Banks must go back to their roots, Lloyds CE tells Executive MBAs
Leading by example and looking after the customer were the top themes when Lloyds Group Chief Executive António Horta-Osório took questions from a group of Executive MBA students at Cambridge Judge Business School last week.
Birketts raises £163,000 for a range of charities
To celebrate its 150th anniversary, law firm Birketts set itself a goal of raising £150,000 at the start of last year, representing £1,000 for each year since being established in 1863.
Cambridge Publishing Management Winter 2014 Newsletter
Welcome to the CPM New Year newsletter! As the rainy days of January fall, the snowdrops start to shoot – Spring really is on its way. Was Blue Monday all that blue?
Recycling for charity
CPM joins forces with Rethink to raise money for charity.
MasterClass on Licence Valuation: new date and location announced
How do you put a value on your technology for licensing? How do you decide on the upfront fee and/or royalty on future sales? What happens to value if there are milestone payments? How do you price licence options? Find out at Captum's Masterclass on Thursday 6th March 2014 at the Pullman London St Pancras, 9:30am to 4:30pm.
2idesign produces Cambridge Wireless Annual Review
Cambridge Wireless has commissioned 2i to design its Annual Review.
DEM Solutions and the University of Edinburgh forge strategic partnership
DEM Solutions and the University of Edinburgh formalize strategic relationship to enable greater collaboration and knowledge transfer between the two leaders at the forefront of research, application and adoption of DEM simulation of bulk materials.
Cambridge Design Partnership expands US presence at MD&M West
Cambridge Design Partnership will have a large exhibition booth at MD&M West, the world’s largest medical design and manufacturing show. The conference, on 10-13 February in Anaheim CA, is a key date in the medical device industry calendar and is attended by all world-class manufacturers.
Thoma Bravo acquires GHX
Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, and Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a privately-held provider of connected, intelligent healthcare supply chains, have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of GHX by an affiliate of Thoma Bravo.
Horizon 2020 is open for business
Looking for EU innovation funding? The Technology Strategy Board's Horizon 2020 is now open to applications from businesses - especially SMEs - and academics.
Exporting greenhouse gas emissions
What are the consequences of consumption-based carbon accounting? The Scientific Alliance discusses the issues.
Mills & Reeve helps world’s first IVF clinic to expand
Law firm Mills & Reeve has advised pioneering IVF clinic, Bourn Hall, to raise a £3.5million equity investment.
Yoghurt cuts risk of type 2 diabetes
Eating more yoghurt can reduce the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes, researchers at Cambridge have found.
ScienceCloud by Accelrys transforms externalized drug discovery
A new cloud solution for externalized life science research and development from Accelrys redefines collaboration and creativity.
Success for Managers Tip #52: Save time…read this!
“If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.” Lee Iacocca
2014 ICE East of England Merit Awards - now open for entries
The ICE Merit Awards is an annual celebration of civil engineering. It is an opportunity to recognise outstanding projects and the teams behind them. It also offers a shop window to illustrate civil engineering in the media and for the public.
Indian citizens now in the public eye
The largest biometric programme in history – collecting iris and fingerprint patterns of 1.2 billion people in three years – aims to improve the quality of life for some of India’s most disadvantaged and marginalised citizens by “giving the poor an identity.”
UK conference explores open source software for safety related applications
SDC Systems has announced that it will be exhibiting and presenting at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference, explaining how open source software can be adopted for use in highly reliable and secure systems.
CPM staff go back to the classroom
In December Julie, Paul and Donna had two days of training on HTML and XML.
All you need is love… and Valentine’s Day 2014: 7 free gifts to fall in love with
Don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day with a cheap box of chocolates, a limp bunch of red roses and dinner for two at your local kebab shop; woo your lover with MagicSolver’s Valentine’s Day 2014: 7 free gifts to fall in love with. This app offers a new app surprise, for free, every day from today (February 7th) until the most romantic day of the year.
e-Luminate Cambridge Festival opens next Wednesday
Next Wednesday (February 12th) sees the opening ceremony of the e-Luminate Cambridge Festival, which promises to be a magical and musical experience.
Cancer Research UK launches 'Spaceship' smartphone game to seek cancer cures
Cancer Research UK today unveils Play to Cure: Genes in Space - a world-first mobile phone game in which people across the globe will be able to help scientists unravel gene data to find the answers to some of cancer's toughest questions.
Come to Wysing for a business brunch on 27 February
Please join Wysing Arts on the morning of Thursday 27 February for a delightful Brunch on its beautiful 11 acre site. There will be a guided tour of the current exhibition, artists' studios, site and the chance to hear about plans for the centre's 25th birthday and beyond.
Transport Strategy to take step forward for new families
Councillors are set to finalise a Transport Strategy for Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire aimed at improving accessibility and facilitate the 35,000 new homes due to be built to 2031.
Rubber Cheese works on the rebrand of Juice Master Delivered
The team at Rubber Cheese is very excited to announce that it will be working with Jason Vale, AKA Juice Master, on the re-brand of Juice Master Delivered, and the re-design of their e-commerce website and packaging design.