Cambridge ranks highly in European Cities and Regions of the Future 2016/17
A recent business outlook into the Small Cities of the Future has ranked Cambridge highly as a top European city, beating off stiff competition from cities across Europe.
Lucky 13 for Mills & Reeve
Mills & Reeve has made it onto The Sunday Times '100 Best Companies to Work For' list for the 13th year in a row.
Why you should definitely go home on time today
It’s national Work Your Proper Hours Day today (Friday 26 February) and there’s lots of excellent reasons why the Trades Union Congress (TUC) felt the need to start this national awareness day 11 years ago, with the aim of supporting employers as well as employees.
Chocolate, ice-cream, rockets and robots: over 100 science events for children and families
Children, young people and families are invited to be a part of this year’s Cambridge Science Festival (7–20 March) with a packed series of talks, games, experiments, theatre shows, demonstrations and hands-on activities.
Royal Society of Chemistry Emerging Technologies 2016 competition closes 14th March
If you are ready to take your chemistry-themed technology to market and would benefit from commercial support from a multinational company as well as £20K investment, Emerging Technologies 2016 is the competition for you.
Does your business want to save money and become greener?
Not-for-profit organisation Investors in the Environment Consultancy is working with Cambridge City Council to offer up to 15 local businesses the chance to receive half-price environment consultancy services.
EY - one of the UK’s ‘Best Big Companies to Work for’
EY has been ranked 13th in The Sunday Times top 25 'Best Big Companies to Work For’ and receives 1 Star Accreditation and special award for ‘Innovation in Engagement Practice’.
Medicom Innovation Partner to lead discussion on patient-centric devices
Medicom Innovation Partner is to sponsor the World Orphan Drug Congress and lead a round table discussion concerning the need to move to more patient-centric devices.
Smoke and mirrors
Is the latest report on air pollution guilty of scaremongering? The Scientific Alliance looks at the issues.
Rising stars: Cambridge Consultants is a great place to work
Cambridge Consultants achieves 38th place in The Sunday Times top 100 list of the Best Companies to Work For.
'Future farming – technologists' fantasy or grower game-changer?'
Dr Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-Tech East, will be talking about the future of farming at a seminar in Cambridge University's Department of Land Economy next week.
Honeypot Britain? EU migrants’ benefits and the UK referendum
Ahead of Britain’s EU referendum, research will explore the experiences of EU migrants working in the UK, and attitudes to employment and social security – for which there is little empirical evidence, despite intense political rhetoric. An initial study suggests workers from the EU are significantly under-represented in employment tribunals.
Vehicle amnesty is part of Clean for the Queen campaign
Cambridge City Council is undertaking a five-day vehicle amnesty from 29 February to 4 March, to give residents the chance to hand over unwanted, end of life vehicles to the council, free of charge.
Public positive about local infrastructure decisions, says ICE survey
The majority of people in England think devolution measures such as a new fund to support skills growth, more local control of flood management and the introduction of integrated ticketing systems would have a positive impact on their local area, according to a survey commissioned by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week, 7-13 March 2016
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Adoption and Children Act (which gave lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) adopters the same legal rights as heterosexual adopters), and the number of children adopted by LGBT parents has grown year on year.
City Council set to press government for more freedoms on housing
New freedoms and flexibilities should be given to Cambridge City Council by the government to tackle the housing affordability crisis in the Greater Cambridge area, according to a proposed statement set to be discussed by councillors.
myWorld 3: a significant leap forward for geospatial mobility platforms
Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), a leader in enterprise location intelligence solutions, has released myWorld 3, a significant leap forward for the state of the art in modern geospatial mobile platforms. Key new features of myWorld 3 for mobility include adding support for Apple iOS to existing support for Android and Windows, and the ability to automatically distribute application updates to mobile…
10 easy ways to Work Smart, Not Hard…
Ann Hawkins, author of New Business: Next Steps explains how to make more profit with less effort.
Cambridge entrepreneurs to Pitch@Palace
Three ventures supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School are among 14 ventures chosen to pitch at St James’s Palace on 7th March at the finals of Pitch@Palace, convened by HRH The Duke of York, KG.
First names revealed for 2016 Cambridge Folk Festival
The first names have been revealed for this year’s Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the longest established and most prestigious folk festivals in the world. Tickets are now on sale.
Strem UK is first in UK and Ireland to supply gold nanorods synthesised without CTAB
Strem Chemicals Inc and SONA Nanotech have signed a distribution agreement for the world’s first gold nanorods synthesised without CTAB.
Genomic sequencing reveals link between STIs and leading cause of infectious blindness
For the first time, genome sequencing has been carried out on Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis), a bacteria responsible for the disease Trachoma - the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, according to a study in Nature Communications.
North Cambridgeshire MP leads proposal that will see Probate fees rocket
The Ministry of Justice proposes to increase the probate application fees so as to raise an extra £250m a year to fund the courts and tribunal service. Woodfines Solicitors has been invited to comment.
Up to four-fifths of wetlands worldwide could be at risk from sea level rise
Researchers have modelled how wetlands might respond to rising sea levels, and found that as much as four-fifths of wetlands worldwide could be lost by the end of the century if sea levels continue to rise.
Soft solids and the science of cake
Researchers hope that working out the behaviours of soft solids, which can act like either solids or liquids, may make for tastier cakes – and safer oil wells.