Veritas Intercontinental closes €5 million of new financing to expand its leadership in preventive genomics
Veritas Intercontinental, a leader in the application of preventive genomic medicine, has completed a new financing of €5 million that strengthens its international expansion and the development of new operational and technological capabilities.
How Team Consulting and partners developed an emergency ventilator in six weeks
In March 2020, facing a perceived risk of lockdown in global ventilator supply chains, the UK Government acted to bolster existing stocks of safety critical ventilators by issuing a challenge: can the UK industry use its ingenuity to develop, manufacture and deliver safety critical ventilators in just a few weeks? Team Consulting was enlisted as part of a consortium of engineering companies to…
URKI funding puts UK at the forefront of next generation plastic recycling
Projects to reduce landfill and incineration of waste plastics and schemes to recycle waste into new, sustainable plastics have received a funding boost today. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is investing £20m in four cutting edge recycling plants.
Awards recognise AVEVA as a top Hydrocarbon Processing industry innovator
Energy industry professionals from around the world gathered at the virtual 2020 Hydrocarbon Processing Awards earlier this month, where AVEVA was recognised for the most innovative technological advances in the hydrocarbon processing industry in two categories.
Hundreds of thousands in UK aren't getting eye care they need
Almost a quarter of people with severe sight loss in the UK are going without the treatment they need, according to a new study being presented at the World Congress on Public Health today (Friday 16 October).
Kleinwort Hambros podcast - The Wealth Chat - What does it mean to be a responsible bank in 2020?
The latest Kleinwort Hambros podcast asks: what does it mean to have a responsible investing proposition? What is 'greenwashing'? What can we expect to positively transform our industry in the next 10 years?
Kleinwort Hambros: CIO Blog - Remember, remember the fourth of November
With hyper-partisanship forming the central theme of our zeitgeist, the upcoming American pageant will be bombastic.
Study examines cultural fit in big pharma integration
Piyush Durani, an Executive MBA graduate of Cambridge Judge (EMBA 2018), measures cultural fit in the $74 billion merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene.
Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home during the pandemic
Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how likely they are to stay at home during the pandemic - and cannot be entirely overridden.
Repurposing drugs for a pan-coronavirus treatment
Drug targets common across three coronavirus strains could be used for rapid treatment response against emerging coronavirus strains.
New round of Innovation Scholars Secondments: Biomedical Sciences opens
UKRI is launching a second round of the Innovation Scholars Secondments scheme.
Birketts’ webinar discusses ‘Homeworking: the new normal’
Birketts has held the latest in its highly regarded series of webinars, this time on the topic of home working. Abigail Trencher hosted the session with contributions from Matthew Gowen, Julie Gowland and Kitty Rosser. Jeanette Wheeler, Head of Employment, joined her colleagues for the Q&A section.
Poultry farmers and pet bird keepers urged to prepare for winter Avian Flu
Iceni Diagnostics’ 15-minute avian flu test would provide frontline alert of infection.
Glyconics wins UK government grant for feasibility study on low-cost diabetic screening in developing countries
Innovative diagnostics company, Glyconics, has won an £85,000 Phase 1 grant from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) to explore the feasibility of implementing a novel low-cost point-of-care diagnostic platform for diabetic screening in developing countries.
Ditch the plough, increase diversity, grow cover crops - three achievable steps towards 'Net Zero'?
Agri-tech offers ‘soil up’ approach to restoring environmental balance and farm incomes...
Intellectual Property firm donates generous £15,000 to children’s hospices
The Cambridge team of European intellectual property firm Mewburn Ellis has chosen East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) as its charity of the year.
Prepare for tension in third 'Surgeons' episode
There is no room for error in two cutting-edge operations filmed at Addenbrooke’s and Royal Papworth hospitals in Cambridge for the next episode of the BBC Two documentary, ‘Surgeons: At the Edge of Life’.
Ori Biotech Raises $30m in Series A financing to advance innovation in cell and gene therapy manufacturing
October 14 2020, London, UK and Woodcliff Lake, NJ – Ori Biotech Ltd (Ori), a leading innovator in cell and gene therapy (CGT) manufacturing, today announced the successful close of a $30 million Series A financing round, bringing the company’s total funding to date to $41 million.
Reflecting on 18 years of Pure
In September, Pure reached and celebrated 18 years of providing professional recruitment consultancy to the Eastern region. Considering everything currently happening in the world, its team has had the opportunity to reflect on the past 18 years and to consider what they have learnt over this time.
Iceni Diagnostics appoints BBI to produce its Covid-19/Influenza test
Iceni Diagnostics has appointed BBI Solutions to generate clinical trial batches for its new, rapid SARS-COV-2/Influenza virus detection test. The test exploits the diagnostic company’s unique, proprietary HPGR™ (Host-Pathogen Glycan Recognition) technology to detect the presence of live virus in non-invasive samples within 15 minutes.
UKRI invests £109 million in future leaders
One hundred and one research and innovation leaders of the future have received significant government support to tackle major challenges ranging from cancer treatment to space travel and reducing harmful vehicle emissions.
Cambridgeshire set to see major investment in infrastructure
There are efforts to make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough more connected and to spread the economic success of Cambridge across the County, according to the newly released Local Plan Watch by Property Consultants Bidwells.
Nokia advances fight against COVID-19 with analytics-based thermal detection solution
Nokia today announced an automated, zero-touch elevated temperature detection solution designed to help spot potential COVID-19 infections in facilities with thousands of people.
Raspberry Pi’s Director of Educator Support awarded an MBE
Carrie Anne Philbin, Raspberry Pi’s Director of Educator Support, has been awarded an MBE for her services to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020.
Bango scales up in Asia as revenue delivers record growth
Bango, the global platform for data-driven commerce, announces the expansion of its business development team in Asia. Following recent announcements of new customer wins and record revenue growth in the first half of 2020, these new hires will support the continued exponential growth of commerce though the Bango Platform.