Stocks in Focus: GKN
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at GKN, following its third quarter update announced last week. The engineering firm published positive numbers, with sales up 21% helped by the acquisition of Fokker Technologies last year.
IT Governance’s CEO, Alan Calder to participate at IMCA’s Hold Maritime Security debate
IT Governance, the international provider of cyber security expertise and solutions is excited to announce that Alan Calder, the founder and chief executive officer of IT Governance will participate at IMCA’s Hold Maritime Security Seminar debate taking place on Thursday, 10 November in London.
Organisations should update policies and procedures to ensure GDPR compliance
IT Governance, the leading provider of compliance documentation toolkits, is encouraging organisations to update and review current policies and procedures to ensure EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance before the Regulation comes into force in May 2018.
Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue
New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.
Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain
Dr John Gallagher, Cambridge historian of early modern Europe, argues that Britain should look to its past to rediscover the importance of language learning.
UK’s first sake brewery blessed in traditional Jichinsai ceremony
A ground breaking ceremony like no other has been held at the construction site of the UK’s first sake brewery in East Cambridgeshire.
Saving lives in intensive care: Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s 20th annual lecture
‘Critical care: at the sharp end of saving lives’ is the subject of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s (ACT) forthcoming Annual Lecture and Reception on Thursday 17 November.
Windows operating systems vs non-Windows applications – contrasting vulnerability risk
The percentage of unpatched Microsoft Windows operating systems on private PCs seems to be stabilising after a year of steady decline. But the level of unpatched non-Windows applications on private PCs continues to rise.
How managers undermine free (workplace) speech
Many company leaders want workers to ‘speak up’ but their efforts are thwarted by abusive retribution waged by middle managers, says a Harvard Business Review article authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Ashtons appoints four 'home grown' solicitors
Ashtons Legal is delighted to announce that four of its staff have qualified as solicitors with the firm, following completion of their training contracts.
Support from Allia continues to help start-up Form the Future deliver impact
Michaela Eschbach and Anne Bailey started their social enterprise Form the Future in July 2015 with a vision to inspire young people aged between 10-19 to learn about work and to have a better idea of the local opportunities available to them, increasing their employability skills to help local businesses to bridge the skills gaps in the area.
Introduction to Family History Research: new online course
To celebrate myfamilygenealogy.co.uk joining Cambridge Network, its team would like to introduce a new online course, Introduction to Family History Research with a discount for members.
JDR awarded contract for Dong Energy's Hornsea Project One Wind Farm
JDR, a leading supplier of subsea power cables and umbilicals to the global offshore energy industry, has been awarded a contract by DONG Energy to supply subsea power cables for the Hornsea Project One.
Owlstone Medical and Imperial College to study underlying causes of asthma exacerbations
Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, today announced it has entered into collaboration with Imperial College London, the world leading science-based research institution and university. The company’s breath analysis technology will be deployed in an ongoing study led by Imperial College to evaluate underlying causes of exacerbations in severe asthma patients.
Cambridge Index eases 2.0%
The Cambridge Index declined 2.0% or 459.2 points to end at 22,961.4, as nine of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses.
Government £1.9bn plan to fight cyber crime
Automatic defences to stop hackers hijacking websites or spoofing official domains will get a boost from a £1.9bn government cybersecurity strategy.
Aluminium car ports prove popular
Admiral Homespace is literally 'covering' Cambridgeshire and the surrounding counties.
Charities and social enterprise specialist lawyer joins Birketts
Liz Brownsell has joined Birketts as a Senior Associate in the Corporate Services division and will specialise in three core areas: charities, education and social enterprise.
Remembrance Sunday at IWM Duxford
This Remembrance Sunday (13 November), IWM Duxford is hosting a day of commemorative activities to honour all who have lost their lives in conflict.
Beating the odds: Enterprise Tuesday with Tim Jones, Allia CEO
Tim Jones, CEO of Allia and space pioneer Professor Monica Grady CBE will be talking at Enterprise Tuesday next week (8th November) about what entrepreneurs and innovators can learn about beating the odds from the Rosetta space project to land Philae on a comet.
Compact chilled mirror hygrometer measures down to -90°C with no external cooling
The S8000RS from Michell Instruments has proved itself as a ‘workhorse’ in many calibration laboratories and industrial settings.
New managing partner for Marks & Clerk’s Cambridge office
Marks & Clerk, the UK’s largest firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, has appointed Dr Kirsteen Gordon as the new Managing Partner of its Cambridge office, promoted two of its Patent Attorneys and recruited three new Trainee Patent Attorneys.
Horizon Discovery: progress update on its high-throughput molecular screening platform
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today provides an update on the operation of its high-throughput molecular screening platform, which includes drug combination and immuno-oncology screening. Horizon announces the signing of more than £800,000 of new drug combination and immuno-oncology service agreements with revenue to be recognised…
Coaching alive in Cambridge!
After a successful launch in Peterborough, 'INSPIRE IGNITE' brings its personal and corporate coaching offering to Cambridge and its surrounding areas.
Anglia Ruskin among the greenest UK businesses
Anglia Ruskin University has been shortlisted for a national award thanks to its commitment to sustainability across the organisation.