Bookings launch for Open Cambridge Heritage Festival
Bookings open next Monday (15 August) for the city’s hugely popular heritage weekend, Open Cambridge, which runs from 9-11 September. Now in its ninth year, the annual city-wide festival, co-ordinated by the University of Cambridge Public Engagement team, showcases a range of hidden architectural gems and stunning spaces that are normally closed to the public or charge.
Verandas and car ports are the same but different
A new twist on the conventional car port enters the garden...
Why consumers resist innovation – part two
The second of a series of articles by Daniela Giebmanns, Account Executive at KISS, looks at passive innovation resistance.
Excell Group continues acquisition strategy by acquiring City Voice and City AVS
Excell Group announced that it has boosted its service portfolio by acquiring London based business movers and audio visual specialists, City Voice and Data Ltd and City AVS Ltd. Excell Group is the largest independent company in the UK to own its own network, using it to provide high quality and high-speed managed services to business clients across the UK.
Opinion: Only by keeping close ties with Europe can UK research remain globally competitive
Cambridge University’s Ash Amin (Department of Geography) and John Bell (Faculty of Law) discuss the importance of European research collaborations, and how they might continue post-Brexit.
Are you an Eco-Engineering Entrepreneur?
The first ever meeting of the Peterborough ‘Eco-Engineering-Entrepreneurship’ Group will take place on Monday 12th September 2016 from 6pm until 8pm at the EcoInnovation Centre in Peterborough.
Unsure of your next step? Expert advice at the touch of a button
Academics and admissions staff from Anglia Ruskin University will be on hand to provide expert advice during Clearing for people who want to talk through their options.
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Essex presents Contamac with Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation
Lord Petre, Her Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Essex, presented Contamac with the formal Grant of Appointment of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2016: Innovation, during a ceremony held at the company’s head office in Saffron Walden.
Don't wait for the next election - make sure you're registered to vote now
As the June referendum fades to a distant memory, the electoral services team at Cambridge City Council is beginning the task of updating the register of electors in preparation for elections in 2017.
Trident Energy and 42 Technology make waves with improved PowerPod II design
Trident Energy – an independent developer of enabling technology for the offshore renewables industry – has announced today that a technology optimisation project with 42 Technology has ‘exceeded all expectations’ in improving the performance of the company’s novel linear generator concept.
Zellabox launches the smallest micro data centre in the world
Zellabox adds a 12U micro data centre for small office environments to complement its existing range of micro data centres (MDCs) that help organisations secure their confidential information, manage their IT infrastructure, and reduce cost and risk.
Still time to enjoy a summer evening with colleagues at IWM Duxford
IWM Duxford is the best-preserved Second World War airfield in Europe. It is a remarkable venue at which to host your meeting, conference, product launch, corporate hospitality, award dinner or private event.
Cambridge’s 30 Bird receives £150,000 to enhance diversity in art and culture sector
Cambridge-based 30 Bird is among 40 diverse organisations to receive a share of £5.3million as the Arts Council today (8 August) announces successful applicants to the Elevate Fund.
Are you disability confident?
Join local MPs Heidi Allen and Daniel Zeichner on Friday 16 September for a free event on how to make your business more disability confident
Birketts promotes Stefan Harris-Wright to Partner
Birketts, the leading law firm based in the East of England, has announced the promotion of Stefan Harris-Wright to Partner.
Cambridge R&D tax specialists celebrate 10th anniversary
Cambridge-based R&D tax specialists Pronovotech celebrate ten years supporting innovation.
Prism co-hosts free seminar to help scientists and engineers get the most out of their data
Prism Training and Consultancy Ltd is to join statistical software company JMP in hosting a free seminar titled "Increasing The Value Of Your Experiments With Enhanced Analytics" at Cambridge Science Park on Tuesday 6 September 2016.
Team Consulting publishes 10th issue of its medical device focused magazine
Team Consulting, the Ickleton-based medical product design and development company, has published the tenth issue of its celebrated magazine, Insight.
Ubisense presents best practice solutions at CableLabs
Ubisense Group plc (AIM:UBI), a global leader in enterprise location intelligence, is attending one of the top events in the cable industry to demonstrate how its myWorld suite of products represent a breakthrough in cable industry best practice in terms of geospatial web and mobile operational solutions.
'Brexit doesn't have to happen': Cambridge remains defiant against the EU referendum result
How do you solve a problem like Brexit? Well, by getting Parliament to block it – a popular move among the masses that turned out to discuss the fallout of the EU referendum in Cambridge this weekend.
Zellabox announces the appointment of Chairman Hugh Parnell
Zellabox, the global leader in Modular Micro Data Centres, is excited to announce the appointment of Hugh Parnell as Chairman of the Board.
TTP launches new point-of-care diagnostic instrument development service
The Technology Partnership plc (TTP), a world-leading technology and development organisation, has announced the launch of Desktop Biology™. The new service will enable point-of-care diagnostic providers to rapidly convert their biological assay into a market-ready system capable of producing a result in as little as 15 minutes.
CDP and King’s College London develop steerable catheter to treat cardiac arrhythmia
Innovative design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has worked with King’s College London to develop a novel steerable catheter which King’s researchers had designed. The catheter is designed to improve the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia – a range of conditions which can lead to stroke or heart failure that affects 2 million people a year1 in the UK alone.
New school building features first rooftop multi-use games area in Cambridge
Demolition work is currently underway in the heart of Cambridge to make way for a new innovative school building in the city. To support its well-earned place at the forefront of education, The Stephen Perse Foundation gave the go-ahead for a new state-of-the-art learning facility at its Senior School site on Union Road.