It was my pleasure, on friday, to host representatives from the EU on Friday. I was able to explain to them the huge advances being made in low carbon technology in Cambridgeshire. Carbon use equals high costs which we all want to avoid. We are setting up a fund, with help from the EU, to Read more

Interesting to see Nick Clegg now apologising for making a pledge about university fees. I have a horrible feeling that the apology suggests he won’t be making any more pledges rather than dealing with the subject matter. I need to be careful, as I am a politician, but the apology does sound like a politicians Read more

This morning I attended a Cambridge & Counties bank board meeting which was held in Leicestershire, one of the Counties the bank is targeting. All is well in our world of banking even if it is difficult elsewhere. Interestingly, it is now clear that banks are very, very regulated. I am sat on a train Read more

Last night I hosted an event for our Broadband champions. It was a chance to get as many of the 68 together as possible to update them on progress and to give an opportunity to ask questions and to get to know each other to share views. Our broadband champions represent the communities they live Read more

On thursday night I was a guest of the CBI Easter Region at a dinner at Duxford. Eating under the wing of Concorde was a bit different. It was a great opportunity to meet business people and to share our vision of this county being open for business. The key note speaker was Ed Balls. Read more