Business leaders seek tax, trade and skills support to meet challenges of the next 20 years
Lloyds Bank reveals new study of business leaders’ views on the next 20 years to mark 20th anniversary of its landmark Business Barometer survey.
How to share more hope in times of change
In the second of a series of posts about the topic of hope, the team explore how organisations can share more hope, especially in times of change. By giving people greater hope, leaders can help people take action and move forward with clarity.
Breathe is open
The team at Breathe Technology wishes you and your team a very Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Iceni Glycoscience to spearhead ‘glycorevolution’ as it broadens scope of operations
Award-winning platform company, Iceni Glycoscience (formerly Iceni Diagnostics) is to broaden the scope of its operations within the field of glycoscience (carbohydrate chemistry and biology) as the role of carbohydrates in human disease becomes increasingly apparent.
The Guardtech Group: rebranding and expanding
New launch marks Guardtech Cleanrooms’ restructure into five divisions – including newly acquired Cleanroom Solutions.
Residents invited to keep body and mind active at free 'Healthy You' virtual fitness festival
Cambridge residents can enjoy a packed programme of free online activities throughout January, with the return of the Healthy You Virtual Festival.
Cambridge comes out on top of England's 'Physical Activity Wellness Index'
CIMSPA - the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity - has published new research exploring, for the first time, the relationship between the number of professional coaches, facilities, levels of activity and anxiety across England.
Tame your computer - new year, no new Start
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 you can turn off the Start screen when you open Word, Excel or PowerPoint.
Cambridge's finest recognised in 2022 New Year's Honours
Academics and other staff associated with the University of Cambridge feature in the 2022 New Year's Honours List.
Researcher development strategy, provision, and profession survey 2022
Vitae are conducting a global survey of researcher developers to enable a systematic look at the state of the art of researcher development in 2022. In this ‘first of its kind’ survey, the team invite those who support researchers to share perceptions of the management, delivery and assessment, as well as the drivers, enablers, barriers and impact of researcher development in an institutional…
Life at the Young Bar Report
Commissioned by The Bar Council, this report presents a snapshot of life at the Young Bar in 2021. The findings and recommendations are summarised by broad theme: the evolving profile of the Young Bar, impacts of Covid-19 on practice, working practices and work allocation, wellbeing, bullying harassment and discrimination, and aspirations for changes to life at the Bar.
The impossible challenge of communication
Simon Hall writes about achieving the apparently impossible in the field of communication, and the important insight that echoes from it...
2022 – The Year of the In-Person Conference?
One Stop Language Solutions are poised and ready for a return to in-person conferences, and are feeling positive that this will be the year they can take place again without restrictions.
Clues to treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in recently evolved region of the ‘dark genome’
Scientists investigating the DNA outside our genes - the ‘dark genome’ - have discovered recently evolved regions that code for proteins associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
New grafting technique could combat the disease threatening Cavendish bananas
Scientists have found a novel way to combine two species of grass-like plant including banana, rice and wheat, using embryonic tissue from their seeds. The technique allows beneficial characteristics, such as disease resistance or stress tolerance, to be added to the plants.
Cambridge Index climbs 3%
The Cambridge Index jumped 736.4 points or 3% to close at 25,191.0, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Pye Radio Exhibition in Cambridge
The Cambridge Museum of Technology is creating a temporary exhibition in 2022 to commemorate the centenary of broadcasting by the BBC and the first ten years of Pye Radios up to the first superhets.
Birketts’ artist revealed for The Big Hoot Ipswich art trail
Leading regional law firm Birketts will once again work with Suffolk-based artist and illustrator Emma Graham to design one of 50 owls on The Big Hoot Ipswich art trail in 2022.
Phase one of the Chisholm Trail opens
Cyclists and pedestrians can now enjoy faster and safer journeys across Cambridge after phase one of the flagship Chisholm Trail project was opened yesterday (Thursday).
CDP triumphs in challenge to help the British Antarctic Survey reach net zero
Cambridge Design Partnership’s concept to help the British Antarctic Survey reach net zero led to triumph in a Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership challenge.
Council hosts collaborative climate change event for businesses and organisations in Cambridge
Cambridge City Council has hosted a meeting which was attended by over 50 representatives from major businesses, institutions, and organisations in the city, to discuss how they could work together to reduce carbon emissions in Cambridge and manage climate impacts in the city.
Little Shelford Village Design Guide to be adopted
A new guide which sets out how future development in Little Shelford must enhance the village is being adopted by South Cambridgeshire District Council.
Stone King welcomes new joiners
In its latest recruitment drive, Cambridge law firm Stone King is pleased to welcome new legal experts to various teams across its national offices.
Avacta announces AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test receives CE mark for consumer self-testing
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 AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test has received a CE mark for use as a consumer self-test in the UK and EU.
Rapid immune response in children protects them from COVID-19, genetic study finds
Fundamental differences in the immune response of adults and children can help to explain why children are much less likely to become seriously ill from SARS-CoV-2, according to new research from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University College London and their collaborators.