Matthew Gowen receives prestigious Bar Council Employed Bar Award
Matthew Gowen, a Barrister within the Birketts' Corporate Criminal Defence Team, has been named 'Employed Advocate of the Year' at the inaugural Bar Council Employed Bar Awards.
Cambridge does it again: Raspberry Pi wins UK’s top innovation prize
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent last week (Thursday) presented the UK’s top engineering innovation prize – the Royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award – to the team of Cambridge engineers behind Raspberry Pi, the small but mighty microcomputer that has revolutionised control systems and redefined how people engage with coding.
Cambridge young engineer wins Academy Award
Cambridge engineer Dr Jenni Sidey has received a prestigious award at the Royal Academy of Engineering Awards Dinner. She was one of five winners of the RAEng Engineers Trust 'Young Engineer of the Year' competition.
Light therapy leader Lumie launches unique children’s sleep aid
Light therapy specialist Lumie is launching a unique children’s sleep aid today. Lumie Bedbug™ is an innovative bedside lighting product that promotes a calm bedtime and good night’s sleep for babies and young children.
One dashboard for all your Let's Encrypt and other HTTPS certificates
Enigma Bridge has launched a free service for managing your HTTPS certificate renewals. The tool was built initially for internal use and the team found it incredibly useful to minimize its server downtimes.
Women civil engineers brief ICE President
AECOM was his first port of call during an official visit by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President, Professor Tim Broyd, to the East of England which coincided with the 2017 International Women in Engineering Day.
Have fun with your family and raise money for The Sick Children’s Trust
Cambridge charity workers are asking locals to take part in their second Family Fun Day with live music, a raffle, dancing and more to raise money for The Sick Children’s Trust, a charity which supports families with seriously ill children being treated at Addenbrooke’s and The Rosie Hospitals.
Tame your computer - use Paint to perfect your picture
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 describes a really easy way to crop and resize images (Microsoft Paint)...
Pioneering prostate biopsy device awarded £789K NIHR Product Development Award
Health Enterprise East (HEE), a leading NHS innovation hub, announced today that CAMPROBE (Cambridge Prostate Biopsy Device), a novel medical device to perform safer and more accurate prostate biopsies, has been awarded a £789,000 Invention for Innovation (i4i) Product Development Award by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
Future FD Programme supports next generation of finance professionals and CFOs
The first workshop of the Future FD Programme, run by Pure and Deloitte, took place in Cambridge last week (28 June), providing support to 20 finance professionals from across the Eastern region.
Summer is here! Do you have the right cover to support your team?
As the sun comes out, annual leave requests tend to flood in with employees planning trips abroad, staycations and childcare during the school holidays. Are you concerned that this could lead to a drop in productivity? Or that results and outcomes won’t be achieved?
Horizon Discovery’s reference standards support assay development and clinical trial
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces the use of its Reference Standards in a recent successful premarket approval application (PMA) filing with the US FDA for a companion diagnostic in oncology by a leading next generation sequencing company.
It’s good to talk, but it changes how we walk...
New research just published in the journal PLOS ONE indicates that mobile phones are changing how we walk.
Professor Andrea Ferrari receives Knighthood from the Italian Republic
Professor Andrea Ferrari, founding Director of the Cambridge Graphene Centre at the University of Cambridge, has been awarded the decoration of Knight Officer of the Order of the Star of Italy.
Compelling results as Onespacemedia launches website & app for international sailing service
Cambridge-based web design agency, Onespacemedia, has launched a new website for sailing crew community, Crewseekers.
Meeting rooms in need of a revamp?
Do you have meeting room space that isn't being used? Do you have offices in multiple locations? Does your organisation spend too much time and money travelling to and from meetings?
The importance of powerful video
If you have not yet incorporated video marketing into your strategy, then you are simply behind the times, says OH! Films. Not only that, you are losing out on the various benefits that having a video strategy provides.
Marshall Group and Hill agree joint venture to bring hundreds of new homes to Cambridge
Two of Cambridge’s leading family-owned businesses, Marshall Group Properties, part of the Marshall Group – one of the largest private employers in Cambridge, and Hill, the award-winning top 15 UK housebuilder, have announced a strategic 50:50 joint venture agreement that will see them deliver 450 new homes in Cambridge.
Get inspired by UK female innovators
A photo exhibition at Getty Images Gallery in London this summer will challenge perceptions of female entrepreneurs and offer relatable, attainable role models.
Daniel Zeichner MP resigns as Shadow Minister to back European Single Market
Cambridge’s MP Daniel Zeichner has resigned from his Frontbench position to vote in favour of an amendment to the Queen’s Speech supporting membership of the Single Market.
Anglia Ruskin hosts county's first education festival
Anglia Ruskin University is to host the first ever Cambridgeshire Festival of Education, which will celebrate the enormous contribution made by the county’s teaching staff.
‘Bulges’ in volcanoes could be used to predict eruptions
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge has developed a new way of measuring the pressure inside volcanoes, and found that it can be a reliable indicator of future eruptions.
Pure supports 20,000 people to find their next step on the professional career ladder
Professional recruitment specialists Pure has celebrated the milestone of supporting over 20,000 candidates across the East of England to find their next career role.
Air Liquide signs new contracts in the fibre optics industry in China
Air Liquide has signed new supply contracts covering a period of 10 to 15 years with three major Chinese fibre optics manufacturers.
New connectors and assemblies enable 12G-SDI transmission rates over increased distances
Cambridge Electronic Industries Ltd, specialist designer and manufacturer of vision coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, is introducing a series of new 12G-SDI BNC connectors under the CoaxVision brand, which maximise the speed and performance of Belden’s 4794R 4K co-axial cable for applications in Digital Cinema and Ultra High Definition TV.