£320k for research to predict premature births
New technology which aims to save lives of premature babies by predicting when they might arrive will be jointly investigated by Anglia Ruskin University and international collaborators thanks to a US$400k (approximately £320k) grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to the Beijing University of Technology.
TalkTalk’s data breach by teenager sends strong warning to all businesses
The revelation that a teenager was responsible for causing a multi-million-pound data breach at TalkTalk sends a clear message to all businesses - failing to take a proactive approach to cyber security, risks huge financial and reputational consequences. Razia Begum at Taylor Vinters discusses the issues.
Domino ends year on award-winning high
Domino Printing Sciences has ended a highly successful, award-winning year in 2016, which has seen the company receive a variety of trade and industry accolades.
New MIC Strip software offers fast, automated generation of antimicrobial MIC point values
Synbiosis, a long-established, expert manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, today announced its Minimum Inhibitory Concentration (MIC) Strip module is now available to download. This revolutionary new module automatically reads the MIC point of an antimicrobial sample at the touch of a button.
Team Consulting takes final step towards broader employee ownership
Last week, Team transferred control of the company to a new Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). The business has always been owned by those who work in it, meaning the establishment of an EOT is a natural extension to the already existing employee ownership of Team.
Local charity celebrates success with drive to recruit trustees
Having won two large funding awards in the autumn, local charity Care Network Cambridgeshire is looking for new trustees to lead the organisation forward in 2017.
It’s a full house for Sawston’s Iconix Park
Property investor and developer Howard Group has let the last existing building at Iconix Park, bringing the estate to full occupancy for the first time in a decade.
Cambridge Maintenance launches new website written and produced by Stanton Shallcross
Founded on the Cambridge Science Park in 1985 to manage facilities for some of the UK’s most innovative companies, Cambridge Maintenance has now become the UK’s most state-of-the-art maintenance services provider.
Cambridge Enterprise licenses PARP inhibitor drug IP to Cycle Pharmaceuticals
Cambridge Enterprise has exclusively licensed intellectual property relating to the use of PARP inhibitor drugs for treating vascular disease to Cycle Pharmaceuticals.
Mind the (‘age-inverse’) gap in the workplace
The trend toward older workers being supervised by younger people can lead to negative emotions such as ‘anger, fear and disgust’ that harm company performance, finds new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Taylor Vinters advises AIM-quoted Proxama plc on its fundraise of £1.8 million
Taylor Vinters advised AIM-quoted Proxama plc (AIM: PROX), the leading mobile proximity marketing expert, on its raising of £1.8 million through the issue of convertible loan notes to Darwin Capital Limited.
CIC and IP Group announce creation of Sanger Institute spinout with £8m funding
The creation of Microbiotica Ltd, a newly formed spin-out company from the UK’s Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute based at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridge, has been announced by Cambridge Innovation Capital plc (CIC), a Cambridge-based investor in technology and healthcare companies, and IP Group plc, the developer of intellectual property-based businesses.
Password reset important for Cambridge Network members
Following recent maintenance work on this website, all Cambridge Network members with user accounts have now been sent an automated email asking for their passwords to be reset.
A&E to benefit from £4.3 million SBRI Healthcare funding
New technologies that ease pressure on urgent and emergency care services receive further financial backing from NHS England. Cambridge-based Healthera, a digital health management company, is one of the five organisations which will be supported and funded to continue with product development and testing.
Xaar expands its 3D business with new Xaar 3D Centre and team
Xaar plc, the world leader in industrial inkjet technology, is delighted to announce its new Xaar 3D Centre in Nottingham, UK. This new facility, which opens in January 2017, will deliver 3D printing services and equipment to OEMs, material suppliers and end users. Xaar is also delighted to announce its new 3D team, headed up by Professor Neil Hopkinson.
Cambridge Index gains 0.1%
The Cambridge Index rose 0.1% or 22.9 points to finish at 22,115, led by gains in Index heavyweights Johnson Matthey and Greene King.
Group exercise sessions to start at Arthur Rank Hospice
Arthur Rank Hospice’s therapy team are delighted to announce that they have installed a fourth Medimotion bike in their new Shelford Bottom home. The top of the range, interactive piece of equipment, joins three other Medimotion bikes – two of which were kindly donated by members of the public – in the Hospice’s newly kitted out physiotherapy gym.
Mobas strengthens strategic offer with two senior appointments
Mobas, the strategic marketing agency, has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of two highly experienced practitioners to bolster the agency’s strategy offering.
Never duck a chance to shine
Creative Solutions never ducked the chance to ensure Whitbread's Capital Market Day shined.
GIS adds Konica Minolta Printhead Modules capability to expanding product range
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), global leader in industrial inkjet software and system components, now offers its flexible drive electronics for the new Konica Minolta KM1800i and KM1024i double-head modules.
Parliament hears ICE evidence on infrastructure spending
A Government Committee heard, among others, from Professor Jim Hall, Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford and co-author of ICE's recently launched National Needs Assessment (NNA), and Richard Threlfall, Partner and Head of Infrastructure Building & Construction at KPMG who leads ICE's Northern Powerhouse Panel, also a co-author of the NNA.
ICE hosts Ministers for Exiting Europe and Industry and Energy
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) welcomed the Minister for Exiting the EU, the Rt Hon David Jones MP and Jesse Norman MP, Minister for Industry and Energy, at its Westminster HQ last Wednesday (14th).
Horizon Discovery provides progress update on its cell line catalogue business
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today provides an update on the commercial operation of its catalogue cell line business through the offering of Cell Bank subscriptions, which have generated over £0.7m in revenue since launch in Q3 2016.
Versatile moisture measurements in wet and dry processes
Very often the simple solution to a problem is the best one. However, with technology it’s easy to be swayed by the offer of a new idea that apparently offers greater benefits, but also brings with it layers of extra complexity which often outweigh the gains.
Bango continues rapid-fire roll out of Google Play carrier billing with two in one week
Bango and Batelco, the Bahraini mobile operator, have launched carrier billing for Google Play ahead of schedule, thanks to the highly-evolved capabilities of the Bango Payment Platform.