Mark wins 'Apprentice of the Year' title
A Cambridge Regional College apprentice has won a nationwide competition to find the brightest trainee electrician in the country.
Pupils put social responsibility into action at Stephen Perse Foundation
Sophie and Emily, two pupils at the Stephen Perse Foundation – a Cambridge independent school that places social responsibility at the heart of its education – are taking action to improve the lives of others by donating their own hair to the Little Princess Trust.
F&D events - new company launched by the Cambridge Food Tour
Cambridge Food Tour, already known for its exciting culinary tours of the city, has launched F&D events – food and drink events suitable for everything from a full day’s activity to a one-hour icebreaker or breakaway session.
RealVNC® partners with Hughes Systique (HSC) to provide new automotive connectivity solution
RealVNC, the global provider of VNC® remote access technology and premier MirrorLink supplier are proud to announce their new collaboration with HSC, a dedicated provider of architecture, consulting and software engineering services in the areas of embedded Android/Linux and native/hybrid application development.
Syrris launches Titan Syringe Pump for continuous processing scale-up
Syrris, a world leader in chemistry product innovation, has launched the Titan Syringe Pump, a continuous flow chemical processing module. Suitable for lab, pilot and production scale applications, this extremely chemically-resistant single channel pump combines powerful drive motors, clever valve design and software control to deliver ultra-smooth flow rates from 1 to 250 ml/min.
New facilities at Churchill College underpin drive for excellence
A Cambridge College is launching the latest addition to its extensive range of facilities, enhancing its position as a centre for academic excellence and one of the city’s leading venues for residential conferences, meetings and events.
Studio 24 speaks at largest regional CIM event
The largest regional Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) event is back – and Studio 24 is part of the programme.
JT Cranes launches new website designed and built by Stanton Shallcross
Established in 1981, JT Cranes is a family firm based on the Beds/Cambs borders. Since 2006 they have been the local specialists in the remarkable and versatile new technology of mini cranes, offering crane hire, contract lifting and sales.
LEP first to sign off new and improved Devolution Deal
The Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (LEP) officially signed off the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough East Anglia Devolution Deal at their Board meeting last week.
Storm Therapeutics raises £12m in Series 'A' funding
Cambridge Innovation Capital has invested in the Series ‘A’ funding round of Storm Therapeutics (formerly known as Iceni Therapeutics), a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge’s Gurdon Institute focused on the identification and development of small molecule drugs that target RNA-modifying enzymes. In total, Storm Therapeutics has secured £12 million from Cambridge Innovation Capital…
Owlstone Medical closes $7M (£4.9M) investment to commercialise disease breathalyzer
Owlstone Medical Ltd, a diagnostics company, has been spun out of parent company, Owlstone Inc, to develop and commercialise a breathalyzer for use in clinical diagnostics and precision medicine with applications in cancer, inflammatory and infectious disease. Based in Cambridge, UK, the Company announced today that it has successfully raised $7 million (£4.9 million) financing.
Opinion: What Brexit means for UK science: a view from the coalface
Simon Redfern of Cambridge University’s Department of Earth Sciences discusses how Brexit may impact EU research opportunities and funding in the UK.
Cambridge Consultants helps create a ‘one-stop shop’ for Asian medtech start-ups
Cambridge Consultants teams up with Clearbridge Accelerator to give Asia’s medical technology start-ups a new fast track to market.
Cambridge Index gains 5.0%
The Cambridge Index grew 5% or 829.3 points to close at 17,476.5 and outperformed the broader indices, as index heavyweights such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey notched weekly gains.
Useful effect of defect in non-stoichiometric nanoceria
High-performance colloidal cerium and iron oxide nanomaterials are available for environmental, energy-related and biomedical research and available from Strem Chemicals UK Ltd
Robotics and plant intelligence win GROW agri-tech competition
The Agri-Tech East cluster supports a pipeline of innovation through the UK's only national agri-tech business plan competition.
Metail hosts first tech open evening
Metail is a rapidly scaling global tech company developing 3D visualization tools to provide online fashion retailers with a virtual fitting room. Since the early beginnings in 2012, over 749,961 people have created MeModels, enabling them to make better decisions about the clothing they buy online.
ISO27001 Internal Audit package launched to help SMEs secure experienced auditors
IT Governance, the global leader in cyber security and ISO 27001 expertise, is pleased to announce the launch of a new ISO 27001 Internal Audit package designed to help SMEs outsource their internal audits to experienced internal ISO 27001 information security management system auditors.
The process of inert gas blanketing explained
Sensitive materials within pharmaceutical, chemical and the food industry may experience quality degradation if they come in contact with oxygen, moisture or other contaminants. Inert gas blanketing is a process used to protect volatile, combustible or perishable products from undesirable reactions such as oxidation or explosion.
Two e-Go aircraft fly at AeroExpo 2016, Sywell
e-Go aeroplanes will be attending the AeroExpo 2016 show at Sywell airfield in Northamptonshire next weekend - Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd July.
Graduate describes what it’s really like on the Pure Graduate Training Programme
Thinking of joining a Graduate Training Programme? Not made your mind up yet? Before you do, let Ellie Steinfeldt take you through her experience of the Pure Graduate Training Programme.
Council to encourage low-emission taxis to boost air quality in city
Cambridge City Council is set to consult with taxi drivers on how the use of low emission vehicles by the taxi trade could be encouraged.
Young Street building wins another award
Anglia Ruskin University’s new Young Street building in Cambridge has received another award.
Flexible LED strip meets industrial lighting requirements
Intelligent LED Solutions announces industrial grade flexible LED strips for machine lighting and similar demanding applications.
‘Form over substance’ in new UK company reporting rules?
New UK disclosure rules did not curb CEO pay or improve pay-performance link, but instead led to “opportunistic reporting” for reputation management, finds study by Cambridge Judge Business School and King’s College London.