Cambridge Network’s Candidate Evening focuses on company culture
Why do jobseekers choose one company over another? You might be surprised to learn that for many candidates, it is not about salary or career progression – it's about company culture, finding a place where people feel they can fit in and which suits the way they work. This insight – one of the findings from a Cambridge Network survey last month – is the reason why the Network has planned a…
ComeOn selects Featurespace to improve player protection from real-time fraud attack
ComeOn, a world-leading online gaming platform, has agreed a partnership with Featurespace, the gaming sector’s number one machine learning fraud prevention company.
Four top time-saving tips for Microsoft Outlook
The majority of businesses are using Microsoft Outlook as their main email provider, and Outlook.com has more than 400 million active users, so the odds are that you're pretty familiar with Outlook as an email tool. There are however a few cool features that not everyone seems to know about, but that make simple tasks much quicker to complete. Here are my 4 favourite time saving features in…
Will devolution be good for sustainability?
Anglia Ruskin University’s Global Sustainability Institute will host “The Great Devolution Debate” on Tuesday, 22 November (1pm), just hours before City Councillors in Cambridge decide on the devolution deal.
Featurespace ranked in the Deloitte 2016 UK Technology Fast 50
Featurespace, a global leader in Adaptive Behavioural Analytics, has been awarded a place in the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 2016.
Scheme can make business innovation a reality
A new innovation scheme to support business growth is being launched. Worth almost £4million and working across much of the East of England, the project will deliver expert advice and grants.
SMEs just as important as engineering giants in advancing UK technology
Cutting-edge technologies with the potential to change the world are just as likely to stem from UK-based SMEs as from the engineering giants, according to leading technology innovators.
Pedal to the metal with US2U Consulting and ASAMS
US2U Consulting has recently enjoyed working with Great Yarmouth-based ASAMS Ltd to develop their business strategy and produce the ASAMS Promotional Video.
It ain't necessarily so...
False certainty about the drivers of climate change does not result in good policies, according to The Scientific Alliance.
How technology can help refugees learn English
Cambridge English and Techfugees hosted a conference on how technology can help refugees learn English. Investors, technology experts and education specialists came together to work on language learning solutions that will make a difference to the lives of refugees and asylum seekers.
What can Pokémon Go teach the world of conservation?
Pokémon Go, the augmented reality game designed for mobile devices, allows users to capture, battle and train virtual creatures called Pokémon that appear on screen as if part of the real-world environment. But can the game's enormous success deliver any lessons to the fields of natural history and conservation?
FlexEnable triumphs at the IET Innovation Awards
FlexEnable scooped the Emerging Technology Design Award and the Start-up Award at the prestigious annual IET Innovation Awards ceremony in London this week. Organised by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the Innovation Awards celebrate the very best innovations from both industry and academia.
GRS spins out 'Crème de la Crème' to focus on Cosmetic Regulations
A new website for Crème de la Crème, a spin out of Global Regulatory Services (GRS), formally launches the company within the cosmetic sector. By separating out GRS' cosmetic regulatory expertise from the rest of the life sciences, the company is able to act as 'Responsible Person' for cosmetic companies, a mandatory EU requirement.
REAP conference: talking about an agri revolution
From robots to mini-beasts, the Agri-Tech East REAP conference last week covered a wealth of topics, all looking at how technology and perspectives from external sectors and geographies can shape UK agriculture.
Synbiosis launches aCOLade 2 manual colony counter
Synbiosis, a long-established, expert manufacturer of automated microbiological systems, launches aCOLade 2 manual colony counter - a quick and simple method of performing and recording colony counts.
Cambridge Network Chair awarded top accolade from premier engineering institution
Cambridge Network Chair Dr Andrew Harter, FREng CEng FIET, was yesterday (Weds) awarded the Faraday Medal, the most prestigious award of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
Cambridgeshire awarded Social Enterprise Place status
Today (November 17th), national Social Enterprise day, it was announced that Cambridgeshire had been awarded coveted “Social Enterprise Place” status, one of only 20 such areas in the UK.
Clarify your brand purpose to build a stronger brand
Clarity of brand purpose is what separates winning brands from those who are simply in the race.
Pizzicato comes of age
Following its reveal of Pizzicato, the world’s first all-digital radio transmitter, product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has now added a digital receiver to create a complete Pizzicato radio system.
RealVNC® collaborates with AMAP to release the first MirrorLink® application in China
AMAP selects RealVNC to help develop and test MirrorLink assisted map and navigation application.
Synoptics appoints new CEO
Synoptics appoints life science expert Dr Brian Stammers as new CEO to develop and support the group’s strategic direction.
Ashtons Legal celebrates award victory
Ashtons Legal came up trumps at the LawNet 2016 Awards when winners were announced at the annual LawNet conference last week at Hethrop Park.
East Cambridgeshire first council to agree devolution deal
At the Full Council meeting yesterday (Wednesday), members of East Cambridgeshire District Council voted to accept plans for devolution.
Horizon Discovery partners with Sophia Genetics on NGS Reference Standards for oncology
Switzerland- based Sophia Genetics, the global leader in Data-Driven Medicine, and Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world-leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announced they have entered into a new partnership to improve the quality of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) based genetic testing in oncology patient samples.
More residents satisfied with council services
The percentage of residents satisfied with Cambridge City Council’s services has improved by 20% over the past five years, according to an independent survey.