Netherhall School students step up to raise £1200 for Arthur Rank Hospice
Students from Netherhall School in Cambridge are celebrating having raised £1200 for their local adult hospice, Arthur Rank Hospice, after collectively walking 11,200 miles in a summer pedometer challenge
Anglia Ruskin chief makes list of top 100 influencers
Anglia Ruskin University’s new Chief Operating Officer, James Rolfe, is named as a ‘face of a vibrant economy’.
Choir supports charity’s festive festival
Popular local group Sing! Choirs has pledged support for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices’ (EACH) new festive campaign by signing up to perform at a special concert.
Gaia spots a ‘ghost’ galaxy next door
The Gaia satellite has spotted an enormous ‘ghost’ galaxy lurking on the outskirts of the Milky Way.
Largest ever study of psychological sex differences and autistic traits
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have completed the world’s largest ever study of typical sex differences and autistic traits. They tested and confirmed two long-standing psychological theories: the Empathising-Systemising theory of sex differences and the Extreme Male Brain theory of autism.
Local housebuilder Hill named large housebuilder of the year
Hill, the top 20 UK housebuilder, was awarded the title of Large Housebuilder of the Year at Housebuilder magazine’s prestigious awards ceremony earlier this month.
A vision for the Cambridge - Milton Keynes - Oxford Arc
The Government has announced that it will explore options for a single spatial plan for the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford growth area (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Cambridgeshire).
Position measurement; a step forward in cost-performance, thanks to CambridgeIC
CambridgeIC has released the CAM312, a chip for measuring the position of parts inside machines that offers outstanding performance measuring moving parts in tough environments.
Cambridge Consultants advises ECI Partners in advance of IoT investment
Cambridge Consultants advised the UK private equity firm ECI Partners during its management buyout of Arkessa, the IoT managed services provider. Following a thorough technical analysis, the investment was completed during summer 2018.
Points of View: Airlines
This week Harry Tyler of NW Brown looks at UK-listed airline companies and two significant factors that influence their share prices; oil price and industrial action.
Excitement builds during Morgan Sindall construction project day
Cambridge LaunchPad partner, Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure, invited 50 Year 4 students for a day of construction activities to open their eyes to the wide range of career possibilities in the industry. Students from Icknield Primary School and Stapleford Community Primary School joined together at Sawston Village College to inspire their students through hands-on learning.
Cambridge Ambassadors celebrate five years’ service to visitors with new eye-catching uniform
Cambridge’s popular city Ambassadors have received a stylish new makeover with the introduction of smart new uniforms.
Pioneering cancer treatment is NHS first
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has become the first NHS centre to pioneer a new generation of immunotherapy for patients with an aggressive form of skin cancer.
Cambridge Index drops 3.1%
The Cambridge Index declined 746.7 points or 3.1% to close at 23689.3, as Index heavyweights such as Johnson Matthey and DS Smith posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Change wakes us up and can re-energise our business strategies
Change is good for us. It can wake us up – and we should use that energy to take stock of our businesses.
AI innovator Spark wins place on prestigious Canadian Creative Destruction Lab programme
Showing the global need for its intelligent electric vehicle (EV) range prediction software, UK-based Spark EV Technology has won a place on the Cities Stream of the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) programme, based in Toronto, Canada.
New toolkit developed to tackle loneliness
A new toolkit that gives practical help to communities to tackle loneliness and social isolation – which can be as bad for you as smoking 15 cigarettes a day – has been launched.
Featurespace wins Best Management Team at Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 Awards Dinner
Featurespace has received the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 Best Management Team award at a ceremony in London celebrating Britain’s private technology, media and telecoms companies with the fastest-growing sales.
ARIC Fraud Hub wins 'Operational risk initiative of the year' award
Featurespace's market leading fraud detection and risk management platform, ARIC Fraud Hub was named Operational Risk Initiative of the Year at the 2018 Risk Management Awards last night in London.
Fight inflation with an army of savings accounts
There has been a lot of noise around the fact that banks have not passed any significant increases onto savers after the BoE interest rate increases. Considering mortgage holders with variable mortgage deals will have felt the increase almost straight away, why have savers not been treated the same and how does this impact your savings?
A conscious effort to support charities
Cambridge based PR and marketing agency, Conscious Communications has donated 1/3 of its team’s time and expertise to support charitable initiatives in the last year.
Winter is coming: UK job vacancies and wages fall again
The number of advertised vacancies in the UK has taken a tumble in recent months, with the latest data showing a fall of 1.4% month-on-month. However, Cambridge remains one of the best places in the country to find a job.
Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas
Scientists have sequenced 15 ancient genomes spanning from Alaska to Patagonia and were able to track the movements of the first humans as they spread across the Americas at “astonishing” speed during the last Ice Age, and also how they interacted with each other in the following millennia.