Field labs provide evidence to support change
Field labs, part of the Innovative Farmer Initiative, aim to provide trials and quantifiable evidence to support alternative cultivation practices. Their benefits are to be discussed at the February Agri-Tech East Pollinator meeting.
GROW nurtures good business ideas
How do you turn a good idea into an early-stage business? GROW 2016 is the UK’s only agri-tech business plan competition, and aims to encourage people with an innovative concept to explore if it has the potential to become a new product or service.
Exoplanet hunter: in search of new Earths and life in the Universe
Twenty years ago, in Geneva, PhD student Didier Queloz discovered a planet orbiting another sun – something that astronomers had predicted, but never found. Today he continues his terra hunting for extreme worlds and Earth twins in Cambridge.
Amino’s software platform powers Cincinnati Bell rollout of rich Fioptics TV user experience
Amino Communications and Cincinnati Bell Inc. have started the migration of Cincinnati Bell’s legacy IPTV devices to Amino’s Enable TV software platform. The upgrade will give Cincinnati Bell Fioptics entertainment customers a rich media interface and advanced applications.
Institute to assess plan to help military spouses
Anglia Ruskin University will conduct a two-year evaluation of a Ministry of Defence-led programme to support the spouses of serving personnel looking for work, following the award of £199,229 by the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT).
Competition focuses on innovation and the Internet of Things
How can the Internet of Things be used as an innovative framework to attract people to places?
Nanomaterials for chemical synthesis available from Strem Chemicals, UK and Eire
Strem Chemicals has embraced the emerging area of nanotechnology and formed a collaboration with the Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kohlenforschung.
Eight million UK workers plan to change jobs in 2016
It’s a time of change for the UK job market.
Euromonitor International interviews the masterminds of beauty chocolate
Euromonitor International interviews William George and Dr Petyaev at Cambridge Chocolate Technologies, Masterminds of The Beauty Chocolate.
Zettlex announces launch of 58mm encoder
Global sensors company, Zettlex, has announced the launch of a 58mm variant to its market leading IncOder range of encoders.
New partner further bolsters Hewitsons' residential team
Hewitsons solicitors has announced the appointment of a new partner who will help further cement the firm’s strong residential property offering.
Top tips to keep hold of your most talented employees
If you’ve worked hard to attract and recruit talented employees, you will need to put in even more work to keep them. While employees will choose to move on for many different reasons, some of which you can’t control, Pure Resourcing has compiled ten top tips on what can be done to help retain valuable members of staff.
D&A Creative develops exhibition stand for Senator Pens
For their stand at this years PPE exhibition, D&A Creative worked with the marketing team at Senator Pens to develop the ‘Winning Colours Zone'.
How to create exceptional managers and teams
The seminars and workshops that RiverRhee has been delivering during January and February have been typical of its work in enhancing team effectiveness.
WiSpire appoints KISS
Broadband provider WiSpire has appointed KISS to increase broadband penetration in Norfolk.
Ambassadors for Cambridge bring international conferences to the city
Academics from Cambridge University and representatives from Cambridge-based organisations were joined by the Mayor of Cambridge and the MP for Cambridge at a recent event to celebrate the successful promotion of Cambridge as a global centre of excellence for intellectual capital, leading-edge research and a prestigious location for international conferences.
Code safety and device security are key issues at Developers' Conference
This year's UK Device Developers' Conference will include workshops and presentations that explore code safety and device security.
Norwich to be home to the Quadram Institute, a new £81.6m Food & Health research centre
The Quadram Institute is the name of the new centre for food and health research to be located at the heart of the Norwich Research Park, one of Europe’s largest single-site concentrations of research in food, health and environmental sciences. Building of a new £81.6m facility to house the Quadram Institute begins this month, with an anticipated opening in 2018.
Cintra Translation buys First Edition as spur to growth
Two Cambridge language services agencies, Cintra Translation and First Edition Translations, are joining forces, fuelling their own growth by supporting their clients’ success here and in overseas markets.
CCS unveils Metnet self-organising backhaul with integrated small cell
CCS has adapted its Metnet self-organising backhaul solution to host a small cell within a single, compact design. Designed to speed up deployment, the integrated unit will help mobile operators with the process of site acquisition. It will be shown for the first time at the CCS stand (7B67) at MWC 2016.
Triple success for children’s book illustrators
Jane McGuinness has been named as the winner of the 2016 Sebastian Walker Award for Illustration at the same time as last year’s winner, David Barrow, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2016.
Researchers identify ‘neurostatin’ that may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
An approved anti-cancer drug successfully targets the first step in the toxic chain reaction that leads to Alzheimer’s disease, suggesting that treatments may be found to lower the risk of developing the neurodegenerative condition.
Tame your computer - make an exception
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to stop AutoCorrect from capitalising text following specific abbreviations (Microsoft Office*)...
Birketts advises market-leading tech company on sale
Birketts, the top 100 law firm, has advised the shareholders of cr360, a market leader in environment, health and safety management and sustainability software, on its sale to the UL Group, a US-based global independent safety science company. The financial value of the deal was undisclosed.
Anthias Consulting and charity RORO send Gas Chromatograph to University in Mongolia
Anthias Consulting is working with charity RORO (Recycling Organisation for Research Opportunities) to connect redundant analytical instrumentation with academic institutions around the world that do not have the necessary finance to purchase new instrumentation.