How hiring an apprentice can give your business a boost
Apprenticeships provide an opportunity for earning while learning. They can also bring new energy and ideas to a business.
Wellness Wednesday – keeping a healthy routine
It is Wellness Wednesday time again and today Marshall Centre is talking about the importance of maintaining a healthy routine during lockdown.
The Cambridge Building Society announces appointment of new Chairman – John Spence
The Cambridge announces the appointment of new Chairman John Spence. John has extensive experience in the banking and housing sectors and has always focused on helping people. A rare accolade, John has received an MBE, OBE and CBE for his services to the Community, Charity and Business respectively.
Win a £500 Love Cambridge Gift Card
Cambridge BID is currently running a survey to better understand how people interact with Cambridge and how it can improve and enhance your experience in the city centre.
Council helps put vacant properties in Cambridge back into use
Cambridge City Council is backing a national campaign to bring empty properties back into use.
IDTechEx highlights top five innovative printed & flexible sensor technologies
IDTechEx details its top five innovative printed/flexible sensor technologies, along with their associated applications.
Council’s fortnight of free online events focuses on climate change and environment
Two weeks of free online events for people in South Cambridgeshire will champion ideas on how residents, communities and businesses can all play a bigger role in tackling climate change and protecting the environment.
Bamboo Systems names new vice president of sales
Bamboo Systems, a provider of revolutionary Arm-based, enterprise-class servers, architected to meet the needs of today’s software design and data center demands, today announced that it has appointed Andy Hill as its Vice President of Sales and Pre-Sales, effective immediately. Hill will be focused on leading the worldwide expansion of Bamboo’s partner ecosystem and customer adoption.
SPT Labtech announces acquisition of BioMicroLab
SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces the acquisition of BioMicroLab, a robotics automation provider for life science laboratories.
Top innovation award for Actiphage rapid tuberculosis test
Actiphage®, the rapid TB test from PBD Biotech, has been awarded the Innovation Award 2021 by Veterinary Record, the official journal of the British Veterinary Association (BVA).
Leading AI company Luminance continues to innovate with new round of machine learning-powered product enhancements
Luminance is releasing a range of machine learning-driven upgrades in a powerful product update available to all customers.
Fitzwilliam College lends a hand to Cambridge Sustainable Food
A Cambridge College has helped to ensure that children in Cambridge and the surrounding villages didn’t go without meal during this half term.
The Food Marketing Experts kicks off new year with award
Cambridgeshire based full-service agency, The Food Marketing Experts, has started 2021 on a high, following news that the business has won another award to add to its growing list of accolades.
The world is changing, are you?
Are you looking to digitally transform your business? Professional services software company and AWS partner Green Custard has put together a free practical guide that explores how cloud and IoT can make a difference; reviews mistakes to avoid, and gives advice on moving forward with your journey.
Solving the communication challenges in the education sector
The Education sector is under constant pressure from parents, management and the government to improve collaboration and results. The deployment of 21st century technologies to enhance this is especially challenging at a time of budgetary constraint and Covid-19. Budgets are always an issue, but when having to prep for home learning and keeping the children and staff safe, its even more of a…
Taylor Wessing acts on transformational roll-up and $250 million crossover financing of cutting-edge UK and European biotech companies
Taylor Wessing has advised a series of eight biotech companies on their concurrent sale into Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a newly established holding company for a group of 10 life sciences companies in Europe and North America.
A guide to home working
HomeOffice - A guide to homeworking from New Office Group is an informative and useful guide to create the perfect home office space.
Cambridge law firm strengthens its education sector
Stone King's latest recruit is Associate Solicitor Danielle Francombe.
ERS Genomics and ZeClinics sign CRISPR/Cas9 licence agreement
Dublin, Ireland & Barcelona, Spain, 16 February 2021: ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-owned by Dr Emmanuelle Charpentier, and ZeClinics, a contract research organization using zebrafish to carry out services focused on analysing the safety, efficacy and biomedical relevance of new compounds, today…
Avacta announces results of initial evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen test with clinical samples
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, announces that it has received the first data for its SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test from ongoing clinical studies in Europe and the UK. These data show excellent performance of the test in identifying patients with an infectious viral load and no false positive results.
Waterbeach residents invited to join village’s Neighbourhood Plan consultation
Councillors are urging residents to comment on the draft Neighbourhood Plan for Waterbeach during a consultation which runs from today (16 February) to 20 April 2021. The draft Plan has been developed by the Waterbeach community over the last six years and, once finalised and adopted, would have equal status to the wider Local Plan for Greater Cambridge, when it comes to setting out where, what…
Solving communication challenges for businesses
Businesses are under constant pressure to improve communication between staff and their clients, whilst working remotely. The deployment of 21st century technologies to enhance this is especially challenging at a time of budgetary constraint and Covid-19. Budgets are always an issue, but when having to do business as usual, between working from home and the office, and keeping everyone safe, it…
Next week: CIIPM offers virtual training course in IP & Commercialisation
CIIPM continues to offer training courses via Zoom during the pandemic.
Germany, Europe’s medtech powerhouse, installs first Versius system
CMR Surgical (CMR) today announced the introduction of its Versius® Surgical Robotic System in Germany. Klinikum Chemnitz – a leading public hospital based in Saxony – is the first German hospital to install Versius, which has now been used in over 1,000 clinical cases across Europe, Australia and India.
£10m research centre to spur a greener global financial system
The UK is investing £10 million in a new national green finance research centre that will advise lenders, investors and insurers.