Accelerating Local Businesses Day

Accessing Grant Funding: Alex’s session aims to help you balance out the pros and cons of pursuing grand funding.

Alex provides innovation support services to entrepreneurs, small businesses and universities under the brand name of Cambridge Innovation Solutions.
As an Associate of Cambridge Enterprise Ltd, he helps to deliver its International Outreach Programme, under which he delivers consultancy, training, mentoring and visit programmes for universities and public sector organisations from all over the world that want to learn lessons from the Cambridge experience for the development of their own knowledge economies. He is also an assessor of grant applications for several grant funding bodies.

We connect your ideas to advertising campaigns that educate, inspire, and leave an impact forever.

Creativity is fundamental for your success, that’s why our studio creates everything in-house, authentic for each client and project. We don’t use stock footage or sounds.

Spotta intends to be the world leader in smart pest detection. Our core technology is an ultra-low-power, insect monitoring sensor that can detect infestations early. By allowing earlier cheaper intervention we aim to put a significant dent in the global $70 billion annual cost of invasive insect pests.

We work with eCommerce brands and local businesses to drive commercially focused, sustainable growth. Blending strategic insight, digital expertise, and measurable execution, we focus on making every £ or $ invested deliver. From improving conversion and retention to expanding omni-channel presence.

By creating a safe space for open dialogue and self-reflection, we lay the groundwork for meaningful growth and sustained performance. Together, we build small, impactful habits that enable you to face challenges with optimism and resilience. This process builds a sense of confidence and clarity, enabling founders and their teams to align, achieving a state of flow for optimal success.

In 2020 Fitzbillies celebrated its 100th birthday. Founded in 1920 by Ernest and Arthur Mason, using their ‘demob’ money from the First World War, their initials are still visible in worn-out gold letters on the shop front. Alison Wright and Tim Hayward are the custodians now, with a thriving café behind the cake shop in Trumpington St and a coffee shop on the corner, a second branch in Bridge St and a larger bakery making artisan bread as well as the cakes and Chelsea buns.