Will the PSTN switch-off affect your business or school?
In December 2025, phone lines in the UK will go fully digital, and the remaining analogue phone lines – the Public Switch Telephone Network (PSTN) – will be permanently switched off.
Impression acquires Norwich-based digital agency, FLOCC
Impression acquires Norwich-based digital agency, FLOCC
Handling the ultimate public speaking horror
Lifesaver alert! How to deal with that awful moment when the technology packs up and your presentation simply refuses to work. Read blog below by Simon Hall.
Sepura signs Waleed Communications as sales partner in Oman
Sepura has signed Waleed Communications as a sales partner in Oman, adding a proven solution provider to their network of partners and increasing their presence in the fast-growing Middle East critical communications market.
Speechmatics to launch pioneering real-time speech translation capabilities in 69 language pairs
This offering will integrate real-time translation with its industry-beating real-time transcription in an all-in-one API
New CUH Directions phone app helps patients find the way
Patients have led the way in a project to make it easier to navigate your way around Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals.
Traveling with Carnets (not a lot of love)
Carnets are essential for international productions allowing the companies to move equipment seamlessly through customs. However, there have been instances where using carnets has been problematic. WaveFX is a webcasting company based in the UK providing live streaming and event production services. Over the last 20 years, they have established themselves as one of the leading companies in the…
IQGeo receives Carbon Neutral status for the second consecutive year
IQGeo, a developer of geospatial software that is “Building better networks” for telecom and utility operators, announces that for the second consecutive year it has received Carbon Neutral Organisation status for its 2022 carbon footprint assessment.
Fun facts for buoyant bios
Is it wise to include some quirky claims in your bio? Here's the answer... along with a fun fact about Pele, Baker Street, and a whole lot of fish.
What is a portable film studio?
In the past, filming studio quality content needed giant cameras, giant studios and giant budgets. However, as technology has advanced, camera equipment has become lighter, more portable and more accessible. What would have taken months to film and edit can now be delivered within a week, in much better quality and at a fraction of the price…. and you don’t need a giant studio!
The importance of website optimisation
Identity Creative says...in October 2022 our Senior Web Developer (Thanos Panagiotidis) held a talk at one of the Mantle Networking events on the Importance of website optimisation.
Personality testing in the workplace: gimmick or gamechanger?
“We’re going to be doing personality tests in our session next week!”
Live events are back, but is webcasting still important?
Webcasting has become an increasingly popular way to reach audiences beyond the physical venue of a live event. Whether it’s a conference, concert, sporting event, or any other gathering, webcasting allows people from all over the world to tune in and experience the event in real-time.
Project Gigabit contract award unlocks 215,000 home expansion of CityFibre’s networks across Cambridgeshire
CityFibre has been awarded a major contract under government’s £5bn Project Gigabit programme to subsidise rollout of ‘gigabit capable’ infrastructure to rural properties that would otherwise be excluded from commercial rollouts.
Three important questions in tough times
We’re big fans of asking the right questions - especially in tough times. To arrive at clear, shared and powerful goals, you have to be unafraid to ask the right questions, even if it feels a little uncomfortable.
How to avoid public speaking nightmares
If you want to give yourself the best chance of smashing a presentation, here is an easy trick Simon Hall...
Volunteers, the key to success
As Crossways, It Takes a City's winter emergency accommodation project, closes for another year, the team celebrate the support provided by their amazing volunteers.
DragonLight launches new Crowdfunder to help finish feature film Six Inches of Soil
Last year we raised enough money to cover the cost of shooting the film. Our small team filmed on the road for 42 days, shot over 120 hours of footage, in nine different English counties. We interviewed over twenty farmers and other experts, attended farming conferences, protests, filmed with sheep, pigs, cows and our unsung heroes - the microbes, fungi, beetles, earthworms and other critters of…
Are references worth the paper they are written on?
From a dearth of candidates, new behaviours like ghosting or having to redesign roles to accommodate hybrid or remote working, hiring can be a real struggle. One of the more perennial challenges during the recruitment process is taking references. Are they worth the trouble?
Live Stream dials in Nasa astronaut Kayla Barron
Cambridge Filmworks and The Cambridge Festival looks to space with a live discussion from Houston with Astronaut Kayla Barron. To watch the full event please visit: https://www.cambridgefilmworks.com/live-from-nasa-rocket-women/
How to stop a difficult situation at work going from bad to worse
Think back to the last time you had to manage a difficult or unpleasant situation at work – like making a person redundant, or taking them through a disciplinary procedure. How was it? Could it have gone better?
Sable&Hawkes deliver event website for Cambridge Ion Channel Forum (CICF)
Metrion Biosciences and AstraZeneca are co-organising the Cambridge Ion Channel Forum (CICF) taking place on Wednesday 10th May 2023. Sable&Hawkes were asked to support the promotion of the event by producing a discreet event website.
Praise, Criticism, and Credibility
Do you want what you say and write to have more credibility? This is an important way to achieve that, even if it requires the painful story of a trip to the dentist...
New World Spirit at the PROI Worldwide Summit
Sue recently attended her first PROI Worldwide summit in New Delhi, India. The theme for the event was ‘New World Spirit’ – celebrating everything that India represents as a truly incredible country full of opportunity.