Introduction to Downing College: new clients see conference and events facilities
A special reception to showcase conference and events facilities to new clients has recently been held at Downing College.
Michell Instruments signs supplier agreement with Axens
Michell Instruments Ltd has formed a supplier agreement with Axens, one of the leading providers of catalytic technologies to the global hydrocarbon processing industry, for the provision of on-line moisture analysers.
How to find your next senior marketing job
Have you progressed significantly in your career? Maybe you now head up a marketing team and are ready to make a career move - but are finding there are no senior marketing roles locally. Brand Recruitment’s most experienced marketing recruiter, Ursula Colman, shares her top tips to help you find and get your next role...
Is enough being done to support working parents?
It is not uncommon today to see increasing numbers of parents wanting to continue to work after having children in order to keep the careers that they have worked long and hard for going. For many, it is often the case that there is no option but to continue to work after having children in order to support their family financially.
6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition finalists announced
The 16 Discovering Start–Ups 2015 finalists announced today will pitch their disruptive technologies and business plans to a panel of over 30 judges including angel investors, VCs and industry experts from the likes of Samsung, Qualcomm Ventures, MediaTek Labs, Deloitte, IBM, Telecom Italia and Google. The finals take place in London on 21st October sponsored and hosted by Deloitte, the business…
Case study: A perfect promotional gift for Ten-25 Software
Spirus writes - We were asked by Ian Oldrey, the managing director of Ten-25 Software, to create a bespoke promotional gift for the Timber Trade Journal (TTJ) Awards. The aim of this gift was to spread awareness of the company, their software and to help launch the company’s new website, a dedicated space for those in the timber trade seeking trading software.
Hewitsons increases its number one rankings in 2015 Legal 500
Law firm Hewitsons has increased its number one positions in the latest Legal 500 directory rankings across East Anglia, the East Midlands and the South East.
Cambridge Network and Winning Workplace
On Sunday 20 September 2015 the Cambridge Network Chariots of Fire runners, joined by team sponsor Joy Bemrose, of Winning Workplace, took part along with over 2,000 other participants to complete the famous relay race course through the streets of Cambridge. The race was held this year to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
MANTECH pH measurement system helps streamline soil analysis
A MANTECH AssayPlus™ system with an Automax™ 122 sampler is helping scientists at NRM Laboratories in Swaffham, Norfolk, carry out specialist soil analyses.
Where are the senior marketing-job share roles?
Job-sharing is where two or more people share a ‘whole’ or ‘full time’ job. When I first started recruiting in marketing in 2006 there was a definite interest from companies in job-sharing positions and I recruited for a few job-share roles says Ursula Colman from Brand Recruitment.
Watch Skype for Business tops tips on YouTube
1plex writes - After producing the Skype for Business Top Tips news articles, it came to my attention that some people prefer, and indeed learn better from watching instructional videos. I have therefore started to produce a series of instructional videos based on understanding the basics of Skype for Business.
Headway's Peterborough kitchen garden opening
The transformation of an abandoned acre of the grounds at Thorpe Hall has been marked with the official opening of the Hospice’s new kitchen garden on 16 September 2015.
Cambridge MBA alumnus elected to Parliament in Singapore
Saktiandi Supaat, an alumnus of Cambridge Judge Business School who works in banking in Singapore, was elected a new member of Parliament in Singapore in the national elections held on 11 September.
‘Hybrid’ honours
Laura Claus, a PhD candidate at Cambridge Judge Business School, recently was honoured with two awards relating to her research conducted along with her PhD advisor, Shaz Ansari, on the subject of “hybridity.”
Papworth Trust Work programme praised by select committee
A charity-led scheme to get disabled people into work has been described as “one of the best” by a cross-party select committee looking at ways to improve the service.
MedImmune and Tanabe Research Laboratories have entered into a strategic collaboration
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A., Inc. (TRL), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation (MTPC), today announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration and licensing agreement under which TRL will use MedImmune’s pyrrolobenzodiazepine (PBD)-based warhead and linker technology to generate…
Tilting at windmills - 100% renewable energy
Greenpeace's latest energy [r]evolution report paints a highly ambitious vision which is unrealisable with current technology says The Scientific Alliance.
Anti-ageing Cambridge chocolate wins top beauty awards in Paris
This year’s winners of the Beauty Challenger Awards, held at the 13th edition of the Beyond Beauty Paris trade show, have been announced. The anti-ageing chocolate from Cambridge, ESTHECHOC, scooped the most prestigious awards – Grand Prize and Category Skincare Award!
Birketts scoops innovation in knowledge management award
Leading East of England law firm, Birketts, has been named as the ‘innovation in knowledge management award’ winners at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards (22 September 2015) which recognise and celebrate excellence in legal services across the entire legal market.
Last chance to enter the Startups Awards 2015
The official entry deadline for the 12th annual Startups Awards – the UK’s most prestigious awards for up-and-coming companies – is 25 September 2015.
House of Lords hosts a festive 25th anniversary reception for Cambridge Judge
The House of Lords in London was the venue on the evening of Tuesday 22 September for a festive 25th anniversary reception to celebrate the entire community of Cambridge Judge Business School. Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, CBE, DL, a member of the Cambridge Judge Advisory Board, welcomed about 250 guests as sponsoring Peer.
Victory on the first floor as new tenant moves into Vision Park, Cambridge
Savills, on behalf of Royal London Mutual Insurance and XLB Properties, has let office space at Victory House on Vision Park, Chivers Way, Histon in Cambridge to Brady Plc.
Birketts solicitors in Cambridge expands employment law team due to demand
Birketts, the top 100 law firm based in the East of England, has expanded its Cambridge employment law team with two recent appointments: Tim Tyndall recognised as one of the region’s leading employment lawyers has joined as a partner and Rob Kellaway as a solicitor. Additionally, Lottie Seaborn, has returned from maternity leave. As a result the Birketts’ Cambridge team now has six dedicated…
Countdown to pensions duties for small and micro businesses across the East of England
The automatic enrolment countdown for thousands of small and micro businesses across the East of England has begun and The Pensions Regulator is calling on employers to act now.
Hewitsons to deliver free dementia friend sessions
Amy Wallhead, a private client solicitor at Hewitsons, has recently trained to be a Dementia Friend Champion and will be delivering four Dementia Friends Sessions at the firms Cambridge office in the coming months.