Innovative plans for two new grid substations take a step closer
Innovative plans for two new grid substations to reinforce Greater Cambridge’s electricity grid and support housing growth and greener travel have taken a step closer.
Plans underway for new travel hub at Foxton Station
Plans to create a new travel hub at Foxton Station have taken a big step forward.
Mass tree planting to help save local landscape
Creating Nature’s Corridors is on a journey to rewild corridors of land in the UK, to encourage biodiversity and carbon capture as well as creating an improved living environment for local communities.
Historic England highlights captivating East of England heritage sites listed in 2021
Rare Cambridgeshire mud walls, a 1970s Suffolk sports hall and an unidentified shipwreck off the Essex coast are among some of the captivating historic sites listed across the East of England this year.
Time to get your running shoes on!
Registration is now open for the second Cogwheel Canter Running Festival, to be held on 31 December.
Hundreds help to Light up a Life with Arthur Rank Hospice Charity
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity welcomed 300 people outside its Shelford Bottom home on Sunday 5 December for Light up a Life, sponsored by Peasgood and Skeates. The special annual event is an important opportunity for family members, friends, patients, volunteers, colleagues and supporters to gather together while remembering those they love.
Surgeons’ last episode is rare insight into trauma care
Viewers who tune into BBC Two’s ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’ at 9pm tomorrow (Thursday 16 Dec) will get a rare glimpse behind the scenes of Addenbrooke’s busy emergency department.
FlexEnable wins prestigious Disruptive Innovation of the Year at 2021 TechWorks Awards
FlexEnable, the leader in the development and industrialisation of organic electronics for flexible displays and liquid crystal optics, has won the prestigious Disruptive Innovation Award for 2021 at the TechWorks Awards.
COMSOL releases version 6.0 and introduces Model Manager and Uncertainty Quantification Module
COMSOL, the leading provider of software solutions for multiphysics modelling has released version 6.0 of the COMSOL Multiphysics® software.
Charity futureproofs village housing with new Passivhaus homes
A Cambridgeshire charity is celebrating a major milestone in its latest building project to create 15 almshouses for the over 55s and a new office for its own operations.
Cambridge coronavirus vaccine enters clinical trial
Safety trials are underway for a Cambridge-led vaccine that could be used as a booster targeting COVID-19 virus variants and relatives that threaten future coronavirus pandemics. The first volunteer is expected to receive the vaccine today at the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility.
The solution that gives you control over your telecoms
Have you been debating whether to switch from your existing business phone service to a cloud telephony system?
Covid antiviral treatment trial starts in the East of England
A ground-breaking Covid trial is enrolling participants from across the region to investigate the effectiveness of new oral antiviral treatments, which can be safely taken at home.
Planning secured for £85m development of further 421 new homes in Marleigh, Cambridge
Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group and its joint venture partner Marshall have secured full Reserved Matters planning for the second phase of the landmark Marleigh development, which will deliver a further 421 new mixed-tenure homes alongside a variety of new public spaces.
Arecor announces exclusive collaboration with global technology leader
Arecor Therapeutics plc (AIM: AREC), the biopharmaceutical group advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, today announces that it has signed an exclusive formulation study collaboration.
Community of ethical hackers needed to prevent AI’s looming ‘crisis of trust’
A global hacker “red team” and rewards for hunting algorithmic biases are just some of the recommendations from experts who argue that AI faces a “tech-lash” unless firm measures are taken to increase public trust.
Mayor finds out how fastest full fibre-enabled internet is being brought to Cambridge
Mayor Dr Nik Johnson went on a ‘dig walk’ to find out more about how state-of-the-art full fibre network technology will make faster and more reliable internet services available to more communities and businesses in Cambridge.
Workshops explore how to maintain growth of the region's life sciences cluster
To maintain the scale and effectiveness of Cambridgeshire as a globally leading life sciences cluster, Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP) and the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) are bringing together representatives across the cluster to identify, coordinate, and progress a programme of specific development initiatives to support the sustained growth of the…
Cambridge head of lending elected to national mortgage (IMLA) committee
The Cambridge Building Society’s Head of Lending, Tracy Simpson, has been elected to the management committee of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA) for 2022.
Cambridge Index rises 1.7%
The Cambridge Index rose 411.4 points or 1.7% to close at 24794, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
The art of the possible: navigating the risks
Running a business can be fraught. Robust business plans, stringent financial reporting, keeping your customers happy and retaining good staff and suppliers are some of the more obvious ‘must haves’ in a thriving business. In themselves these can keep many pairs of hands busy, but that diverts time away from addressing the less obvious but no less important issue of risk management.
How the body uses fat to fight infection
New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body’s fat stores to fight infection.
Parkwalk launches second HMRC ‘approved’ EIS fund following the success of Fund I
Parkwalk, the UK’s most active investor in world changing technologies from UK universities and research institutions, has launched its second Knowledge Intensive (KI) EIS Fund. This launch follows another successful year as EIS investors recognise the significant opportunity in knowledge intensive ’deeptech’ investments.
Laura Gardner joins Birketts as new Senior Associate and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney
Trade Mark Attorney Laura Gardner has joined Birketts’ talented Intellectual Property Team.
How to use a Green Screen with MS Teams
With so many of us working from home, and using Microsoft Teams to conduct meetings, having a professional sharp background is something that has eluded many, but it is possible!