Resilience is not a soft skill
Head of Wellbeing at Marshall Centre, Jo Boyd, has amazing human skills and is currently developing micro-learning sessions with the centre's L&D Manager, Louise Chapman, for leaders who need to improve their human skills so that they can be more effective in their roles.
Cambridge Cognition awarded contracts totalling £1.4m for digital health and wearable device provision for clinical trials
Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc (AIM: COG), which develops and markets digital solutions to assess brain health, is pleased to announce that it has won a series of contracts from a global pharmaceutical company to provide specialist clinical trial management services.
Taylor Wessing advises Apollo Therapeutics on $145 million financing
Taylor Wessing has advised Apollo Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company progressing transformative treatments based on breakthrough discoveries, on its $145 million financing. Led by Patient Square Capital, and with participation from additional investors including Rock Springs Capital, Reimagined Ventures and UCL Technology Fund, this investment will support the advancement of Apollo's…
UK remains Europe’s most attractive destination for financial services investment, but gap with France has narrowed
The UK continues to be Europe’s most attractive location for international investment into financial services, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services, attracting 56 projects in 2020. However, this was 43 projects lower than in 2019 and the gap with the second largest recipient of investment – now France – has narrowed.
Anglia Ruskin to lead NHS entrepreneurship training
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been chosen as the official partner of NHS England and NHS Improvement to nurture healthcare innovators from across the country and help them gain the commercial skills, knowledge and experience to make their ideas become a reality.
Avacta announces AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test distribution agreement
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of diagnostics and innovative cancer therapies based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Calibre Scientific Inc, a global provider of life science products, for Avacta’s AffiDX SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test for professional use in the UK…
Tame your computer - snappy new arrangements
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 describes how to arrange windows side-by-side without being asked what to snap next to it (Windows 10).
Cambridge award winners in AI innovation
Ground-breaking AI projects involving Addenbrooke's hospital have won prestigious new funding awards.
Johnson Matthey announces new sustainability goals and targets
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has announced a new sustainability strategy framework. Ramping up activity across three pillars of activity – JM’s products and services, its operations and people – the strategy enables JM to significantly increase the positive contribution it is making in accelerating progress towards a cleaner and healthier world.
Overseas climate change could devastate UK
An Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) expert has warned that the effects of climate change overseas could have a potentially devastating impact on the economy here in the UK.
Medovate partners with Markomed to evaluate SAFIRA in Croatia
Medovate is delighted to be partnering with Markomed to evaluate SAFIRA® (SAFer Injection for Regional Anaesthesia) in Croatia.
Software can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction
The University of Cambridge has collaborated with UK structural engineering consultants, Price & Myers to develop PANDA (Parametric And Numeric Design Assessment) software that can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction.
Help shape Northstowe Local Centre and Enterprise Zone
Residents can now begin to shape two future areas of Northstowe – the Local Centre and Enterprise Zone - from the earliest possible stage.
Design27 Ltd – Award winning website design and creative brand identities
We just wanted to say 'Hi' and introduce ourselves!We're Design27 Ltd, a newly formed creative led website design studio in Huntingdon, Cambridge. Through branding, identity development and website design, we help businesses achieve the online presence they desire.
The greatest gifts?
Want to energise, enthuse and empower the people you work with, or even your family and friends? Then these are the greatest gifts you can give them, writes Simon Hall...
Intellegens wins AM Tech Forum Awards
The Intellegens Additive Manufacturing solution was a winner in the Innovation Awards at last night’s AM Tech Forum events, organised by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Savills brings to market major Cambridge redevelopment opportunity
International real estate advisor Savills, on behalf of L&G, has brought to market The Grafton Centre in Cambridge. The property presents a major opportunity for redevelopment and repurposing across 12 acres in the heart of Cambridge city centre.
Now hospital volunteers are chart toppers
St John Ambulance volunteers who stepped in to help Addenbrooke’s during the pandemic have notched up the second highest number of hours donated in the country.
Foundries.io raises $8M Series A funding to (actually) secure the Internet of Things
Foundries.io, leader in cloud development and deployment solutions for secure IoT and Edge devices, announced it has raised $8M in Series A funding, led by IQ Capital, with participation from Crane Venture Partners and Backed VC.
Apps ‘valuable tool’ in helping manage chronic pain
Smartphone apps have proved invaluable for helping people manage chronic pain during the COVID-19 pandemic, but researchers warn that the need for information sharing and education in this area is being neglected.
Construction continues on Histon Road project
Better active travel and bus journeys along Histon Road have moved a step closer as construction on the Greater Cambridge Partnership’s project continues to progress.
TWI joins Robo-Pack project: rapid inspection for fresh produce packing
TWI has joined the Robo-Pack Project alongside fellow partners, Shadow Robot Company, Wootzano, London South Bank University, Suncrop Produce Ltd, and Impact Laboratories Ltd. The Innovate UK-funded project is working to develop an advanced, fully automated robotic manipulator for rapid inspection and packing of fresh produce.
UKRI encourages innovators to apply for Horizon Europe funding
Applications are now open for UK businesses, innovators and researchers to access billions of pounds of funding through the EU’s Horizon Europe programme.
How good weather did nothing to lift spirits in lockdown
Come rain or shine, the weather did nothing to ease or worsen the mental health consequences of Covid-19 - according to new research from the University of East Anglia and the University of Essex.
Cambridge Power Platform User Group meets next month
The next Cambridge Power Platform User Group will be hosted on 1st July 2021. This is a free event driven by communities around the world, for anyone who wants to learn more about the Microsoft Power Platform. This event will be hosted via Microsoft Teams ending with a Q&A session.