Cambridge today

Drawing on its links with the University, the Cambridge area today is sometimes referred to as Silicon Fen, due to the growth of high tech businesses and technology incubators that have sprung up in the series of science parks and other developments in and around the city. Such companies include Acorn Computers and Sinclair. The University was joined by the larger part of Anglia Ruskin University, and the educational reputation has led to other bodies (such as the Open University in East Anglia) basing themselves in the city.

On March 5, 2004, Cambridge was granted Fairtrade City status.

On October 29, 2004, the famous board game Monopoly enjoyed the publication of a Cambridge edition