Babies learn the smell of mum
Newborn mice use mum’s unique odour, not a pheromone, to begin breastfeeding
Winners announced - Best Employers 2012
It was confirmed that ‘the East of England has a workforce to be proud of’ as the key findings and the winning business in the Best Employers Eastern Region 2012 campaign were revealed at a seminar held at The Hauser Forum, Cambridge yesterday [Tuesday 2 October].
Eurotech Everyware Cloud named top platform for enterprise deployment
M2M Evolution Conference Battle of the Platforms recognizes Eurotech for efficient M2M deployment.
Autumn officially arrives with Apple and Orchard Day at Wandlebury
Join the team at Cambridge Past, Present & Future (CambridgePPF) this weekend up at Wandlebury where they'll be celebrating all that is awesome about autumn, apples and orchards.
Explore World Space Week with Cambridge
To celebrate World Space Week (4-10 October), Cambridge has a new book, an exclusive author interview, and a website to help you find hundreds of night sky objects.
London 2012 spurs British firms to go for gold in Rio
London’s successful summer of sport has put UK firms in the box seat to win 2014 FIFA World Cup and Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games projects worth as much as £250 million.
New legal year to be marked with major service at Ely Cathedral
The High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, Penelope Walkinshaw, will be holding her Justice Service for Her Majesty’s Judiciary in Ely Cathedral on Sunday 7 October at 3.15pm.
Cambridge hospital announces public consultation
The Director of The Nuffield Health Cambridge Hospital has announced today the dates of the public consultation on the plans to build a brand-new hospital on the present site in Trumpington Road.
Innovation vouchers
Are you interested in moving into the Built Environment supply chain or growing your business? Could your products be improved to give your business the competitive advantage? If your company has fewer than 250 employees and works in the built environment or supplies to the sector, then an innovation voucher could be for you An Innovation Voucher provides funding so that your business can work…
Bailey Fisher announces experts from Dyson, ARM, Eight19 & TTP for CEO panel discussion
Bailey Fisher will host a CEO panel discussion on 7 November on taking a product to market. The panel includes Michaela Tod, Group Marketing Director New Products at Dyson, Ian Drew, EVP Marketing & Business Development at ARM & Simon Bransfield-Garth, CEO at Eight19. Discussion will be chaired by Sam Hyde, Managing Director at TTP.
Dancing Princesses finally take centre stage
Sheila Robinson’s illustrated fairy tale is published by Anglia Ruskin – over 60 years late!
Hard sums in quest for pink unicorn
Argon Design's executive team were interviewed by Jenny Chapman in their offices at the St John's Innovation Centre.
Kate Adie to speak at Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Veteran BBC journalist Kate Adie will be in conversation at the Festival of Ideas later this month.
Making science work for health: Translating Genomics 2012
The road of the genomic ‘revolution’ has perhaps been more winding path than superhighway. Nevertheless, the role genomics has to play in the future health of populations is becoming rapidly clearer.
Hundreds of new limited companies register each week
In West London 800-900 new limited companies register on Companies House each week. Tech City in East London has around 250-300 new limited companies, while Cambridge has about 25 on a weekly basis. Read on anyone involved in firms registering on Companies House.
Health and safety cost recovery scheme started on 1 October 2012
Under The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of HSE's related costs, including, inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action.
Norway Post selects CRedit360 to streamline sustainability data management
CRedit360 will be used within Norway Post to drive environmental performance improvement throughout their expanding and increasingly complex operational structure. The system will help the organisation meet ambitious performance targets like a CO2 reduction target of 30% of 2008 levels by 2015.
Innovators invited into ‘Dragons' Den’
Finding the solutions to the growing cost of Adult Social Care is no easy task. So Improvement East, the Improvement and Efficiency partnership for local government in the East of England, is embracing a new tactic to tackle the challenge – welcome the ‘Dragons’ Den’.
Pebble Bay to present key workshops at UK Device Developers' Conference
Pebble Bay to explain hardware interfacing and code portability at new UK event
"Ramblings" shortlisted for the Mind Media Awards
Stuart Jessup and Kate Atkin were the focus of the BBC Radio 4 Ramblings programme with Clare Balding in May this year, along with their springer spaniel Poppy. The episode about Stuart's walk around the coast of England raising awareness of mental health issues has been shortlisted for the Mind Media Awards, to be announced on 19 November 2012.
Breakfast networking series kicks off in style
Around 40 Cambridge Network members attended the first in a series of new breakfast networking sessions on 27th September at St John’s Innovation Centre. Devised in response to a survey of Cambridge Network member companies with less than 21 staff, the sessions hope to focus on core business issues over the year.
Support Cambridge in bid to win £25m in the Future Cities Demonstrator Programme
Cambridge is bidding to win £25m to spend next year to help move towards a “Future City”. Can we collaborate to beat other cities with a winning proposal submitted in a month? The bidding team would value your ideas and input now.
Idox invests in bespoke IVR solution from C3
Idox plc, a leading information management solutions provider, has chosen C3 as its telephony technology partner.
Breathing Buildings named in the 2012 Global Cleantech 100
Natural ventilation specialist, Breathing Buildings, announced in the prestigious Global Cleantech 100, a list of the top private companies in clean technology.
Innovation Barriers & Disruptive Innovation - '15 Minute Expert' Report
Examples of Disruptive innovation include the CD (usurping the cassette tape and vinyl), mobile phones and antibiotics. These innovations often encounter substantial barriers to market, for example requiring new equipment purchase and the set up of supply chains. This report examines the nature of these major challenges and how they might be overcome – which can provide strategy insight for…