Council 'ahead of schedule' on generating 25% of Council budget through investments
Councillors have announced they are ahead of schedule on plans to generate at least a quarter of the money spent on services by South Cambridgeshire District Council from their own investments by March 2024.
Top car makers could face €14.5bn fines for missing the EU’s CO₂ emissions targets
Europe’s 13 top car manufacturers will miss their 2021 targets and will face fines of more than €14.5bn, according to the annual forecast of car manufacturers’ performance against mandatory EU CO₂ emissions targets, published by PA Consulting, the global innovation and transformation consultancy.
Cambridge Index eases 1.0%
The Cambridge Index declined 285.9 points or 1% to close at 27,652.2, as four of the top five Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Announcement of opportunity: Enabling research in smart sustainable plastic packaging
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) is inviting proposals under the Enabling Research workstream for projects to establish academic‑led research that addresses widely understood problems in relation to plastic packaging, whose solutions are unknown today, but which if solved will unlock existing barriers to fundamental systems change, and make an important contribution to achieving the objectives…
Horizon Discovery signs collaboration and licence agreement with Mammoth Biosciences
Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation technologies, announced that it has signed a collaboration and licence agreement with Mammoth Biosciences to access Mammoth’s novel CRISPR platform and thereby facilitate delivery of a new generation of genetically engineered CHO cells for the production of biotherapeutics such as therapeutic…
Generous people around Huntingdon give charity donation in exchange for Christmas tree recycling
A charity received more than £4,000 in exchange for collecting some 350 Christmas trees from Huntingdon, St Ives and surrounding villages over the weekend.
‘Real’ rape stereotype may affect child rape trials
New research has found that two factors – an outdoor location and the presence of a weapon – have a significant bearing on the verdict of juries in cases of child stranger rape.
Birketts shortlisted for the Managing Partners’ Forum Awards 2020 for Best Community Programme
Top 100 law firm Birketts has been shortlisted for Best Community Programme at the eighteenth annual Management Excellence Awards.
Why should employers be aware of 'the season of separation'?
The HR Dept's blog this month focuses on the unfortunate label for January, as 'the season of separation'. While relationship troubles are personal and best kept out of the workplace, the magnitude of a divorce can be difficult for a person to manage.
'Platforms for the people' present challenges, says study
Civic crowdfunding now finances civic infrastructure, but these platforms must navigate tension between growth and their social mission, says a study co-authored by Dr Matthew Grimes of Cambridge Judge Business School.
New doctoral training centre for Earth Observation of environmental challenges
An exciting new centre has been announced that will train 50 PhD students to tackle environmental challenges using the latest satellite data.
Nick Salisbury joins EMV Capital as Senior Private Client Manager
EMV Capital continues to expand its team, in support of the company's growth strategies. This Investor Relations hire will help EMV Capital support its growing private investor community and the EIS investment practice.
Madingley Road Cycling and Walking project consultation launched
The Greater Cambridge Partnership has launched a consultation on proposals for cycling and walking improvements on Madingley Road in Cambridge.
Your ideas. Our future. Get involved now.
The first conversation to create “the most important document most people have never heard of” has started – with residents urged to get involved now in planning how we live, work and play in Greater Cambridge in the decades ahead.
Adder launches 24/7 Elite Service for mission-critical KVM
Adder Technology, a specialist in connectivity solutions and high performance IP KVM, today announced its Elite Service, a new addition to its industry-leading Professional Services portfolio.
BroadbandUK issues 2019 speed test results
More than 100,000 UK based speed tests ran in 2019.
Xaar plc announces Ian Tichias as Chief Finance Officer
Xaar plc announces the appointment of Ian Tichias as Chief Finance Officer and Director of the Board from 1 March 2020.
From clothes that grow to making paper from wheat: meet the companies to pitch at Cleantech Venture Day
Cambridge Cleantech is delighted to announce the complete selection of startups who will pitch to an audience of experienced investors at Cleantech Venture Day on 11th & 12th February 2020.
Birketts advises Seetec on employee buyout, creating the 9th largest employee-owned company
Birketts has advised Seetec Business and Technology Centre Limited’s founder and 80 per cent shareholder, Peter Cooper, in respect of his sale of 51 per cent of the company into a trust for the sole benefit of the company’s 2,500 employees. As a result Seetec becomes the 9th largest employee-owned company in the UK by number of employees and the largest to provide public services.
Cambridge Design Partnership teams up with Titan Medical to create robotic surgery breakthrough
Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP) has teamed up with Canadian based Titan Medical to develop an innovative robotic surgery system. They aim to offer minimally invasive surgery (MIS) through a single incision, rather than several incisions, which is currently the case with both traditional laparoscopic surgery and existing multi-port robotic systems.
Arthur Rank Hospice Education Receptionist is first to complete an apprenticeship at the charity with government levy
Ginette (Ginnie) Northmore, Education Receptionist, was congratulated recently as the first person to complete and pass an apprenticeship with Arthur Rank Hospice Charity with the Government Levy.
Assess, diagnose and improve your own Health and Safety compliance against HSE legislation
All directors, trustees and partners of any business, from start up to established corporates, are required by the HSE to implement a specific set of health and safety related due dilligence requirements.
EU grant success to harness the immune system to treat brain damage
Pioneering research by Professor Adrian Liston, a senior group leader at the Babraham Institute, will be developed towards being market-ready for the treatment of brain injury by funding provided by an ERC (European Research Council) Proof of Concept grant.
The business of loneliness
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Your 2020 essentials – trust and truth
Our hectic, 24-hour lifestyles have inevitably led to an increase in the number of stories required to keep up with our constantly ‘switched on’ demands, and unfortunately fewer people to produce those stories. This has unsurprisingly resulted in ‘less than accurate’ content being shared across different platforms. Add ‘fake news’ to the mix, and a multitude of channels to communicate across, and…