charity Bond has closed early after just one week, having raised £20 million. The offer saw strong demand from both institutional and retail investors and closed over-subscribed.
Allia brings MassChallenge accelerator for start-ups and SMEs to Cambridge
Allia will be welcoming internationally acclaimed accelerator programme MassChallenge, which offers expert mentoring, support and a share of a £500,000 equity-free investment fund to start-ups and SMEs, to Allia Future Business Centre, Cambridge, on Tuesday 3 May.
Apply now: Social Entrepreneur of the Year
Allia is excited once again to be sponsoring the Social Entrepreneurship category of the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards. The deadline for submissions to the 2016 awards is Friday January 22nd.
Allia needs 3500 photos for an art installation
Allia is delighted that famous British artist Helen Marshall will create a huge public art installation for the Allia Future Business Centre Cambridge.
Allia opens a new Future Business Centre in Peterborough
Allia, the Cambridge based not-for-profit organisation, has today announced that it will become the new operator of the Future Business Centre Peterborough at the Abax Stadium. The centre will encourage and support businesses with an environmental or social mission to start up and grow. It will also promote entrepreneurship to young people as a way of creating opportunities for them to take part…
The search is on to find the UK’s most innovative ideas for clean energy and smart technology
Allia Future Business Cambridge is working with energy company ENGIE (formerly GDF SUEZ) to launch a national competition to find the UK’s most innovative companies in the Energy and Services sectors.
Cambridge charity Allia launches manifesto to support UK social ventures
Allia’s 2015 manifesto, Helping Social Ventures Flourish, calls on the future government to swiftly pass growth-promoting laws that support social ventures, legislate for improved access to appropriate finance and commit to sustained political support for the duration of the next parliament and beyond.
School work clubs - Future Business wins funding for Cambs
Future Business has won funding from the LEP in collaboration with Keystone Trust who have been running school-based work clubs in Norfolk and Suffolk, and are bringing them to Cambridgeshire. A new role has been created for this project in Cambridgeshire.