MP backs local health and care hero winners in NHS Parliamentary Awards
The caring NHS staff who are part of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Complex Cases Team have won an award in the NHS Parliamentary Awards.
Clare Shine announced as next Director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has announced Clare Shine will succeed Dame Polly Courtice as its new Director, effective April 2021.
PA Consulting wins Gold at IHAF In-House Creativity Awards 2020
PA Consulting (PA), the consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, has been awarded Gold at IHAF In-House Creativity Awards 2020 in the Event category for its world-first, sustainable, multi-use and modular stand, designed and produced in collaboration with Ecobooth.
Cambridge Index falls 0.3%
The Cambridge Index slipped 78.2 points or 0.3% to close at 24596.1, as four of the top ten index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Birketts supports Good Divorce Week
Next Monday (30 November 2020), family law practitioners across the UK will support ‘Good Divorce Week’.
Allia Future Business Centre launches 'part-time private offices' for remote teams
To help small businesses stay connected while their teams continue to work from home, Allia is offering ‘part-time private offices’, where your team gets its own dedicated workspace - with all the usual benefits of a standard office, but for as little as one day a week. The initiative will allow you all to work from home or remotely for the…
Study investigates workers' acceptance of new technology
Workers often only ‘pretend’ to comply with the introduction of new technology. This can backfire on them badly, says a new study led at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Updates to the Furlough Scheme Guidance
Further updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”) guidance were published on 19 November 2020.
New global COVID-19 vaccine announced today
A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19, based on decades of in-depth research, supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will save lives across the world.
How to have good meetings
Make your meetings enjoyable with these three top tips from communication coach (and loather of boring meetings) Jon Torrens.
Avacta Group plc announces SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test update
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce significant progress in the development of a highly scalable manufacturing process for a lateral flow SARS-CoV-2 antigen test being carried out with BBI Solutions, and that the lateral flow test has very good analytical…
Featurespace named fastest growing tech company in Cambridgeshire and East Region in 2020 Deloitte Technology Fast 50
Featurespace™, the leading provider of Enterprise Financial Crime prevention software, has been recognized as the fastest growing technology company in the Cambridgeshire and East Region in the 2020 Deloitte Technology Fast 50.
Data-driven health for compassionate and ethical care
The BioBeat20 Summit, hosted in partnership with the Francis Crick Institute, brought together the life sciences community to explore the opportunities for adopting and investing in data-driven health. A global audience with more than 200 attendees from across the UK, USA, Brazil and Europe joined the virtual meeting on 17 November.
Are SMBs seen as easy targets by cyber criminals?
Over 40% of all cyber-attacks are directed at SMBs, with cyber criminals seeing them as easy targets, but unfortunately many do not survive the aftermath. One study reports 60% of SMBs that are hacked go out of business within six months.
Marshall Centre has education and training spaces available
Marshall Centre has four spaces availble for its online Level 3 City and Guilds Education and Training course.
Five Non-Executive Directors for CAM delivery company recommended for appointment to drive forward pioneering metro scheme
The appointment of the first five Non-Executive Directors of the dedicated delivery company for the Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro (CAM) will be recommended to the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board this week.
Café sustainability
Footprints Café, a social venture supported by Cambridge Judge Business School, is included in the Lonely Planet Best in Travel List 2021 for its focus on community.
Genome Targeting Catalogue: unlocking CRISPR research
Even before Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of CRISPR-Cas9, genome editing had become a household name. With the technology increasingly being used in life science research, the need to collate and organise these datasets is becoming increasingly clear.
Introducing new Arm Roadmap Guarantee and other Arm IoT initiatives for accelerating Endpoint AI
While the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution may still be in its early days, there is already one undeniable similarity to the smartphone revolution - the Arm ecosystem is the driving force behind both.
UKRI announces international development research programme awards
UKRI has announced 141 new international development research projects.
Closed Loop Medicine recruits first patient into clinical trial for patients with high blood pressure
Closed Loop Medicine (CLM), a clinical stage therapeutics company developing drug + digital combination products, announces that the first patient has been recruited into its pivotal clinical trial investigating CLM’s integrated precision care solution for patients with hypertension.
Cambridge Corn Exchange launches socially distanced programme
Cambridge's leading music venue and the largest concert hall in the East of England, the Cambridge Corn Exchange, will be running a programme of socially-distanced concerts from January 2021, it has been announced.
Ditton Lane Cross City Cycling project complete
The final piece of a new first-class cycling route that will make it safer and easier for people to travel into Cambridge has been completed.
BBSRC publishes review of data-intensive bioscience
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) has published its review of data-intensive bioscience.
IMAGINE IF! deadline is extended
The deadline for Innovation Forum's IMAGINE IF! - a leading global competition and pre-acceleration programme for science-based ventures* - has been extended to the 15th of December.