Birketts appoints agricultural specialist
Top 100 law firm Birketts has appointed Gerry Field as a Legal Director in its first-class Agriculture and Estates Team.
Blue sky thinking
On Thursday night, the team of event professionals responsible for lighting up landmarks throughout the city returned for the sixth week.
Easing lockdown - The great dichotomy
What does a potential unlocking, in its various guises, mean for your business?
New call for research on the risk factors, transmission and prevalence of coronavirus
A new call for research proposals on the risk factors, transmission and prevalence of the COVID-19 virus SARS-CoV-2, has been launched by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Construction resumes on Histon Road
Construction will shortly resume on a project to significantly upgrade walking, cycling and public transport journeys along Histon Road in Cambridge.
Cambrionix helps Bridgeway with Phones for Patients Initiative
Cambrionix hubs are helping to speed preparation of devices so hospital patients and care home residents can stay in touch with loved ones during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Speedwell exam software helps UCL graduate 300 new doctors
Speedwell’s eSystem exam software has helped UCL graduate its latest cohort of new doctors – allowing them to apply to the GMC to become Foundation Interim Year 1 doctors (FIY1). Once their registration is completed, it will allow them to formally join the NHS and assist with the coronavirus effort.
CDP donates lab ventilator to local hospital
Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has donated a reconditioned ventilator to Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to help save lives in the Covid-19 emergency.
Vitamin D linked to low virus death rate – study
A new study has found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries.
AI VIVO seeks collaboration partners to progress top-ranked COVID-19 therapeutic candidates
AI VIVO, the Cambridge based company combining systems pharmacology and artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate drug discovery, has announced that it is seeking pharma and biotech collaboration partners to progress therapeutic candidates that have been identified by the Company as “top-ranked” for COVID-19. The announcement follows the finding that 41 of the candidate drugs from AI VIVO’s top…
Where do we go from here?
What happens when the pandemic crisis eases? This is just one of the questions to be addressed by local business leaders in a new series of short interviews, hosted by Cambridge Network's CEO John Gourd.
New interactive Bitcoin mining map launched
New mining map by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the Cambridge Judge Business School provides increased transparency of the industry for investors, policymakers, researchers and the general public.
Flexible hybrid electronics: The future of flexible printed circuit boards
Dr Matthew Dyson, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, writes about flexible hybrid electronics following the release of a new IDTechEx report "Flexible Hybrid Electronics 2020-2030: Applications, Challenges, Innovations and Forecasts".
UK public ‘most concerned’ about coronavirus – more than Spain or Italy, study suggests
“Risk perception” among the UK population is greater than in nine other countries surveyed for latest research.
Redgate uncovers the promise and pitfalls of DevOps adoption for the financial services sector
Businesses in financial services are ahead of the healthcare and government sectors in adopting DevOps to increase their speed of development and free up developer time. This is a major finding focused on sector by sector analysis of the data from Redgate’s 2020 State of Database DevOps Report.
Private Client Associate appointment boosts Birketts' team offering
Top 100 law firm Birketts has appointed Tobias Gleed-Owen as an Associate in its highly-regarded Private Client Advisory Team based at its Cambridge office.
How COVID-19 has changed the design of Downing Place URC
The new Downing Place United Reformed Church was due to reach a key milestone in construction this month with a traditional topping out ceremony. Work on site for the £3.3million transformationproject, led by Archangel Architects, is currently on hold.
Emma Lane joins the BIMA 100
Studio 24's Client Services Director Emma Lane is on this year’s list for BIMA 100, which recognises the industry’s most influential, pioneering and changemaking people.
New hope for those with baby dreams
Bourn Hall offers virtual IVF consultations to fast-track fertility treatment once it reopens its clinics in Cambridge, Wickford and Norwich.
Hewitsons offers insight into auction sales and purchases
The majority of residential property transactions are deals which are put together by an estate agent on the open market. However, what key points should you consider for an auction? Bradley Armorgie of Hewitsons provides some answers.
The knowledge economy
CEO of International Workplace, David Sharp, talks to FMJ Magazine about the importance of the knowledge economy for workers in the facilities management sector.
Apply now for a coronavirus Bounce Back Loan
The government's new Bounce Back Loans scheme is now open for applications.
Stakeholder consultation for CAM inches Metro reality closer
Plans for the innovative Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro or CAM linking the towns and villages of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough through tunnels under Cambridge city centre and its employment zones jumped closer today with the launch of a stakeholder consultation on a draft policy framework for the whole 140 kilometre network running from St Neots to Mildenhall and from Alconbury to Haverhill.
Cambridge Executive MBA participants respond to the COVID-19 crisis
Participants in the 2019 cohort of the Cambridge Executive MBA programme have implemented rapid changes within their respective organisations to respond to issues related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis.
New report sheds light on financing for off-grid solar
The World Bank and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), based at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School, have published a joint report that examines a wide range of financing solutions for delivering Off Grid Solar (OGS) electricity to more than 840 million people still living without access to reliable power.