Festival shines a light on Newmarket Road
If you're heading along Newmarket Road this week, you may see The Cambridge Building Society’s Head Office in a different light.
Cambridge Mathematics manifesto for a world-class maths education
Successive governments in the UK have tried but failed to tackle fundamental problems in maths education, Cambridge argues today. Now a cross-University task force headed up by renowned maths educator Lynne McClure has been established to get to grips with the challenge.
Survey shows Cambridge on top as business confidence builds
Cambridge’s reign as the pay capital of East Anglia shows no sign of being challenged, according to the 2015 Cooper Lomaz Salary Survey.
TGAC and scientific partners awarded £6m to tackle big data challenges in bioscience
As part of the UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) big data infrastructure announcement at the AAAS 2015 Annual Meeting, TGAC, with partner Institutes have been awarded £6m for three joint projects: Big Data Infrastructure for Crop Genomics; iPlant UK – creating a cyber-infrastructure for plant sciences; and Establishing the infrastructure for functional…
1Spatial is renewed as a G-Cloud supplier and extends its offerings on Digital Marketplace
1Spatial plc, the spatial big data company, is pleased to announce its successful renewal, as a supplier, to The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) G-Cloud framework.
Gender balance survey in the East of England workplace
Birketts, the award-winning, top 100 law firm based in the East of England, has joined forces with PWC, Archant and the East of England CBI to conduct a survey into gender balance in the East of England workplace.
Seven steps to wonderful working relationships this Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is almost upon us and we hope you’re feeling the positive vibes in the air this week!
Accio Group appointed to manage roll out of new local HSS Hire centres
Cambridgeshire-based construction specialist, Accio Group, has been appointed by HSS Hire Group plc. as it prepares to open 60 new local hire centres across 2015. Accio Group will manage the new site openings, overseeing each project from newly acquired shell-scheme units, through to fully fitted stores, ready for opening.
Next horsemeat scandal 'just around the corner' warns global food security expert
Professor Chris Elliott, who led an independent review to improve the integrity of Britain’s food supply networks following the horsemeat scandal in 2013, said it was vital to “keep the bad guys out of business” in the ongoing fight against food fraud.
Huppert's victory as county gets extra £29m for schools
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert is celebrating victory as the county’s schools are to receive £33 million from the government to fund new school places.
R&D Tax Relief - seven tips for optimising your claims
John Moore from Kingly Brookes highlights some of the practical issues that you should think about before starting your claim process, no matter what the size of your company and R&D operations.
CRedit360 is first software solution to offer GRI G4 content in multiple languages
CRedit360 announced that it is now certified for use of GRI G4 content in five languages, adding French, Spanish and Brazilian-Portuguese to English and German.
Cambridge business centre boosted with government funding for superfast broadband
Twenty five Cambridge companies have joined forces to successfully receive government grants for installing superfast broadband to their serviced offices.
Order matters: sequence of genetic mutations determines how cancer behaves
The order in which genetic mutations are acquired determines how an individual cancer behaves, according to research from the University of Cambridge, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Cambridge Honorary Degrees 2015
The University of Cambridge Council has submitted to the Regent House, the University's Governing Body, the names of eight renowned individuals, seeking authority for their admission to Honorary Doctorates.
La Playa appoints Chartered Wealth Manager Henry Metcalf to challenge some investment myths
Boutique international insurance broker La Playa has appointed chartered wealth manager Henry Metcalf to its financial services arm - encouraging clients to see the bigger picture, and think twice before choosing seemingly obvious investment strategies...
Love and marriage (or love and civil partnership)
Something for Valentine's day? Jackie Jessiman of Cambridge-based law firm Woodfines reflects upon the changes in law enabling couples to convert civil partnerships to same sex marriages.
DHL occupies 'tea shed' in Lewisham
DHL Express, the leading global logistics company has secured a pre-let at Howard Group’s 57,000 sq.ft state of the art “Tea Shed” development on the Elizabeth Industrial Estate in the London Borough of Lewisham.
Riverbed wins Frost & Sullivan '15 CIO Impact Award in Unified Communications & Collaboration
Riverbed honored for rolling out a cloud-based collaboration platform
Amadeus invests in emerging markets power systems supplier
Amadeus Capital Partners has made the second investment from its global Digital Prosperity Fund, leading the equity component of a $21m A round financing in Cambridge Clean Energy Ltd., a provider of renewable energy-management-solution as-a-service (EMSaaSTM) to emerging market mobile network operators and tower companies.
Synoptics' restructuring for growth in global science markets viewed positively
Synoptics, a world leader in the development and manufacture of innovative digital imaging systems for life science applications, is pleased to announce the group’s restructuring and change in its commercial strategy has been positively received, helping the firm’s parent company, Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) to secure over £500,000 in new investment.
Stansted Airport soars past 20 million passenger milestone as 2015 gets off to a flyer
Stansted Airport's January traffic increases by 28%, the highest monthly rate since 2004.
Accenture’s Aiden Quilligan takes to the floor for CW Prestigious Lecture
Aidan Quilligan, Global Managing Director at Accenture Industrial Software Solutions (AISS), gave the Fifth Cambridge Wireless Prestigious Lecture yesterday evening (Weds), presenting his views on ‘The Fourth Industrial Revolution - when Digital Technology meets the Shop Floor’.
KISS rated highly for creativity and being on budget according to survey by RAR
The Recommended Agency Register (RAR) has rated KISS highly for creativity, client service and being on budget – hitting 91% for each of these key areas. The confidential survey was conducted amongst the agency’s clients, providing a range of scores and feedback on the team at KISS.
East Anglia stars in food and farming innovation
Star researchers in Norfolk and across East Anglia are bringing real innovation to the UK food and farming industry, which is at the heart of the long-term economic plan, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said today.