Photonics materials available in the UK and Eire from Strem Chemicals
Among the many materials used for photonics applications, quantum dots represent a very special class of materials.
Taskforce calls for investment in West Anglia Mainline
Tens of thousands of new homes and jobs could be jeopardised unless improvements are made to rail links between London and Cambridge.
CDP's First Response Monitor is finalist at Wearables Awards 2016
Innovative technology and design partner Cambridge Design Partnership has been shortlisted in the upcoming Wearable Awards for its novel connected vital signs monitor for first responders.
CEO & IT Project Support Officer swap Arthur Rank Hospice for the Sahara
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity's CEO Lynn Morgan and IT Project Support Officer Luke Upshall join eight from #TeamARHC to take on the hottest desert in the world next week!
PhoreMost and The Wistar Institute collaborate to identify new druggable targets
PhoreMost Ltd, a Babraham-based biopharmaceutical company focused on increasing the diversity and affordability of novel therapeutics, announced today that it has entered into an alliance with The Wistar Institute to identify and de-orphan novel targets in cancer, aging and the immune system.
RadBee becomes Authorized Atlassian Training Partner
Atlassian has recently expanded its virtual Atlassian University offering, and is now enabling in-person, hands-on class delivery of its official courses by authorized partners. Cambridge-based RadBee has been recognized as an Authorized Atlassian Training Partner and is now delivering official Atlassian courses locally.
Andrew Cowan appointed new Divisional CEO of London Stansted Airport
Andrew Cowan, currently Chief Strategy Officer of MAG, has been appointed Divisional CEO of London Stansted Airport.
Barclays launches Eagle Labs – helping UK start-ups to take flight
Barclays is opening up branch and office space around the country in order for UK start-up and scale-up businesses to co-locate, collaborate and grow. Barclays first UK incubator is based in Cambridge.
Amadeus invests in India’s largest online marketplace, IndiaMART
IndiaMART, India’s largest online marketplace, announced that it has raised a new round of financing led by Amadeus Capital with participation from Westbridge Capital, the Accion Frontier Inclusion Fund, managed by Quona Capital in addition to Intel Capital, the existing investor in the Company.
GetSet and Enterprising Women celebrate 10 years of supporting women in business
As we wave good-bye to another International Women’s Day, GetSet for Growth and sister organisation Enterprising Women are making March a month of it as they celebrate EW’s 10th birthday and try to keep support for women in business on the agenda for a little longer.
Cambridge Style Week takes Arthur Rank Hospice Charity onto the catwalk
An exciting week of high fashion fused with community collaboration in Cambridge is set to raise awareness and funds for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity next week.
Spotted Gar genome links humans to vertebrate ancestry
The Spotted Gar is an unusual fish whose genome sequence has been released in a recent study highlighted in Nature Genetics.This fish has surprising genetic similarities to many vertebrate animals - including humans.
Cambridge Science Festival examines the state of conservation
With the latest news concerning Facebook users exploiting the popular social media site as a means to traffic endangered animals, conservation issues remain firmly on the global agenda.
IDS and Altia team up to provide GUI development workshops
UK engineers and computer scientists will have two opportunities next month to advance their skills in graphical user interface (GUI) design.
Secure telephone specialist C3 upgrades vital prison platform
Cambridge computer telephony specialist C3 has completed a full upgrade of a secure prison phone system which allows inmates to talk to their family on the outside. The platform, used in some of the UK’s highest profile prisons and secure hospitals, has been enhanced and given a complete technology refresh at Isle of Man Prison.
Cambridge Filmworks breaks the ice with new television documentary
Local Fenland ice skaters are being celebrated in a brand new documentary to be broadcast on national television.
Personal tax: quick wins to save tax before the end of the tax year
On the run up to 5 April, there are always ways to make the best use of the various allowances to save tax and therefore enhance the return that you can achieve with your money, says Duncan Wilson of Price Bailey.
Birketts examines 'The finer points of construction law'
Birketts is holding its latest construction law seminar series in April at venues across the Eastern region.
Women in business: looking beyond corporate boards
Director term limits and corporate governance codes, but not quotas, help boost female representation in top executive positions, finds a new study from Cambridge Judge Business School and the 30% Club.
Cambridge Marketing College reports outstanding results
Cambridge Marketing College (CMC) has just received the results from the most recent (December 2015) CIM and CAM assessments and once again its results have been outstanding.
Women-led businesses are 'driving force' of UK economy
In a global first, new analysis - based on open-government and LinkedIn data-sets - reveals how companies led by women grow, perform and rank - identifying the fastest-growing and most dynamic women-led businesses across the UK.
A long term partner for point-of-care ultrasound
The Anaesthesia Department at Queen’s Hospital, part of the Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, has been using FujiFilm SonoSite point-of-care ultrasound systems since they were first introduced in the UK, and has recently taken delivery of its first X-Porte.
MedImmune receives fast track designation in the US for influenza antibody
AstraZeneca has announced that its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, has received Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its investigational human monoclonal antibody (mAb), MEDI8852, for the treatment of patients hospitalised with Type A strain influenza.
Six women doing excellent things with Raspberry Pi
Yesterday was International Women’s Day, and the Raspberry Pi Foundation marked the day by celebrating six women who are doing really wonderful things with Raspberry Pi. Read the blog post here...
Buying a 16 plate? Beware changes down the road...
Tim Ridyard of Woodfines Cambridge explains the changes that will be made to car tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) from next year. If you are planning to purchase a new car between now and 1st April 2017, you may want to start planning the type of vehicle you intend buying as, in some cases, delaying your purchase until after 1st April 2017 could add significant cost.