Cambridge Judge alumnus given a second chance to compete in the Cancer Research UK Boat Races
Clemens Auersperg will row with the Cambridge team in this year’s Cancer Research UK Boat Races on Sunday (27 March) on the River Thames in London.
Cambridge Design Partnership strengthens its team with innovation and technology leaders
Innovative design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership has appointed Alan Cucknell as Front End Innovation Leader and Tom Lawrie-Fussey as Technology Business Development Lead to further build skills and capabilities to offer their clients outstanding creativity and high quality innovation.
New developments enhance Downing College’s green credentials
Meeting the sustainability objectives of its conference clients has resulted in the implementation of a range of green initiatives by a Cambridge College.
Global marketing growth of 14% for PROI
CEO, Simon Fryer comments on how much global marketing has grown for PROI.
National Infrastructure Delivery Plan launched at the Institution of Civil Engineers
Today the National Infrastructure Delivery Plan 2016-2018 was launched at the Institution of Civil Engineers, by Lord O’Neill, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Bridges, Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office and Tony Meggs, Chief Executive at the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
LEPs reveal £5 billion invested by private sector to boost local growth
A total of £5bn of private sector leverage has been secured by local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) to date as part of a list of headline figures announced today at the LEP Annual Conference.
Industry taskforce launched to secure future of manufacturing advanced therapy medicines
A new Advanced Therapy Manufacturing Taskforce has been launched by the Medicines Manufacturing Industry Partnership (MMIP) to secure the future of manufacturing advanced therapies in the UK.
Corporate governance - the new register of people with significant control
From 6 April 2016, almost all UK companies and LLPs must maintain a PSC Register. The purpose of the PSC Register is to make it possible to see not just who owns shares in a company but also who influences or controls a company discretely (a person with significant control). Woodfines Solicitors explains.
A whole new way to protect underground pipes and cables
Damage to underground assets by builders and roadworks costs millions of dollars every year and causes massive disruption. But now help is at hand in the form of a breakthrough service which product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants has helped technology solutions company IPEG Corporation create.
Stocks in Focus: British Empire Trust
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown focuses on British Empire Trust and new lead manager Joe Bauernfreund, who presented at their office last week. Mr Bauerfreund has been involved with British Empire since 2007 and became lead manager last year.
Network members get preferential rates at Embedded Systems Conference
Cambridge Network members are eligible for a 20% discount on workshops at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference and Hardware Developers Expo.
The sky’s the limit for your local children’s hospice
Calling all thrill seekers on the lookout for a new challenge! East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) will be hosting two skydive events in Cambridgeshire this year and is keen to find willing jumpers to take on this exhilarating challenge of a life-time.
Cambridge to explore benefits of multilingualism with new AHRC research project
The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and transform attitudes to languages in the UK, as part of the AHRC’s Open World Research Initiative.
Why distinctive beer bottles don’t fly off the shelf
New research by Anglia Ruskin University’s PubLAB™ reveals that when it comes to picking a pint, the UK’s beer drinkers are a conservative bunch.
Satellite dishes boost broadband speeds in Cambridgeshire
Homes and businesses in some of the most remote and hard to reach areas of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough can now get a discounted satellite broadband connection if they are currently unable to obtain an affordable broadband service of at least two Mbps.
Interested in working in the games industry?
On Wednesday 20th April, Anglia Ruskin University will be hosting a programme of talks on working in the games industry.
Want to make your cultural institution world-beating? Ask Becky Schutt
Should theatre audiences stay silent? Must art galleries be housed in impressive architecture? The arts often come with unwritten rules, but Becky Schutt of Cambridge Judge Business School has spent her career questioning them.
Pure raises over £1,000 for East Anglian Air Ambulance by tackling Only the Brave
A team from Pure Resourcing Solutions has raised over £1,000 for the East Anglian Air Ambulance by tackling the Only the Brave charity obstacle race on Sunday (20th March).
New gender pay gap reporting obligations on employers
From 2018 the government will be introducing compulsory reporting for private and voluntary sector employers in the UK employing 250 or more employees. The new regulation will have a significant impact on private sector companies, but what does this actually mean for employers? Taylor Vinters explains.
The magic of leadership: one man’s leap into the unknown
The CEO of AstraZeneca, Pascal Soriot, explains how he went from banlieue to boardroom.
Cambridge conference to discuss latest developments in the MISRA-C coding standard
A conference workshop next month will explain how, due to the IoT, the MISRA-C standard initially targeted safety, but is now also looking at security.
Spectral Edge announces successful £1.5m funding round
Spectral Edge today announced the successful completion of an oversubscribed £1.5 million second funding round. New lead investors IQ Capital and Parkwalk Advisors, along with angel investors from Cambridge Angels, Wren Capital, Cambridge Capital Group and Martlet, the Marshall of Cambridge Corporate Angel investment fund, join the Rainbow Seed Fund/Midven and Iceni in backing the company.
Cambridge Index advances 2.1%
The Cambridge index gained 2.1% or 344.1 points to end at 17,062.7, as index heavyweights such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey posted weekly gains.
Enter the Astro Pi competition
British ESA astronaut Tim Peake wants students to compose music in Sonic Pi for him to listen to. You have until 12 noon on Thursday 31st March to submit your Sonic Pi tunes and MP3 player code.
1,000 Guineas pitching prize for region's entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs, start-ups and innovators from across Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire are being invited to apply to take part in the Fast and Furious pitch off at Venturefest East on 24th May at Newmarket Racecourse.