Meet the 28 companies pitching at Cleantech Venture Week
The long wait is over - Cambridge Cleantech and Oxfordshire Greentech are pleased to announce the 28 climate-positive businesses who will take the virtual stage at Cleantech Venture Week come November 23rd-26th 2020.
Scrum training helps business to be more agile
Two new courses from Cambridge Network, focused on the key roles involved in making organisations more agile through Scrum, kick off this autumn.
Cambridge Index rises 0.4%
The Cambridge Index advanced 101.7 points or 0.4% to close at 24739.8, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Show some passion when you speak
If you don't appear to care about your subject, then why should your audience? In this short video, Communication Coach and enthusiastic speaker Jon Torrens shows you how.
Taylor Wessing provides legal advice to marine conservation charity
Taylor Wessing has advised the marine conservation charity, Surfers Against Sewage, with the drafting of precedent sponsorship agreements and legal contracts.
Arm partners with Mentor to offer complete verification service
A new RTL Verification Design Review service delivers a more seamless verification journey. Arm's partnership with Mentor offers combined expertise to enable partners to balance quality, capability and cost.
Griff Rhys Jones continues EACH fundraising with Celebrity Bottom Drawer auction
A one-of-a-kind film camera coffin made in Ghana is among quirky items that could be yours this Christmas as A-listers sift through their D-list stuff to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
UKRI-funded research supports COVID-19 sewage tracking system
A government-led project, supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is providing an early warning of coronavirus outbreaks by monitoring sewage across the country.
Tame your computer - switch yourself off
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 highlights a keyboard toggle to enable you to mute and unmute yourself (MS Teams).
Plusnet launches new ad campaign
Plusnet has launched its new ad campaign, drawing playfully on its Yorkshire roots.
Consultation launches on Eastern Access transport options
Plans that could transform public transport journeys and create a new cycling and walking route to the east of Cambridge have been put before the public.
Apple finally embraces 5G, but challenges remain
Apple has integrated 5G into all four newly announced iPhones. In the launching event, Apple demonstrated a fast speed up to 4 Gbps on the iPhone 12 Pro, even when networks are crowded. The news certainly sent a positive signal to the 5G industry, but many challenges await before 5G becomes ubiquitous.
Eagle Genomics closes $9m in scale-up funding as major brands home in on the microbiome megatrend
Eagle Genomics, a pioneer in applying network science to biology – particularly linked to the microbiome – has closed $9 million in new scale-up funding. It will use the investment to further develop the capabilities of its powerful AI-augmented, knowledge discovery platform and to drive further commercial expansion across Europe and the US.
COVID-19 anxiety linked to body image issues
A new study has found that anxiety and stress directly linked to COVID-19 could be causing a number of body image issues among women and men.
One in six children has a probable mental disorder, according to new report
The proportion of children experiencing a probable mental disorder has increased over the past three years, from one in nine in 2017 to one in six in July this year, according to a report published by NHS Digital and co-authored by Professor Tamsin Ford at the University of Cambridge.
‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection
‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how COVID-19 damages the lungs.
Selling your products online: Don’t get caught out
Covid-19 has had implications far and wide for the business community. However, with every crisis comes opportunity and it’s been fantastic to see businesses adapting and finding new ways to deliver their products to customers. A great example of this has been the huge shift to selling online.
How to create amazing, human-centric organisations
Some arrive at the concept of self-management from the desire to improve the service they provide or the product they deliver. Others see it as the key to making work more fun.
Comment on proposed changes to Social Housing allocation policy
A consultation has begun into proposals to make minor changes to how Council and Housing Association homes across the County are allocated. This follows a detailed review of South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Lettings Policy.
Emails - do them properly
Emails are easy to use, but also easy to get wrong. In this video, Communication Coach and elite email expert Jon Torrens tells you how.
The winning way
These are troubled times, with all of us suffering... and this is a critical mindset to help us get through, says communication consultant Simon Hall.
Abcam raises $180m through US IPO
Cambridge-based Abcam, which supplies tools globally for life science research, has had a blockbusting response to its IPO on America’s NASDAQ technology exchange.
New local testing site to open in Cambridge
A new walk-through coronavirus testing facility is to open for those with symptoms to book appointments at the Abbey Leisure Centre Overflow Car Park, in Cambridge as part of the Government’s UK-wide drive to continue to improve the accessibility of coronavirus testing for local communities.
Machine learning comes of age in cystic fibrosis
World-leading AI technology developed by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine and their colleagues – some of which is being showcased this week at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference 2020 – offers a glimpse of the future of precision medicine, and unprecedented predictive power to clinicians caring for individuals with the life-limiting condition.
Increased support under the Job Support Scheme
Yesterday (22 October 2020), Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced an increase in government contributions for the Job Support Scheme, the successor to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“CJRS”).