Mayor’s bid to fast-track Soham rail station goes for green light
Mayor James Palmer has given his full backing to a recommendation to fund and immediately start all the work necessary to build Soham Rail Station ahead of time. The Mayoral Combined Authority Board’s September 25 meeting will be asked to approve a final funding package and contract that will fast-track the work, significantly bringing forward the start date.
Redgate enables new ways of working in Database DevOps with latest version of SQL Change Automation
Redgate launches SQL Change Automation 4.0, extending its database change management automation tool to the free Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) development environment for the first time.
The Best Places to start a new business in the past decade: Cambridge takes eighth spot
Cambridge has been named the eighth best place in the UK to set up a small business during the 2010s, according to a new study released by Informi.
Ely barber is an Apprentice of the Year
A 19-year-old barber is shocked to be chosen out of more than 1,200 entrants as a national apprentice of the year, earning praise from the Education Secretary.
New podcast episodes available now
Catch up with the latest episodes of George & Charlie Off The Bridle, produced by Cambridge TV.
Declutter your brand
I recently read another piece on decluttering your home, as espoused by clear-out guru Marie Kondo. This got me thinking about how powerful it is when you declutter a brand.
New version of Fundamentals Digital Front End combines power with simplicity
Version 2.0 of Fundamentals™, the simple tool kit for building Digital Front Ends, will be previewed at Labelexpo Europe (9A15) with a host of new features that make it easy to print label and flexible packaging jobs in only a few steps, reducing waste by making the best use of media and with accurate, consistent color throughout.
Maggie's thanks 2idesign
2idesign Ltd , the Cambridge creative design agency, has been praised for its recent work for Maggie's.
Calling all tech companies in the East of England: Tech Nation opens applications for leading growth programmes
Today, Tech Nation, the UK’s leading network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, has announced it is calling for applicants for three of the UK’s most renowned growth programmes - Future Fifty, Upscale, and Rising Stars.
Speedwell's Exam Software is first choice for two new Medical Schools
Speedwell’s eSystem exam software has been chosen by two new Medical Schools.
Recruitment evening is a resounding success
Cambridge Network's Recruitment event last week (Thursday) attracted a host of quality candidates and was declared a huge success by exhibiting employer companies and job seekers alike.
Legal AI company ThoughtRiver accelerates international growth across three regions and hires new VP of Sales
ThoughtRiver, the market leader in intelligent legal pre-screening, has announced the appointment of Richard Cobb as vice-president of Sales, as part of the company’s continuing international growth. The Cambridge-based AI firm has experienced significant pick up across the UK, US, and APAC markets, and grown headcount across the business by 100%, over the past year.
AVEVA launches first-in-market integrated engineering, procurement and construction software solutions to improve return on capital projects
AVEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, today announced the introduction of integrated engineering software designed to help customers transform the way capital projects are engineered, executed and integrated into operations and maintenance.
Bango interim results show continued growth and strong performance
Bango (AIM: BGO), the mobile commerce company, today announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2019.
CIC participates in CMR Surgical’s £195 million ($240 million) Series C financing
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) takes part in Europe’s largest private financing round in the medical technology sector.
CMR Surgical raises £195 million ($240 million) in Series C financing
CMR Surgical Limited, the company developing, manufacturing and marketing the next-generation surgical robotic system, Versius®, today announces that it has raised £195 million ($240 million) to fully fund the global commercialisation of the business.
AI makes an impact in healthcare
Razvan Ionasec (EMBA 2018) has been a computer buff since his childhood in Romania. His team at Siemens has now developed an artificial intelligence-based assistant to help radiologists evaluate medical scans.
Stocks in Focus: Invesco High Income Fund
This week Alastair Macdougall of NW Brown Wealth Management looks at the Invesco High Income Fund, which has been managed since 2014 by industry veteran Mark Barnett, when he took over from departing manager Neil Woodford.
Top five things to see and do at the Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show
The Battle of Britain Air Show returns to IWM Duxford this weekend, with the site transforming into a film set in commemoration of the 1969 Battle of Britain film. Visitors can expect a mass Spitfire flypast, historic film screenings and vintage makeovers.
Samuel L Jackson stars in powerful dementia campaign to challenge misunderstanding of condition
Alzheimer’s Research UK has joined forces with Samuel L Jackson to battle the serious misconception that dementia is an inevitability of old age. The ‘#ShareTheOrange’ campaign highlights that physical diseases cause dementia using an orange to symbolise the weight of matter lost in the brain as the condition develops.
IMI Europe announces Digital Printing Conference 2019 programme
IMI Europe announces the full invited speaker and panel session programme for its strategic Digital Printing Conference event.
Former Brexit chief takes research role at Cambridge University
Philip Rycroft, the former head of the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU), has been appointed as a distinguished honorary researcher at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and POLIS at the University of Cambridge.
ARU researcher scoops tinnitus award hat-trick
Dr Eldré Beukes of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been awarded a prestigious research prize for the third year in succession.
UltraSoC opens engineering centre in Poland and accelerates its global expansion
UltraSoC CEO Rupert Baines visited Warsaw last month to officially open the company’s new development centre, as the company kick-started the process of recruiting a team of software engineers and data scientists to support the growth of its embedded analytics business worldwide.
Mologic and University College London Hospitals collaborate in major clinical trial for early detection of sepsis
Mologic Ltd, a leading developer of lateral flow and rapid diagnostic technologies, services and products, announced that it has finished recruitment to a major clinical trial with University College London Hospitals (UCLH) to evaluate the Company’s point-of-care (POC) diagnostic test for the early detection of sepsis.