What can I learn about saliva collection today?
Methods for saliva collection have significantly advanced over the last decade, leading to standard and reliable methods, devices and techniques that produce consistent saliva samples allowing for the most accurate results.
Sales and Marketing Advice: Avoiding the export culture clash
The road to successful overseas trade is littered with cultural obstacles that can result in calamities ranging from amusingly mistranslated names to causing outright offence. Santander's Breakthrough UK discusses the key points to consider when trading with different cultures.
Sepura appoints Servicom Limited as DMR channel partner in the UK
Sepura announces its partnership with Servicom (High Tech) Limited for the supply and support of its Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) products and solutions to end user organisations in the Midlands region.
Bluetooth® pioneer CSR sees strong Bluetooth Smart growth in Internet of Things applications
Technology pioneer CSR plc continues to benefit from accelerating growth and demand in the area of Bluetooth® Smart, that has resulted in a strong year-on-year increase in its Bluetooth Smart business. The company has seen significant growth in its pipeline following the introduction of a number of new solutions earlier this year. These design wins are in areas including Human Interface Devices,…
Norovirus – visiting restrictions at Cambridge University Hospital
Some areas of CUH Addenbrooke’s hospital have been closed to the public because of the vomiting bug, Norovirus. Wards D9, 1 bay on MSU and 2 bays on D5 have been shut.
The Lloyd's Register Foundation joins TWI in leading new engineering research centre, NSIRC
The Lloyd’s Register Foundation has signed a heads of agreement with TWI to provide £15m research funding to establish the new National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) nearing completion at TWI in Cambridge.
National Travel Health & Centre issues urgent advice about polio threat
International requirements for polio vaccination are currently under review and this advice is subject to change, according to NaTHNaC (National Travel Health Network and Centre), says The Travel Clinic.
Mitcham’s Models draw attention to historic part of Cambridge
On Friday 4th July, the Friends of Mitcham’s Corner (FMC) launch a month-long display of mannequins, decorated and placed around the roundabout to remind passersby that this is a place where people live and that it is not just a traffic island.
Bango completes full house in Canada with latest app store launch
Bango announces that its platform is now powering Direct Operator Billing (DOB) for Google Play across the three main Canadian operators.
Sepura Apprenticeship Programme goes from strength to strength
Sepura announces today the opening of five engineering apprenticeship opportunities within the framework of its Apprenticeship Programme launched in 2012.
Are there NO skilled people left in the job market?
According to a recent survey by PwC, more than two thirds of UK businesses are beginning to panic about finding new employees who possess the skills they require. It’s a hot topic at the moment, as businesses are beginning to bounce back and grow at an almighty speed. But many are finding their ambitions for growth hampered, when their search for new employees comes up cold.
Spectral ‘ruler’ is first standardised way to measure stars
A team of astronomers has created the first standardised set of measurement guidelines for analysing and cataloguing stars.
Seeds to skyscrapers
Wood is one of the oldest building materials but its use is limited by its properties. With new funding, researchers aim to stretch these properties to an unprecedented degree, creating the means to build a skyscraper out of plants.
Cambridge holds the key to altruism
The National Altruism Study found that communal bonds are strong in Cambridge. The city ranked first on the league of most altruistic cities in the UK, with 80% of residents returning a lost key.
Ubisense introduces suite of location intelligence apps for myWorld Platform
Ubisense has launched a suite of location intelligence applications designed to solve specific challenges faced by utilities and communications service providers, including Damage Assessment, Network Operations Portal and Vegetation Management.
Riverbed simplifies management of UC applications with new SteelCentral UCExpert 5.0
SteelCentral UCExpert 5.0 manages the lifecycle for UC solutions, including Avaya and Cisco, by automating testing, config management and remote troubleshooting.
Flexera App Portal release delivers an enterprise app store for the modern-day workforce
Redesigned for rapid adoption by tech-savvy employees, Flexera's App Portal helps ensure successful self-service consumerisation of IT initiatives.
Finisar buys AIXTRON system for capacity expansion and development of new products
Finisar Corporation has ordered an AIXTRON AIX 2800G4-TM MOCVD system. The company intends to apply this tool to the design and manufacture of tunable lasers, high speed modulators, and photonic integrated circuits (PICs) in its Sweden facility.
Ultra-low latency HFT options trading system goes live
Argon Design, a design services company specialising in complex digital systems, announced yesterday (24 June 2014) that it has developed an ultra-low latency financial trading system for a proprietary trading house doing latency arbitrage on one of the leading exchanges in the Americas.
Woolies, Europe's leading specialist car accessories supplier, launches new e-commerce site
Woolies, Europe’s leading provider of specialist car accessories, has announced the launch of a new website as it focuses on eCommerce to increase sales of its range of car products.
60 Seconds to Success Tip #72: Are you paying ‘ignorance tax’?
Madeleine Morgan of Growu writes: The other day I met a business owner who was telling me how he was struggling to grow his business.
Top community award for MAG Director
M.A.G’s Commercial Director for Cargo, Graeme Ferguson, has been named 2014 Sieff Future Leader at the Business in the Community’s (BITC) Responsible Business Awards.
Conference explores the path from academia to impact
Cambridge Judge-Darden conference explores how to make innovation and entrepreneurship happen.
Big Bike Ride bigger than ever and now on your mobile
This year’s Big Bike Ride route has been finalised and is available to download to your smartphone via Cambridge-based ViewRanger, the free GPS navigation and mapping app.
Management and leadership training on the rise
More and more Cambridge businesses are growing - and promoting from within, if the latest course figures from Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration (LC) are anything to go by. Its most popular training course by far is 'Transition to Management', which has been attended by an astonishing 240 people in the past 12 months alone.