Find out about the planning process at council open days
Members of the public are being given the opportunity to find out more about how the planning process works, when two local councils hold open days next Monday (20 March).
Opportunity to learn about upcoming M11 road works
Drivers, business owners and residents are invited to attend an exhibition to learn about planned maintenance works on the M11 and the A120 taking place throughout the next year.
A new model for corporate social responsibility
Your business’s CSR activity must adapt to the market you’re in, new research reveals.
UK M&A war chests brim over as deal market hots up
UK plc’s M&A war chest is set to burgeon over the next 12 months as companies continue to look to deals to fuel growth, according to KPMG’s 2017 Global M&A Predictor.
GIS brings latest innovations to inaugural InPrint USA Event
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), key partner for industrial OEMs, integrators and system builders, is showcasing its latest innovations at the inaugural InPrint USA show - April 25-27, Orlando, Florida. As a company with over 10 years of innovation in software, electronics and machine control for industrial inkjet, GIS will be demonstrating its powerful Atlas® platform and Ink System Components on…
Latest names announced for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
The latest names have been announced for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017, including legendary folk singer and respected song collector Shirley Collins, who recently returned to recording and performing after 38 years; a Festival exclusive from multi-platinum selling Indigo Girls, whose celebrated and influential career spans almost four decades and chart-topping, and English country twin-sister duo…
New Trumpington Community College building wins Commendation at Civic Trust Awards 2017
City of Cambridge Education Foundation, an education charity based in Cambridge, was commissioned by Cambridgeshire County Council to procure a design team and manage the build of the first new secondary school to be built in Cambridge City for 50 years. Now the Trumpington Community College building has been commended in the Civic Trust Awards 2017.
Domino Printing wins award and launches seven apprenticeship opportunities for 2017
Following the successful launch of its formal Apprenticeship Scheme last year – recognised by winning an Employer of the Year Award from Cambridge Regional College earlier this month – Domino Printing is announcing further opportunities for 2017.
Sponsor an adventure for a child in care this school holiday
School holidays should be a time of long, fun-filled days spent having fun. However, the reality for thousands of children and young people from underprivileged families or those in care is often very different.
EY in Cambridge comments on the Chancellor’s decision to scrap National Insurance rises
Stuart Wilkinson, partner at EY in Cambridge comments
Azuri’s first crowdfunding raises €160k for PayGo solar
Azuri Technologies is delighted to announce that a TRINE crowdfunding project to bring clean energy to an estimated 6,000 people in Kenya has been successfully funded.
Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce. It’s using natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass.
CFM attends the Tech City UK event
CFM Group is proud to be attending the Tech City UK event on Wednesday 29th March at the Cambridge Science Park.
How butterflies benefit from coffee corridors
New research shows that coffee and timber plantations are providing a safety net for butterfly species in Ethiopia, as the country’s tropical forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate.
'U-turn on NIC rise does not alter the need for a fundamental review of the way we tax work'
Commenting on the Government’s decision to reverse the proposal to raise National Insurance contributions (NICs) on self-employed workers, Michael Lavan, Tax Director at KPMG in the UK, said: “While Philip Hammond’s announcement today will no doubt attract headlines, it does not alter the underlying need for a root-and-branch review of the way in which the UK taxes work in the 21st Century.
Learn how to get PR at every stage of your business
Would you like to understand more about PR? Come along to a free talk by Cambridge Startup Help at Eagle Labs Soaring Minds Breakfast, where attendees will learn how to write an effective press release to get press coverage.
Mills & Reeve appoints new head of asset management
Mills & Reeve has appointed principal associate Dominic Hordern to the newly created role of Head of Asset Management.
Stands selling fast for Huntingdonshire Business Fair 2017
Stands are still available as businesses prepare to showcase their products and services at this year’s Huntingdonshire Business Fair next month.
Cambridgeshire companies given opportunity to gain awareness of Iranian market
Exporters will benefit from an insight into the Iranian market at a special event taking place in Cambridge this month.
Stocks in Focus: Murray International
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at Murray International, an investment trust that recently released its full year results for the year to 31 December 2016. The fund aims to achieve capital growth while also providing an above average dividend yield, predominantly through investment in worldwide equities.
Become a superhero with a #MegaMinds quiz for autism research
Autistica, the UK’s leading autism research charity, invites you to join forces this April for World Autism Awareness Month to celebrate the millions of people and families affected by autism around the world who desperately need more answers and better support.
Do you know what your problem is?
Identify your customer’s pains to establish direction for your brand, advises Sarah Reakes, Managing Director at KISS.
New drop-in sessions to help young people in Peterborough and Huntingdon
Young people in Peterborough and Huntington who need to talk to someone confidentially about problems at home, school or in their relationships can now visit new drop-in sessions called HERE:NOW.
Largest UK study of mid-life risk factors for dementia comes to Cambridgeshire
A study to identify factors in middle age that put a person at the greatest risk of developing dementia has just opened at the University of Cambridge.
Birketts hosts EWIF East regional meeting
Leading law firm Birketts has announced that it will be hosting the next ‘Encouraging Women Into Franchising’ (EWIF) East regional meeting at its Cambridge office on 9 May 2017.