It’s time to embrace open innovation in UK Defence
Many sectors are already harnessing the power of open innovation, but the UK’s defence industry seems to lag behind. Plextek’s Chief Executive Officer, Nicholas Hill explains the benefits of open innovation for defence manufacturers and highlights examples of successful collaborations.
New marketing tools on Pinterest make it more appealing
Internet marketers who are in need of a very visual marketing scheme are without doubt leaning heavily on platforms such as Pinterest. Pinterest has recently made a few changes which will give marketers a number of new tools when using the platform.
Computer Tutoring offers Apple Keynote 6 training course for beginners
Beautiful presentations are possible with Keynote, the Mac equivalent to PowerPoint.
Microsoft PowerBI Course now available
In the world of today we have to cope with a tremendous amount of data and organising that data can be hard. Getting any specific, meaningful answers from the data is difficult. Presenting that data in a manner simple to understand for various people is nearly impossible. Power BI is the answer to all of the above.
Sports for Schools is Cambridge Business of the Year 2017
Sports for Schools is thrilled to have won the award for “Cambridge Business of the Year” at the SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards.
EnXray raises £2.3 million to fund commercial expansion
EnXray Ltd raises funding for ground breaking Low Energy X-ray (LEXR) sterilisation machine.
Excitement in Cherry Hinton as EACH opens new shop
A new East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) shop has been declared officially open in Cherry Hinton by mayor of Cambridge Cllr Jeremy Benstead and bereaved parent Nicky Massey.
Top for cycling and renewable electricity, but bottom for bus use and spending on open spaces
A new green index shows Cambridgeshire and Peterborough city region is ranked top for cycling and renewable electricity, but bottom for bus use and spending on open spaces.
41% of enterprise have encryption strategy in place, according to new Thales Global Study
For the first time business unit leaders break through as top encryption strategy influencers
Engaging school children in how stuff gets made
An innovative outreach project to challenge outdated views of manufacturing and inspire primary school children to think about how we make things has won funding from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
EACH given more than £12,000 following sell-out concert
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) has received a major boost to the tune of £12,392 following a sell-out concert.
Extend discount rail season tickets scheme around Cambridge, says MP
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner has called on Greater Cambridge City Deal and Cambridgeshire County Council to investigate the possibility of extending a discounted rail season ticket scheme for members of travel association Travel for Cambridgeshire (TfC) to more lines connecting Cambridge.
UltraSoC and Moortec collaborate to enable next-generation 'smart' PVT sensors
UltraSoC and Moortec Semiconductor have announced that they are cooperating on system-on-chip (SoC) monitoring and analytics intellectual property (IP) to enable a new generation of Process, Voltage and Temperature (PVT) sensor sub-systems.
Bartlett Automotive partners up with digital marketing firm Sieve
Huntingdon based BMW garage, Bartlett Automotive, selects Sieve to manage their digital marketing content as the business continues to grow.
Is it time you thought about your Crisis Communications plan?
April 2017 has been a particularly bad month for Communications disasters.
Michell’s moisture in natural gas analyser is finalist for the Industriepreis 2017
The OptiPEAK TDL600 moisture in natural gas analyser from Michell Instruments has been selected as a finalist for the Optical Technologies category in the prestigious annual Industriepreis 2017. The winners for each category, plus an overall winner, will be announced at Hannover Messe on 24th April.
Stocks in Focus: Hilton Food Group
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks into Hilton Food Group, further to its recently published full year results for 2016.
Golden Triangle to play a key role in post-Brexit economy
Brexit uncertainties in 2016 stalled both the economy and property market, but growth has now returned and confidence is rising.
Free breakfast seminar on apprenticeship levy
Cambridge Regional College is holding a free breakfast seminar for all businesses on the implications of the Government’s new apprenticeship levy which was launched this month.
Major new strategic investment in the John Innes Centre, UK science and global food security
As one of the world’s foremost research institutes, the John Innes Centre at Norwich Research Park has been awarded £77.9m(1)(2) in a series of new strategic programme investments by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
From the lab bench to the patient's bedside
Scholar-Elect Minaam Abbas on his research on epitranscriptomics and his entrepreneurial activities.
New funding for carbon capture and storage
UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, whose Deputy Director is David Reiner of Cambridge Judge, gains £6.1 million in new funding for next five years.
Translation exercise: think carefully about your pension savings
If your pension savings are to be converted into a flexible income when you retire, you must think carefully about making the right investment decisions.
Viral fossils reveal how our ancestors may have eliminated an ancient infection
Scientists have uncovered how our ancestors may have wiped out an ancient retrovirus around 11 million years ago.
Arthur Rank Hospice runners break another record at Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon!
Two runners at the sixth Saucony Cambridge Half Marathon, Shannon and Jake, tell their story as they - along with 58 other Cambridge Half runners - raise tens of thousands of pounds for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.