Saab signs deployable health capability contract with strategic partner Marshall
Saab Australia has moved a step closer to delivery of Australia’s deployable health capability (JP2060 Phase 3) with the signing of an AUD 8.28 million contract with key technology supplier and capability partner, Marshall.
New skills bursary to help more young people leaving the care system into good jobs and careers
More funding is being given to encourage young people who are leaving the care system to continue their education and help them into better jobs and careers.
How your business can help tackle inequality and poverty
Cambridge City Council is holding an event on 16th November for businesses. Mark the 20th anniversary of Living Wage, learn how to tackle homelessness and food poverty, and identify how to promote race equality in your workplace.
London Stansted calls for simplified travel system as figures reveal UK aviation continues to be worst hit
London Stansted is calling for the Government to introduce a simplified two-tier system for international travel, as fresh data revealed the UK aviation sector is slipping even further behind in its recovery.
RAND Europe's summer reception returns
RAND Europe, a Cambridge-based policy research organisation, held its ‘annual’ summer reception last week after a two-year delay due to the pandemic.
Cambridge Index drops 1.3%
The Cambridge Index fell 389.7 points or 1.3% to close at 29518.7, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
ARU is among UK’s most entrepreneurial universities
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is a finalist in the Outstanding Entrepreneurial University category of the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine’s annual awards 2021 – the “Oscars of higher education” – with lecturer Paul Driver also shortlisted in the category of Most Innovative Teacher of the Year.
Ambitious research to study key environmental science questions
Five innovative new research projects could push the boundaries of science and help us understand key questions of environmental and earth science.
Translation and localisation services company PAB Languages unveils new multilingual website
Award-winning translation and localisation services company PAB Languages has unveiled a new multilingual website to showcase its translation, interpreting and localisation services.
EACH launches primary school art competition
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has teamed up with renowned artist Lucy Loveheart to host an art competition for primary school children, aged four to 11.
New partnership with a mission to simplify contracts
ThoughtRiver and World Commerce & Contracting have today announced a partnership which, when launched, will allow any user of the ThoughtRiver contract acceleration platform to instantly review a third-party NDA against the WorldCC contracting principles.
COVID-19: further lockdowns unlikely but some winter restrictions are possible
This time last year, things were beginning to unravel. The UK had reopened after its first lockdown, but by September COVID cases and hospitalisations were rising again. Two lockdowns ultimately followed. Is the country set for the same fate this year?
Johnson Matthey announces new Hydrogen Technology business
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has announced that its Green Hydrogen and Fuel Cells entities are coming together under a new Hydrogen Technologies business.
Revamped Local Transport Plan to consider improvement to digital infrastructure
A bold plan to bring together Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s transport and digital infrastructure, to provide for better connectivity in a clean and green refresh of the Local Transport Plan, has been approved.
Work begins on final section of Histon Rd project
The final section of work to upgrade cycling, walking and public transport journeys along Histon Road has been started.
Government gives green light to genome-edited wheat trial
BBSRC funded UK research institute, Rothamsted Research, has been granted permission by Defra to run a series of field trials of wheat that has been genome edited.
Featurespace named 'Technology Provider of the Year' at FStech Awards
Featurespace™, the leading provider of Enterprise Crime Prevention software, has been crowned “Technology Provider of the Year” at the FStech Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in financial services across the UK and EMEA.
Spread of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant driven by combination of immune escape and increased infectivity
Findings suggest infection control measures against variants will need to continue in the post-vaccination era.
Four Cambridge researchers recognised in the 2022 Breakthrough Prizes
Four University of Cambridge researchers – Professors Shankar Balasubramanian, David Klenerman, Suchitra Sebastian and Jack Thorne – have been recognised by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation in recognition of their outstanding achievements.
PolyAI raises $14m from Khosla Ventures to accelerate US expansion for ‘superhuman’ voice assistants
Enterprise voice bot market heats up as companies use AI to route calls, answer questions, book reservations and take orders.
Rapid expansion prompts senior recruitment drive for VetCT
Can you think of a better place than Cambridge to start a company innovating in digital technology in the veterinary space ?
Tame your computer - cool calendar coordinates
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she compares ways to move around the Outlook and Google calendar.
Selling yourself
There's a critical, but too often overlooked part of getting what you want in business and life... and it involves selling yourself, writes Simon Hall.
Latest update to Featurespace’s ARIC Risk Hub™ delivers enhanced real-time defence against fraud and money laundering
The latest update to Featurespace’s™ ARIC Risk Hub brings together fraud detection and anti-money laundering (AML) to streamline case management and deliver the most advanced real-time Enterprise Financial Crime detection capabilities for analysts and investigators.
Top 17 private cloud questions answered…
With all the changes we have seen in business practices over the past 18 months, “moving to the cloud” is becoming a statement Breathe Technology hears on a daily basis from its customers.