Bailey Fisher welcomes Toby Young to manage clean technology practice
Bailey Fisher is pleased to announce that Toby Young has joined the team to head up the Clean Technology Practice.
'It will happen again'- unintended consequences for NatWest of interdependent IT systems
Royce Murphy, CEO of Real Status, warns that re-usable code and sharing resources is storing up trouble for overloaded IT systems.
Look out for a special delivery this week
Keep your eyes open across the Cambridge area this week for the bright pink envelopes being sent to almost 100,000 homes with a letter inviting people to support the Big Push for the Rosie Hospital Campaign.
Cicerone and Viewranger offer Yorkshire Dales guided routes on your phone
People who like to travel light and be spontaneous will appreciate a new agreement between Cicerone, publishers of over 290 award-winning outdoors guidebooks and ViewRanger, the UK’s leading outdoors GPS smartphone app.
Creating safer workplaces - survey on workplace related violence standards
A UK review is being conducted of the Prevention and Management of Violence in the Workplace Standards. You can participate by completing an online survey.
UCAS deadline looms
It’s not too late for you, your son or your daughter to apply to university or college this year. Just remember the UCAS deadline – 30 June 2012.
Games talent set for Cambridge showdown
The brightest young computer game developers from across Europe will be battling it out for digital supremacy during the Brains Eden 2012 Gaming Festival at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge this weekend (30 June until 2 July).
Judge team to advise on Togo’s development
A team of Cambridge alumni led by Sir Paul Judge will help to prepare a framework for the development of Togo over the next 10-20 years.
Geomagic signs partnership agreement with Ubisense
Denver, CO - Ubisense Inc. is pleased to announce a partnership agreement with Germany based IT and software provider, Geomagic GmbH.
Bailey Fisher welcomes Martha Lane Fox to House of Lords event
Bailey Fisher was delighted to welcome 80 top women in tech to the House of Lords last week for a Women 4 Technology charity reception with guest speaker Martha Lane Fox.
Is listing an exit?
Bailey Fisher hosted its latest CFO dinner last week, with 24 CFOs and selected advisers convening for a round table discussion on whether ‘listing is an exit?’
Global cholera outbreaks June 2012
Cholera is a continual threat to local populations and travellers alike, but at present there are increasing outbreaks, especially in Sudan, DRC, The Philippines and also new reports from Pune India, warns The Travel Clinic Ltd.
Anita brings world’s top 5 advertising agency expertise to KISS
Leading integrated marketing agency, KISS Communications, has appointed Anita Goldstein to the position of Graphic Designer.
Team Viewranger go for gold on Big Bike Ride
On Sunday 8th July, hundreds of people from across the region will take part in the Cambridge News Big Bike Ride to raise money for charity and celebrate this Olympic year. Bravely taking on the 201.2km gold route will be team ViewRanger, who will also be creating an interactive map of the event that can be downloaded on to a phone or viewed on the Cambridge News website.
Nine new firms in Cambridge registered on Companies House last week
Nine new firms based within 10 miles of Cambridge centre (CB2 3HH) registered on Companies House last week (17th to 24th June). That compares to 34 firms in the whole of May. Now you can easily keep tabs on this information.
Quality salivary research assured with Salimetrics Center of Excellence programme
Consistent results define quality saliva testing. Salimetrics has now established a Centre of Excellence programme for saliva laboratories around the world so that researchers can be assured of accurate results.
Blendology awarded ‘Most Promising Start-up 2012’ at Technology Venture Conference
Blendology wins Most Promising Start-up 2012 after giving their ‘pitch’ in front of a Dragon’s Den style panel of leading investor judges at this year’s Technology Venture Conference (TVC 2012).
Recently retired VP of research at General Motors to give the Kelly Lecture
Dr Alan Taub, recently retired VP of research at General Motors, will give the Fourteenth Kelly Lecture at 5.30pm in the Babbage Lecture Theatre as part of the Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, tomorrow (Wednesday 27 June 2012). Dr Taub will speak on "Materials challenges for a sustainable automotive industry"
Tame your computer - Memo magic
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to Apply text formatting to a Memo field (Access 2007-2010)...
Huppert calls for national recognition for codebreaker Turing
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert will call for national recognition for mathematical genius and wartime codebreaker, Alan Turing during a Parliamentary debate tomorrow (Wednesday June 27).
The art of ice cream at Wysing Open Weekend
Wysing Art Centre’s Annual Open Weekend returns with 50 participating artists on Saturday 14 July and Sunday 15 July, (12 – 5pm, admission free). It includes open studios, a gallery exhibition, spoken word performances, film screenings, family workshops and a specially commissioned ice cream parlour.
REPROMEDA achieves ISO 15189 accreditation for BlueGnome’s 24sure platform
REPROMEDA and BlueGnome (Brno, Czech Republic and Cambridge, UK) are pleased to announce that REPROMEDA has achieved ISO 15189 accreditation for use of BlueGnome’s 24sure platform for their laboratories in Brno, Czech Republic.
Are you making the most of the Learning Collaboration?
With ever tighter budgets and increasing focus on productivity, staff training has never been more important. Are you making the most of the wide range of quality courses available on your doorstep through Cambridge Network’s Learning Collaboration (LC)?
New Zealand’s leading outdoors activity magazine partners with ViewRanger
ViewRanger, the outdoor gps navigation app and social community for outdoor enthusiasts, has welcomed New Zealand’s leading outdoors activity magazine Wilderness as the latest brand publisher to bring its trail guide content to the ViewRanger mobile and web digital content platform.
Qi3 Accelerator rolls its sleeves up as LumeJet secures £1.87m
LumeJet, the Coventry-based engineering company, has just raised £1.87 million in a major funding round. The new investment will be used to develop and commercialise LumeJet’s ultra-high quality imaging technology and brings the total investment in the company to more than £4.5m.