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	'Dragon’s Den' Doug Richard to judge The Grand Challenge Taylor Vinters and Marshalls Aerospace are firing up their entrepreneurial skills to face Doug Richard, one of the original Dragons from the 'Dragon’s Den'. They are two of 25 teams who have already signed up to take part in The Grand Challenge - an exciting, innovative fundraising contest being launched by the Papworth Trust. more..	20/08/08
	2008-2009 GC/GC-MS courses for Europe and Middle East Anthias Consulting provides complete details of GC/GC-MS courses for the coming year, together with a guide to the best courses for your team. more..	19/08/08
	Bailey Fisher assists Zimiti with the appointment of Stuart Reed as Sales Manager David Boorman of Bailey Fisher ~ Executive Search is pleased to have assisted award-winning technology start-up Zimiti, with the appointment of Stuart Reed as Sales Manager. more..	15/08/08
	Baufritz eco house built in Newmarket Pioneering ecological design and build company, Baufritz, based in Girton near Cambridge is close to completing its latest project in Newmarket - an eco-home for local couple David and Jane Webb. This is the firm’s first project in the Cambridgeshire area and is only their 5th UK project so far. more..	15/08/08
	Blues help Britain top the Olympic rowing medal table Seven British Blues helped Team GB top the Olympic medal table at the Beijing Games and record the country’s best results in the sport since 1908. more..	20/08/08
	Breathe technology achieve SonicWall Gold Partnership status breathe technology have recently been accredited as SonicWall gold partners. more..	14/08/08
	Cambridge Consultants brings its Vena platform to the Continua Health Alliance Focus on Vena as Continua Alliance members seek to develop standards for personal health device interoperability more..	13/08/08
	Cambridge Index rises 0.6% The Cambridge Index rose 0.6% or 32.8 points to close at 5,430.7, supported by an 11.0% rise in heavyweight Autonomy Corp., following a slew of contract wins and amid expectations that the stock will join the FTSE 100 Index next month. more..	18/08/08
	Charles Russell advise on the acquisition of DSR Print Management Limited for £5.5 million Charles Russell advised the directors of DSR Print Management Limited (Mike Naylor, Stephen Beesley and Andre Kofman) on their acquisition (through DSR Holdings Limited) of the entire share capital of DSR Print Management Limited for £5.5 million. more..	14/08/08
	Charles Russell LLP advises Green Energy Options Limited on new equity funding round Charles Russell’s Cambridge office has advised Cambridge-based company Green Energy Options on a new equity funding round which raised approximately £750,000. The funding round was completed on 12 June 2008. more..	14/08/08
	Collaborative team work Some projects are naturally collaborative; some achieve collaboration and the rest have collaboration thrust upon them. more..	13/08/08
	Containment Level 3 laboratory for rent at BioPark, Welwyn Garden City BioPark has recently completed the refurbishment of a 140 sq metre containment unit comprising a Cat3 lab of 70 sq.m and an independent Cat2 lab of 16 sq.m, together with showers, autoclave, etc. more..	14/08/08
	Crack out your crystal ball and engage in some futurology Lythe Business Development’s MD, Rachel Harker, encourages technologists, scientists and business folk to look into their crystal balls as she reveals the business benefits of the black art of futurology ... more..	19/08/08
	Department for Business launches 'Employing People’ campaign to help businesses save millions in admin costs A new campaign to help businesses save time and money on employment costs has been launched by the Department for Business. The ‘Employing People’ campaign is part of the department’s Employment Law Guidance Programme and follows recent research which showed that businesses were spending unnecessary time and money complying with employment law. more..	18/08/08
	DisplayLink brings multi-monitor computing to the Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family Helping to make it even easier for PC users to work and play on multiple monitors, quad-monitor technology developed by DisplayLink, for the Intel® 4 Series Express Chipset Family optimises quad monitor computing for notebooks and desktops. more..	20/08/08
	East of England falls short of the equity gap Research by Corpfin Worldwide has shown that the East of England is the least active English region for deals in the ‘equity gap’. more..	19/08/08
	Free conference places are on offer Cambridge Network members are invited to apply for guest places which have been made available at the forthcoming conference 'Realising the Commercial Potential of Therapeutic Antibodies', which takes place from September 30 - October 1 at the Cafe Royal, London more..	18/08/08
	Freeview tops poll of TV innovations UK TV viewers have voted Freeview as the technology that has had the biggest impact on the way they watch television, while in contrast mobile TV has had no impact. The results are included in a survey by Deloitte on behalf of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, which takes place from 22nd – 24th August 2008. more..	13/08/08
	Green Cathedral delivers unique academic video search projects to Howard Hughes Medical Institute Green Cathedral plc, the Cambridge technology incubator, and its subsidiary Cambridge IPTV have produced two unique and fully searchable Internet video web sites for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and Cold Spring Harbor Labs in the US. more..	19/08/08
	Helping the NHS to beat hospital bugs A free event on 3 September gives you the opportunity to find out how to have your products tested for use within the NHS and potentially get on a "fast track" route to becoming a supplier. more..	18/08/08
	Kiss goodbye to pre holiday stress If you’re trying to clear your desk before flying off to the sun you’ll know what a stressful time it can be. But if you follow the KISS principle to planning for a holiday it can be a whole lot simpler, says Simon Fryer of KISS Communications. more..	19/08/08
	Knowledge Solutions announce client wins in logistics, the NHS and manufacturing sectors Knowledge Solutions (UK) Ltd, the leading provider of knowledge transfer and learning technologies, has announced key client wins with major organisations spanning logistics, the NHS, and manufacturing sectors. more..	19/08/08
	MBA students offer marketing skills for local new ventures If your company is considering a new venture, developing a new product, treatment or technology, or is expanding into a new market and could benefit from the marketing skills of a bright and resourceful MBA team, Judge Business School would like to hear from you. more..	13/08/08
	Measles mumps and rubella - news from The Travel Clinic The Department of Health are targeting all unvaccinated children and 18-24 year olds who have not received an MMR booster at the present time, especially those going off to further education establishments and the vaccine is free from their GP. Anyone older than this may not be protected and may have it on request from The Travel Clinic Ltd. more..	18/08/08
	Mobas continues to donate to the National Blood Service Continuing a long-standing relationship, Mobas, the Cambridge-based advertising agency, has been appointed by the National Blood Service to create their ‘In Advance’ campaign literature. This will be produced and distributed in conjunction with the ‘In Advance’ television campaign which launched in early July. more..	19/08/08
	More insight into Cambridge ideas that could change the world What technology and developments are likely to change the course of our lives during the next decade and beyond? Cambridge Network once again opens the door to exciting new ideas when eminent university academics help to launch the autumn Cambridge Corporate Gateway at a special Open Meeting on Monday 13th October. more..	15/08/08
	Oliver racing towards a bright future after gaining first motor sport Blue Ex-Formula One champion Damon Hill was on hand at Silverstone last week as Cambridge University student Oliver Turvey was awarded the first ever Cambridge Blue for motor Sport. more..	19/08/08
	Oxford “obesity-gene” group launches target for obesity researchers Oxford University’s technology transfer company, Isis Innovation, has launched a range of new assays for obesity research – tools that can be used to identify potential drug candidates. more..	15/08/08
	Proposals for Ipswich Civic Centre get public approval Proposals for the Civic Centre site in Ipswich have been given the seal of approval by the community, after developers held a public exhibition in July. more..	15/08/08
	Quadro participate in Design Mission to China Phil Gray, director of Quadro Design Associates, will be speaking at two seminars organised by UK Trade and Investment and China-Britain Business Council this week in Shanghai and Beijing. more..	20/08/08
	Quentin Collins is ready to blow at the Alimentum Jazz Club - August 26th Quentin Collins, one of London's most in-demand young jazz musicians, arrives at Alimentum on Tuesday 26th August performing with the Peter Shepherd Trio. more..	20/08/08
	Respcted public sector publisher, Dods, selects Datanomic’s dn:Director for single customer view of its client records dn:Director to help provide single customer view across numerous database silos for greater customer service and improved internal efficiencies more..	14/08/08
	Richard Hambro Volunteer Award for the biggest coffee morning in Cambridgeshire Macmillan Cancer Support has recognised an outstanding supporter, Diana Petchell, the organiser of the biggest and most successful coffee morning in Cambridgeshire, with its prestigious Richard Hambro Award. more..	13/08/08
	Roger Hilton 'swinging out into the void’ at Kettle’s Yard The only showing, including previously unseen works, of paintings by one of the most daring British artists of the 20th century is taking place in a new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard. more..	19/08/08
	Salimetrics Europe launch "All Things Saliva" training courses for collection, storage and testing of salivary biomarkers If your research group or diagnostic laboratory is involved in the analysis of Saliva for the determination of Hormones, Biomarkers, Salimetrics now offer a comprehensive training course in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. more..	14/08/08
	Scientific Alliance newsletter 15th August 2008 A different view of environmental issues more..	15/08/08
	Search is on for green travel champions Is your company doing its bit to encourage more cycling to work? Do your people share car journeys? Does your company subsidise bus travel? Is the company developing or does it already have an active travel plan? more..	15/08/08
	Silk Pearce delivers ‘Ova’ magazine in first national campaign for fertility clinic Branding and design consultancy Silk Pearce has been brought in by The London Women’s Clinic (LWC) to develop a 48-page glossy, lifestyle magazine [shown right] and a completely restructured website as part of an on-going national campaign to promote fertility treatment. more..	20/08/08
	Small businesses in the East of England urged to stay competitive by collaborating with universities Start-ups and small companies in the East of England are being encouraged to investigate the business support offered by universities in order to survive and thrive through the credit crunch. more..	18/08/08
	Software Acumen called up for Embedded Systems Conference Mark Dalgarno of Cambridge-based Software Acumen has been invited to organise a conference stream on Code Generation at this year's Conference on Embedded Systems Development. more..	14/08/08
	Successful LINKFresh deployment at Produce World Anglia Business Solutions today announced that the first phase deployment of its award winning LINKFresh® suite has gone live at the British & Brazilian subsidiary of the Produce World Group. The initial application was deployed to timescale and within budget. more..	14/08/08
	Surviving the credit crunch Timing is key when dealing with cash flow difficulties. It is important to act as soon as problems surface when there is time to find a solution. Leave it too late and your options will be seriously limited. more..	19/08/08
	Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality takes place in Cambridge The prime event for the convergence of the latest technology in graphics, computer vision, sensors and interactive applications - the seventh International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality - will be held at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge from the 15-18th September 2008. more..	19/08/08
	Tame your computer - faster form filling In her weekly series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she provides some useful general advice, describing how to speed up data entry by using your keyboard, not your mouse ... more..	18/08/08
	You can ‘go for gold’ too This past weekend will be remembered as the UK’s most successful two day period at any Olympic games, for over 100 years. A total of 23.7M people watched them on TV, 17 medals were won, placing GB third in the medals table. What can business learn from this? FCG Consultancy's Jonathan Wainwright takes a look ... more..	20/08/08

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