Howard Osborne LLP formally hands over Mount Pleasant Halls to St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Howard Osborne LLP, the joint venture between Cambridge based property developer and investor Howard Group and Osborne, which specialises in developing student accommodation, is delighted to announce the completion and handover of its development, Mount Pleasant Halls, to St Edmund’s College.
Cambridge law firm takes to the Cam for charity
Cambridge law firm Stone King paddled to the beat of a drum at the 2019 Cambridge Dragon Boat Race.
Is your employee retention strategy in tune with millennials?
With the recent expansion to the UK’s shortage of occupations list, what is the best way to attract and retain a new wave of skilled workers?
Speedwell supplies world-class exam software for medical schools
Speedwell has been supplying exam software to Royal Colleges and Medical Schools for over 30 years.
Application deadline looms for the Trinity Bradfield Prize
The 2019 Trinity Bradfield Prize is open for students and researchers who wish to pursue early-stage ideas and commercialise their research. At least one member of a team must be a member of the University of Cambridge.
Cambridgeshire-based dCS receives the Queen's Award for Enterprise
World-leading digital audio manufacturers dCS were yesterday (Tuesday) presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise by Mrs Julie Spence OBE QPM, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire.
Velocix announces a new CEO
Velocix, the market’s leading provider of content delivery, origin and storage, and stream personalisation software, announced it has appointed telecommunications veteran David Sharpley as its Chief Executive Officer.
Kleinwort Hambros’ Market View: Keeping balance
Mark Sinclair, Head of Kleinwort Hambros Cambridge Office, comments on market performance over the past month:
Local groups open Community Chest
Several local groups are sharing thousands of pounds in grant funding from South Cambridgeshire District Council’s Community Chest scheme.
Sequential search: new study questions 'decision by committee'
Two heads are not better than one: a new study co-authored by Dr Vincent Mak of Cambridge Judge Business School questions whether committees make better decisions than individuals.
Cambridge Index rises 3.4%
The Cambridge Index advanced 839.5 points or 3.4% to close at 25604.5, as the top five Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
‘Is this how we treat our older people in 2019?’
Vulnerable older Gypsies and Travellers are being forced to live unlawfully or in squalor because of planning policies that have cut the number of legal stopping places in the UK, according to a research report published today (Tuesday, 10 September 2019).
State of the art lean lifts boost Thetford’s Vanilla Electronics
A Thetford electronics firm has invested £200,000 in state-of-the-art technology to help it sustain its rapid growth.
Turning innovation into business - new podcast series
Listen to CUTalks, the podcast by the Cambridge University Technology and Enterprise Club, recorded by Cambridge TV.
Cambridge Financial Adviser Jonathon Clarke raises £3,750 for EACH
Jonathon Clarke, Independent Financial Adviser at Martin-Redman Partners; raised a great sum for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) last weekend.
Financial Times recognises Taylor Vinters for its innovative strategic leadership and culture
Taylor Vinters has been identified as a leading innovator in the legal sector by the Financial Times, which has named the firm a finalist in the upcoming FT Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe. The winner will be announced on Thursday at a prestigious ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London.
CIC participates in Gyroscope Therapeutics’s £50.4 million Series B funding
Cambridge Innovation Capital plc (CIC), the venture capital investor enabling visionaries to build global, category-leading companies in the Cambridge ecosystem, has participated in the £50.4 million Series B funding of Gyroscope Therapeutics, a company developing gene therapies and surgical delivery systems for retinal diseases, alongside lead investor Syncona Ltd.
Studio 24 develops a new website for the Crown Commercial Service using a Headless CMS
Studio 24 redeveloped the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) website using a Headless CMS (content management system) to manage the complex data exchange between the CCS legacy CMS and their CRM (customer relationship management) platform (Salesforce). This provided time saving efficiencies for CCS staff and made procurement faster and easier for CCS customers.
Emotional intelligence means better leadership
Any leader who is currently struggling with a team would benefit from developing an essential ingredient in successful leadership: emotional intelligence.
Muntons secures £73m ABL funding facility from HSBC
Muntons, a manufacturer and producer of malted products, is set to expand following a £73m committed five-year asset based lending (ABL) facility from HSBC UK.
Darktrace launches Enterprise Immune System Version 4
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company - which featured in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 league table last weekend*- has today announced the rollout of Version 4 of its Enterprise Immune System, which includes over 70 new enhancements. Additionally, the move to a ‘Cyber AI Platform’ provides customers with the ability to extend coverage to their broader digital ecosystem…
University of Cambridge set to benefit from new Mind and Goldman Sachs Mental Health programme
The University of Cambridge is set to benefit from the new £1.5 million partnership launched today between Goldman Sachs and Mind, which will provide mental health support in universities.
Cambridge Festival of Ideas tackles the threat of environmental collapse
What action do we need to take to save the planet? And how do we get everyone on board? These are the central questions underpinning many of the climate change and environment-focused events at this year’s Cambridge Festival of Ideas, which runs from 14th – 27th October and hosts over 250 free events based around the theme of ‘change’.
Stocks in Focus: Melrose
This week Danielle Gibson of NW Brown Wealth Management looks at Melrose Industries, the UK-based company that specialises in buying and improving good manufacturing businesses that have been underperforming.
Hypnobirthing courses now available at the Rosie
Mums-to-be can now benefit from specialist hypnobirthing courses being run by midwives at the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge.