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.
Freedom to evolve with Tecan’s Freedom EVO® 75
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid are using directed evolution techniques to develop new enzymes for a variety of bioprocessing applications.
Multi-million pound boost to take Cambridgeshire fibre broadband rollout even further
The success of Cambridgeshire’s superfast broadband programme has brought a multi-million pound boost to help rollout high speed fibre technology to even more homes and businesses.
Cambridge Consultants works with Smart Drawer on novel retail technology
New intelligent cash drawer technology is set to help reduce retail fraud and streamline cash counting – at a fraction of the price of existing systems.
The new deal on personal data: Part 2
There has been a mixed response to Privacy Shield – a new mechanism for safeguarding the privacy of personal data transferred from the EU to the United States. Rhys Williams of Taylor Vinters explains.
Embedded Linux workshop offers quick start guide
The organisers of the 2016 UK Device Developers' Conference have announced that this year's event will include a half-day workshop entitled "The Embedded Linux Quick Start Guide", providing hands-on training for delegates wishing to explore Linux for embedded systems development.
Finite element analysis – predicting the real world
Alongside product design processes, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) can be used to model product structure and how it will respond to stress, and from this to predict any possibility of structural failure. Cambridge Design Technology explains.
T®ump: personality IP rights
One of the many unique features of this year's US presidential nominations campaign is that the most likely (at this point) Republican candidate is also unique in being the one candidate who owns any significant IP/trade mark rights.
Zinwave’s UNItivity platform eliminates spectrum upgrade pain
Zinwave's unique wideband distributed antenna system (DAS) offers future-proof frequency support without hardware upgrades.
Contract caterer Edwards & Blake opens at four new schools in first quarter of 2016
East Anglian-based contract catering firm Edwards & Blake has taken over the catering at four schools in the East of England in the first quarter of 2016. The caterer now operates at nearly 80 schools in the East and South East of England.
Cambridge Index soars 3.1%
The Cambridge index rose 3.1% or 514.7 points to settle at 17,216.7, as nine of the top ten index heavyweights posted weekly gains.
Cambridge venture is pitch perfect
JustMilk, a venture supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, won first prize yesterday (Monday) in the first biotech-themed Pitch@Palace event at St James’s Palace, convened by HRH The Duke of York, KG.
Pioneering John Bradfield Centre at Cambridge Science Park will boost tech sector
Construction is now underway on Trinity College’s £20 million technology centre at Cambridge Science Park, an innovative collaboration with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Central Working.
Jobs shine bright in the east
Employers in the East of England are the most optimistic in the UK, according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. With an Outlook of +10%, up 1 percentage point from the first quarter of 2016, job prospects in the region stand above the national average for the 16th quarter running.
The importance of controlling oxygen during combustion
Cambridge Sensotec explains the importance of controlling oxygen during Combustion.