100MW of solar energy projects at risk as renewables scheme deadline looms
Solar farms are at risk of missing construction deadlines, says McTear Williams & Wood.
Birketts advises on the sale of Howard Global Holdings Limited to Integro Group
Birketts, the award-winning, top 100 law firm based in the East of England, has advised on the disposal of Howard Global Insurance Services Ltd and the wider Howard Global group to the Integro Group, an international insurance broker and risk management firm based in the US. The financial value of the acquisition was not disclosed.
CSR expands dual-mode BlueCore® platform with turnkey SoC for embedded systems
CSR's highly integrated Bluetooth 4.1 compliant CSRB5348 offers significant BOM savings while speeding time to market for multiple IoT applications.
AstraZeneca and Orca Pharmaceuticals announce research collaboration
AstraZeneca and Orca Pharmaceuticals announce research collaboration to identify best-in-class RORγ inhibitors to treat auto-immune diseases.
1Spatial Australia launches FME interactive online training
1Spatial, the spatial big data company, is introducing a unique and innovative FME Interactive Online Training offering to Australia and the Asia Pacific region.
CCS ramps up with first volume production of small cell microwave backhaul technology
CCS (Cambridge Communication Systems), creator of the world’s first self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system for mobile networks, today announces that it has taken delivery of the first volume production of its award-winning backhaul solution from market-leading manufacturer MTI (Microelectronic Technology Inc.).
Over a quarter of consumers in East Anglia switched energy supplier in 2014, says EY survey
Over a quarter (28%) of consumers in East Anglia have switched gas or electricity supplier in the past year, according to the results of an EY survey.
'Nehru and today's India'
The University of Cambridge hosted Nehru and Today’s India, a major international symposium, in New Delhi last week to assess and mark the legacy of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first Prime Minister and Cambridge alumnus, in the year of his 125th birth anniversary.
Zinwave showcases UNItivity, a next-generation Unified connectivity platform at MWC
Zinwave Ltd, global suppliers of wideband distributed antenna systems (DAS) for in-building wireless coverage, will showcase UNItivity, its next generation unified connectivity platform at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona (2-5 March).
Morale matters: Cambridge Judge Fellow Ben Hardy wins Chartered Management Institute award.
A research paper on improving employee morale and performance, whose lead author is Ben Hardy, Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, has won top prize in the annual Management Articles of the Year competition of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
Heraeus Noblelight relocates arc and flashlamp laboratory to Cambridge
Heraeus Noblelight has moved its applications laboratory from the Technical University of Kaiserlautern, in Germany, to Cambridge, the headquarters and manufacturing facility of its Arc and Flash division where it will provide expert resource in developing Xenon flash technology to meet the latest industrial challenges.
Advanced analysis: Event focuses on the future of manufacturing design
Many designers are now using general purpose finite element analysis (FEA) solvers for analysing linear and nonlinear stress, dynamics, and heat transfer characteristics of structures and mechanical components. To learn how advanced analysis will affect the Future of Manufacturing Design - join Micro Concepts Ltd on March 19th at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford.
A shining example - St John’s College stars In Sustainability Awards
The Catering & Conferences team at a Cambridge College is celebrating winning Two Stars in the Sustainable Restaurants Association Awards for its efforts to source food more sustainably, to engage with its local community and its commitment to environmental good practice.
UK conference to discuss safety critical software development
Organisers of this year's UK Device Developers' Conference have announced that there will be workshops and presentations relating to the development of safety critical and certified software.
Meetings never looked or sounded so good!
The technologically advanced conference speaker designed by Creactive Design ID with the team from StarLeaf, offers exceptional high definition audio quality in a product designed to complement any meeting room or conferencing facility.
SonoSite’s NanoMaxx® ideal for paediatric retrievals in remote areas
SonoSite’s NanoMaxx® ultrasound system is proving a key asset for ambulance and helicopter paediatric retrievals across Scotland
Design Council calls for partners for Inclusive Environments training
Alongside industry partners, Design Council’s CEO John Mathers has presented an Action Plan for Inclusive Environments to Stephen Williams MP and Mark Harper MP.
ARM connects a new world of intelligent devices to the cloud
ARM today launched the ARM® mbed™ IoT Starter Kit - Ethernet Edition to channel data from Internet-connected devices directly into IBM's Bluemix cloud platform. The combination of a secure sensor environment by ARM with cloud-based analytics, mobile and application resources from IBM will allow fast prototyping of new smart products and unique value-added services.
European alternative finance market could top €7 billion in 2015
The European alternative finance market - which includes crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and invoice trading - reached €3 billion last year and could top €7 billion in 2015, says a new report.
Cambridge Index climbs 3.6%
The Cambridge Index jumped 3.6% or 637.7 points to 18,243.7, as all of the top ten index heavyweights posted weekly gains.
Cambridge Business Week kicks off with hustings from Cambridge Parliamentary candidates
A special event to launch the annual Cambridge Business Awards Week will feature five of the Cambridge Parliamentary candidates, talking about how they would help business in the region should they be elected.
New cloud-based OMIM text mining service for enhanced genotype-phenotype analysis
Advanced NLP text analytics over gene-disease database brings powerful search benefits for target identification, NGS annotation, clinical genetics and diagnostics.
Cambridge entrepreneur one in a thousand for the MNDA
Cambridge entrepreneur Justin Hayward is one of only 15 British cross-country skiers to take part among the 16,000 racers in the famous Vasaloppet in Sweden on Sunday March 8, 2015. He is raising funds for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
Mobile Generations - how technology is shaping the workplace
Response to the recent “Mobile Generations” event hosted by COEL Office Furniture and Orangebox has been very positive. The event looked at the way in which mobile technology is affecting the workplace, and how forward thinking manufacturers are providing office furniture solutions to deal with the challenges this presents.