Trust boxing clever to help new mums
The Finnish tradition of gifting a box of free baby goodies to new mums is coming to Cambridgeshire – thanks to Cambridge University Hospitals.
Did you know mentoring isn't just about giving careers advice?
Form the Future's Mentoring Programme is expanding. Would you like to take part?
Hamillroad sponsors FlexoTech Awards 2017 with charity raffle dedicated to children’s hospice
Hamillroad Software, a UK based software company specialising in pre-press solutions, has collaborated with FlexoTech to organise a charity raffle at the 2017 International FlexoTech Awards on 23 November, to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH).
Conscious Communications crowned a ‘Force for Good’ at national industry awards
Cambridge based public relations and marketing agency, Conscious Communications, has been crowned a ‘Force for Good’ at the 2017 PR Week UK Awards. Winning the Force for Good category, against stiff competition from large international agencies, the Conscious Communications team claimed its award for its community project, FXP, designed to drive aspiration and opportunity in deprived communities…
Cambridge Intelligence reveals KeyLines 4.0
A major release of the KeyLines graph visualization toolkit incorporates game-changing functionality to simplify and accelerate graph visual analysis at scale.
Cambridge Regional College shows racism the red card
Cambridge Regional College students and staff turned the college red in support of Wear Red Day in the campaign to show racism the red card. Students from across the college wore red, sold cakes, painted nails and collected donations in a day of activities designed to raise awareness and funds.
Onespacemedia makes the The Drum’s Top 100 Independent Agencies list
Cambridge web design agency Onespacemedia has been recognised in global media platform The Drum’s Top 100 Independent Agencies list.
Motorvogue success expands dealership offering in Bedford
Howard Group has secured planning consent for the final phase of development of Interchange Park in Bedford. Working in collaboration with its existing tenant Motorvogue, the new permission paves the way for the extension of the existing multi-brand dealership and the construction of a new Renault and Dacia showroom with a significant used car sales area.
Universal bus sees significant passenger numbers increase
New University bus services sees significant rise in passenger numbers in its first year of operation
It’s here: a common industry framework for protecting a trillion connected devices
Paul Williamson, vice president and general manager, IoT Device IP, Arm writes:
Solaris and Envestors combine their energy to raise £600,000
Envestors is delighted to announce that it has successfully facilitated Solaris Photonics to close its funding round of c. £600,000.
Learn how to motivate and reward your colleagues
Employee benefits offer a way to motivate employees and contribute towards improving well-being and enhancing engagement. However, there are a number of factors to consider when introducing a benefit or benefits package to ensure that it's valued by employees, while also supporting HR practices and aligning it with wider business goals.
Tame your computer - build a bullet list
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 create a bulleted list in your workbook (Microsoft Excel).
CopyCon17: Is your copy cheating? How to stop writing like everyone else
Deepa Mistry, Digital Strategist at Sookio, just returned from the Copywriting Conference bubbling with ideas and inspiration! In this post, she shares tips for creating genuinely effective copy from speaker Amy Harrison.
Pet tech – an investment opportunity not to be sniffed at
There's no doubt pet tech has an extremely bright future. We pet owners are spending more on our companions than ever before. To some degree this is led by our increasing emotional attachment – even dependence – on our cats and dogs for companionship, entertainment, fitness and mental wellbeing. In effect, we are “humanising” our pets to the point where they have become part of the family...
Sir Mike Gregory chairs top Cambridge scale-up & investor sessions at HVM Summit next week
Sir Mike Gregory chairs top Cambridge sessions with FlexEnable, Plessey, Cambridge Innovation Capital, PervasID, PragmatIC, at HVM Summit next week, where there will be 35 talks led by 8 moderators in 6 vertical sectors covering many aspects of the industry 4.0 developments that are increasingly rapidly being brought to market. There are just a few days left to book to join this 15th anniversary…
VeloVision: moving up a gear with your support
VeloVision focuses on all that is not in the cycling mainstream. It has run for nearly 20 years; delivering news, reviews and features for those who “live cycling”. Their domain is recumbents, cargo bikes, disability adapted machines, velomobiles, trikes, folding bikes and e-bikes among many others.
More quantum dots from Strem Chemicals UK
Quantum dots (QD) currently draw intensive research for applications due to their unique size-dependent optical and electrical properties. CdSe based QDs are the most extensively used materials because of a size-tunable emission wavelength which lies in the visible light region of 450-650 nm.
The Big Bang: students invited to attend UK’s biggest STEM celebration as registrations open
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK will be returning to the NEC Birmingham next year.
Cambridge International Jazz Festival invites audiences to take part
Fancy yourself a bit of an Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong? This year, the Brewin Dolphin Cambridge International Jazz Festival (11-26 November) is inviting everyone to get singing and playing with three sensational ensembles.
DENSO licenses latest Arm IP to realise autonomous driving platform
ARM has announced a collaboration with DENSO, a leading global automotive systems supplier, to design automotive semiconductor device reference platforms for highly automated driving systems and vehicle control.
UK's leading History educator is honoured
The UK’s leading figure in the field of history teaching, Christine Counsell, has received the award of Honorary Doctor of Education from Professor Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, during a ceremony at Cambridge Corn Exchange.
Council Benefits team recognised with national award
Cambridge City Council’s Benefits team has been named as Welfare Benefits Team of the Year 2017 by the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation.
The robots are coming: local government and artificial intelligence
Expectations that AI will transform the world economy have become commonplace. There are estimates that 250,000 public sector jobs are at risk of automation over the next 15 years. Lars Malmqvist, co-founder of Arcus Global, argues that robots are coming and we should try to make their coming a welcome event.
Inspiring talks at Cambridge TV School: Chloe Thomas
Come along and hear from Chloe Thomas, a BAFTA and RTS nominated TV director, at Cambridge TV School on Wednesday 1st November (18:00 – 20:30).