It’s in our own hands to keep grenades, toilet seats and disco lights out of recycling
A grenade, toilet seat and disco lights are on a list of items that people across Greater Cambridge have wrongly put into their blue bins for recycling.
Cambridge Festival of Ideas: can we harness artificial intelligence and just where is technology taking us?
From the consequences of systems that think far beyond human abilities to social media hate speech, the Cambridge Festival of Ideas examines the ongoing positive and negative impacts of technology on our lives.
Google visits school in Cambridge to boost kids' online safety
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner last week visited Bewick Bridge Community Primary School at Fulbourn to discuss online safety with young people in the area. The event was hosted by Google to highlight its 'Be Internet Legends' programme.
Cambridge shines brightly in Tech Nation report
Cambridge is on course for another bumper year of tech investment, having seen $487m of venture capital invested in digital tech companies in 2018.
Winning picture book is love letter to Lowestoft
Paula White from Lowestoft, Suffolk, has won this year’s Templar Illustration Prize, which comes with a £750 first prize and the chance of being published by Templar Publishing, a children’s book imprint of Bonnier Books UK.
Cambridge Index drops 1.8%
The Cambridge Index declined 460.7 points or 1.8% to close at 25240.6, as Index heavyweights such as Johnson Matthey and DS Smith posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Swedish Radio Supply signs new agreement with Region Värmland
Sepura partner Swedish Radio Supply is proud to announce it has once again secured the trust of Region Värmland, signing an agreement to provide them with the latest products in radio communication and applications for their businesses.
Fluidic Analytics welcomes Dr Joe Keegan as Chairman
Fluidic Analytics Ltd, a pioneer in protein analysis, announces that Dr Joe Keegan is joining the company as Chairman. Joe brings over 30 years of experience in the life sciences industry and joins Fluidic at an exciting time of growth and expansion as the company prepares for the upcoming launch of its revolutionary new instrument for protein interaction analysis - the Fluidity One-W.
APT boosts R&D resources with new Innomech systems
Aston Particle Technologies (APT) has significantly expanded its in-house R&D capabilities by investing in two benchtop systems – designed by Ely-based GB Innomech (Innomech) – to prepare small quantities of blended pharmaceutical powders for use in its formulation development projects for pharmaceutical companies.
Podcast covers a multi-million dollar trade sale and a contract with Apple
The latest episode of the business podcast Scaling, Failing & Prevailing talks to experienced serial entrepreneur Steve Barlow.
Abcodia partners with Wuxi High-Tech Zone Government
Abcodia, the leader in ovarian cancer early detection, today announces its partnership with the Wuxi National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (WND) supporting Abcodia’s expansion into China.
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Mayor meets housing minister
Meeting Mayor James Palmer during her visit to Cambridgeshire today (Monday), housing minister Esther McVey said she believed that successful development demanded that infrastructure be put into place before the homes themselves were built.
Tame your computer - what a to-do!
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she explains how to display your To-Do list for the week ahead (Microsoft Outlook)...
New look Chamber drives to inspire success!
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce unveils new branding, website and membership portal to elevate awareness of its business support services, events and training programmes.
Cambridge celebrates pedal power at charity’s cycling carnival
Nearly 100 people joined the cycle parade around Cambridge for Camcycle’s Cargo Carnival on Saturday (21 September) and hundreds more enjoyed the festival atmosphere on Lammas Land during the afternoon. The sun was shining with lots of cargo bikes to test out and stalls to explore as part of the month-long Cambridge Festival of Cycling.
Babel: Saudi National Day 2019
Saudi National Day is celebrated today (September 23) to commemorate the renaming of the Kingdom of Nejd and Hejaz to Saudi Arabia by a royal decree from King Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud in 1932. In 2005 King Abdullah acknowledged that Saudi National Day became an official holiday in the kingdom.
UKRI launches Citizen Science Exploration Grants
UK Research and innovation (UKRI) is launching a new £400,000 funding call to encourage researchers and innovators to experiment with citizen science.
Accelerate@Babraham attracts additional sponsorship to boost innovation in Cambridge life science cluster
LifeArc joins AstraZeneca in providing funding towards the continued development of the Babraham Research Campus’ Accelerate@Babraham initiative, which aims to nurture the development of early-stage science concepts and new life science companies.
Ely Cathedral illuminated orange as Alzheimer’s Research UK puts dementia awareness in the spotlight
Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) teamed up with Ely to illuminate the iconic Ely Cathedral in orange on Saturday (21 September), to shine a light on its #ShareTheOrange dementia awareness campaign, as part of World Alzheimer’s month.
Open day is insight into hospital careers
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is writing to schools across the county as part of an ongoing campaign to recruit and grow its own talent.
Darktrace named to Forbes Cloud 100 for second consecutive year
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has been named to the 2019 Forbes Cloud 100 for the second year in a row. The definitive ranking of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world, the list is published annually by Forbes in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures.
Learn how to edit your video: a Cambridge TV training event
Join Cambridge TV for a one day masterclass and learn how to edit out umms, create a story, have interesting things to watch, and keep the viewer's attention.
New journal aims to tackle biggest problems in scholarly communication
A new journal from Cambridge University Press will take a radical new approach to both publishing and peer reviewing research.
Birketts announces Senior Associate appointment
Leading East Anglian law firm, Birketts, has announced the appointment of Frances Godden as a Senior Associate in its highly regarded Charities and Social Enterprise Team. She is based in Birketts’ Norwich office, but will support colleagues across all four offices in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich.
Taking the fear out of feedback
Feedback can be hard to give, particularly when it's negative. So what's the secret to making it palatable, and not causing an eruption of hurt feelings...?