Play Your Hospice Lottery for a chance to win £1000
Residents of Wisbech, the Fenlands and surrounding area are being invited to play Your Hospice Lottery, to help raise essential funds for the Alan Hudson Day Treatment Centre based at North Cambs Hospital. The treatment centre, an Arthur Rank Hospice Charity service, supports people with life-limiting conditions and its care is provided free of charge, thanks to the support of the local community.
New research institute aims to make ageing easier
Volunteers are needed to road test a series of innovative technologies as Anglia Ruskin University launches a new research institute aimed at improving life for older adults.
Colleges briefed on apprenticeship levy
Apprenticeship experts at Cambridge Regional College staged a briefing for managers at Cambridge University colleges to guide them through the Government apprenticeship levy.
Celebrity Twitter accounts display ‘bot-like’ behaviour
‘Celebrity’ Twitter accounts – those with more than 10 million followers – display more bot-like behaviour than users with fewer followers, according to new research.
Music therapy for those living with dementia
Following a successful pilot project earlier this year, Saffron Hall and Anglia Ruskin University are launching a series of music therapy groups for people living with dementia and their carers.
Air Liquide completes the sale of its subsidiary Air Liquide Welding to Lincoln Electric
Air Liquide announces that it has completed the sale of Air Liquide Welding, its subsidiary specialised in the manufacture of welding and cutting technologies, to Lincoln Electric France SAS, subsidiary of Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.(Nasdaq: LECO).
Nawaz Sharif ousted in Pakistan: celebrate, but remember the bigger picture
Kamal Munir, Reader in Strategy & Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, considers the wider political and economic consequences of Nawaz Sharif’s resignation in a recent piece in The Conversation.
Redgate adds third party support to Oracle database tools
Redgate, the Cambridge UK based software company which develops database tools used by 91% of the Fortune 100, has overhauled its Deployment Suite for Oracle to add third party support and significantly improve its performance.
'How I learned to stop worrying and tolerate LinkedIn'
There are differing opinions of LinkedIn in the Sookio office. Some see it working brilliantly for Sookio's B2B clients, whereas Chief Copywriter Rory Stobo is what you could call a non-believer. But is he starting to see the LinkedIn light?
UltraSoC delivers industry’s first debug and analytics solution for ARM’s AMBA 5 CHI Issue B
UltraSoC has been selected to present on coherent design at this year’s ARM TechCon in October.
Soil and water smart tech at Agri-Tech East & Smart-AKIS event
The practical aspects of adopting and improving technologies for soil and water management will be discussed at a workshop held by Agri-Tech East and Smart-AKIS on Thursday 14th September.
Cases of blindness to rise to 115 million by 2050
The number of cases of blindness is predicted to rise to 115 million by 2050, according to new research just published in The Lancet Global Health.
IT Governance releases new version of its EU GDPR Documentation Toolkit
IT Governance, the leading provider of data protection compliance services and expertise, is pleased to release a new and updated version of its successful EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Documentation Toolkit.
CMR Surgical hires 100th employee, six months ahead of schedule
Burgeoning robotics company grows faster than predicted thanks to confidence in Versius surgical robotic system.
Local property shortlisted for national award after regional success
The team behind the conversion of Tower Mill in Little Downham is heading to London for the LABC national award ceremony after coming top in the regional awards.
Stocks in Focus: Alliance Trust
This week Alastair Macdougall of NW Brown looks at Alliance Trust.
History brought to life with summer holiday activities at IWM Duxford
This summer, families can immerse themselves in IWM Duxford’s 100-year history by hearing personal stories of the men and women who worked and lived at this famous airfield, told through DX17, Duxford’s first ever contemporary art installation.
London Stansted celebrates 25 million passengers with free flights for two holidaymakers
London Stansted has welcomed its 25 millionth passenger to pass through the airport in the past year, the first time the UK’s fourth busiest airport has achieved this significant milestone in its history.
Marks & Clerk bolsters UK offering by promoting Cambridge associate into partnership
Marks & Clerk, one of the world’s leading international intellectual property service providers, has brought one of its Cambridge associates into partnership.
Turning the tide of poverty through education
A few weeks before world leaders met for the G20 Summit, young men and women from across Africa met at the Mastercard Foundation Baobab Summit 2017 in Johannesburg. Under the #GiveBack summit theme, students discussed inclusion, social entrepreneurship and collective action for long term and sustainable change. Among them was Dorcas Apoore, a Mastercard Foundation Scholar at Camfed from northern…
Third Light’s collaboration platform at the heart of NATO’s campaign
In May 2017, NATO launched its #WeAreNATO communications campaign to show how Allied unity and solidarity contribute to protecting peace and security for citizens across the Alliance. NATO is working with national communicators to design and run localized #WeAreNATO campaigns. For this purpose, NATO looked for a user-friendly online tool to share assets with national communicators.
Family Gaming Night is coming soon to the Centre for Computing History
Keep yourselves occupied with coding workshops, fascinating tours and the return of the Centre's famous Family Gaming Night, with a SEGA-themed twist!
How to create and post quality articles
Posting on LinkedIn is very easy, but not many of us do so as often as we should. Presenting a professional and consistent profile on LinkedIn is important - but how do you increase the views of your articles and posts to not only increase your visibility but also your credibility in your industry?
15th anniversary High Value Manufacturing Conference welcomes Airbus innovation team
The 15th anniversary High Value Manufacturing Conference on 2-3 November 2017 in Cambridge welcomes the Airbus innovation team, as the event merges with the 4th annual Graphene New Materials Conference for a wonderful, high level two days of conferences on important technologies and markets.
PBD Biotech wins Innovation Award for Mycobacterial detection technology
PBD Biotech Ltd, a Suffolk, UK-based company has won the top Innovation award for Crop or Livestock technology at the Ag-in-Motion Expo in Saskatoon, Canada.