Avacta selects second pre|CISION™ pro-drug candidate for development
Cambridge and Wetherby, UK: Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapies and powerful diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms announces that the next pre|CISION™ drug candidate, AVA3996, has been selected for pre-clinical development with a view to a first-in-human Phase I clinical trial beginning…
Lily Arkwright study finds Covid19 has accelerated ethical shopping habits
Engagement ring retailer has found an increased consumer appetite to purchase ethical engagement rings in light of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Innovate UK’s £5m competition funds climate change financial risk
Climate change is not just bad for the planet, it is bad for the global economy too. With this in mind, Innovate UK has opened a £5 million Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition to demonstrate and deploy innovative solutions that integrate climate and environmental factors into financial services.
Business can apply now for latest support grants
South Cambridgeshire businesses can now apply for the latest COVID Government support grants via the District Council.
JM award-winning ethyl acetate technology to help CropEnergies AG reduce fossil carbon footprint of products
Johnson Matthey and CropEnergies AG, a specialist in biomass-based sustainable chemicals and a leading European producer of ethanol, have entered into an engineering, licence and technical services agreement for a plant to allow CropEnergies AG to produce renewable ethyl acetate from sustainable ethanol.
Four times Shakespeare has inspired stories about robots and AI
Science fiction is a genre very much associated with technological marvels, innovations, and visions of the future. So it may be surprising to find so many of its writers are drawn to Shakespeare – he’s a figure associated with tradition and the past.
Live virtual seminars for tech business owners
Next month, Prism Corporate Broking is hosting two 1-hour Live Virtual Seminars aimed at helping technology business owner-managers who are thinking about selling their business. They will also be useful for those who want to acquire a technology business.
'Happy Place’ – the only way we’ll get what we really need
A month in and I don’t have big predictions for 2022.
Cambridge MP calls for tougher action on ram-raiding
Following a recent spate of ram raids in Cambridgeshire, Daniel Zeichner, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, has called on the Minister for Crime and Policing to make resources available to local police to help tackle this crime.
How to avoid your employees feeling the effects of 'Blue Monday'
Those of us of a particular age may think of something else when ‘Blue Monday’ is mentioned. Despite being the best-selling 12”single (ever1), by New Order, it has also been the name given to what is apparently the most depressing day in the year, the third Monday in January.
Darktrace and CTO Jack Stockdale recognised at the 2022 Business Intelligence Group Innovation Awards
Darktrace, a global leader in cyber security AI, announced that it has been recognised as one of the most innovative technology companies by the 2022 Business Intelligence Group (BIG) Innovation Awards. The awards also recognised Darktrace Chief Technology Officer Jack Stockdale as an individual leader who significantly impacted the company’s continued innovation.
Green Grants available to help Cambridge businesses cut their carbon emissions
Businesses in Cambridge can apply now for up to £10,000 grants to help reduce their energy consumption, save money and improve their productivity.
Cofinitive named No.1 PR & communications agency in Cambridge and East of England Anglia
The team are delighted to share the news that cofinitive has been named the No.1 PR & communications agency in Cambridge and the East of England Anglia for the second consecutive year running.
Discover the top 10 risks facing UK businesses today
Discover the top 10 risks facing businesses across the globe, including many UK SMEs and what you can do to mitigate them effectively.
Um… err … I mean… um... removing redundancies
Do you want to eliminate the embarrassing and unflattering ums and errs from your public speaking and presentations? This is the simple secret of how to do so, writes Simon Hall…
Tame your computer - spot the difference
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - which she started in January 2005 - Microsoft Office-ionado Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to spot the difference between two documents in Microsoft Word.
Cambridge Innovation Capital looks back on 'transformational year'
Cambridge Innovation Capital presents a video which summarises some of its achievements in 2021, which was a "transformational year" for CIC, according to Managing Partner Andrew Williamson.
New coordinator appointed to lead regional Alzheimer's research network
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) honorary consultant old age psychiatrist Dr Ben Underwood has been appointed as the new coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) East Network.
The market momentum in RFID, discussed by IDTechEx
Almost two years after the COVID-19 outbreak began, the world is still in the tunnel. Despite the negative impact the pandemic has caused, there are some positive sides. For example, it accelerates digitalisation - businesses are pushed to adopt technologies quicker to improve production as well as management efficiency.
Early-career researchers win major European grants
Nine Cambridge researchers have risen to the top of over 4,000 proposals to secure prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grants, the most achieved by any UK institution.
ieso shortlisted for HSJ Partnership Awards 2022
ieso is delighted to announce that their joint submission in partnership with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for Best Mental Health Partnership With the NHS at the HSJ Partnership Awards 2022, recognising their outstanding contribution to healthcare – in what has been an exceptional and challenging period across the sector.
ThoughtRiver offers free trial of Purely NDA – a new out-of-the-box NDA review tool
Legal technology company ThoughtRiver is now offering a free trial of its newly released out-of-the-box NDA review tool: Purely NDA. Developed in partnership with World Commerce & Contracting (Woldcc), the tool uses ThoughtRiver’s proprietary AI to review third party NDAs against a risk policy that directly aligns with WorldCC’s contracting principles.
Insightful Science acquires Omiq to add cloud-based machine learning to its flow cytometry capabilities
OMIQ is a powerful flow cytometry SaaS solution adopted by leading global biopharma labs.
'My route into law': Stone King lawyer Danielle Francombe
There are various routes into the legal profession. Emily Ball, Apprentice Solicitor at Cambridge law firm Stone King, speaks to Associate Solicitor Danielle Francombe about her journey into law.
New strategic partnership aims to accelerate microbiome analysis through AI-augmented knowledge discovery platform
Today, Eagle Genomics, the Deep Tech software business pioneering the application of network science to biology, and the Quadram Institute, a world-leading institute creating new interfaces between food science, gut biology, and human health, are pleased to announce a new partnership committed to promoting the understanding of microbiome science.