Tax-free childcare: help for bouncing babies
Ayesha Ping of NW Brown explains the new Tax-Free Childcare Voucher Scheme.
East of England civil engineering projects invited for entry in 2016 ICE Merit Awards
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Merit Awards is an annual celebration of civil engineering. It is an opportunity to recognise outstanding projects and the teams behind them. It also offers a shop window to illustrate civil engineering to the public and media.
RedRat launches new version of its TV set top box testing and monitoring product
RedRat Ltd, a leading supplier of hardware and software for automating TV set-top box testing processes, is launching a new version of its set top box testing and control product, the irNetBox. It includes a display and navigation panel to simplify installation and improve operational feedback.
Last call for project proposals
Could your organisation benefit from analysis from a bright and resourceful team of undergraduate management students? If so, you have until this Friday (January 29th) to submit your proposal to the University of Cambridge Judge Business School.
CRC backs police initiative to put more Specials on the street
Cambridge Regional College has become one of the first colleges in the country to partner the county’s police force in a campaign to increase the number of Special Constables on the streets.
Inivata ‘liquid biopsy’ technology company raises £31.5M
Clinical cancer genomics company, Inivata, has announced the completion of a Series A fundraising of £31.5 Million, from investors including CIC. The company, a leader in circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) analysis, has developed a 'liquid biopsy' which offers non-invasive molecular profiling from a simple blood draw.
Lombard Technology Services offers software IP financing
Finding finance for a fast-expanding technology firm is not easy. Traditional fixed assets may no longer do the funding job. The UK knowledge economy increasingly hums along on intellectual property (IP), which is often software-based. Frustratingly, IP software is rarely liquid, often tricky to measure and still poorly served by UK lenders, tending not to treat it as its own, very distinct asset…
Point-of-care ultrasound guides relief in Nepal
A group of anaesthetists affiliated with the plastic surgery charity ReSurge International took a SonoSite point-of-care ultrasound system with them to help care for high risk patients caught up in the Nepal earthquakes in April 2015.
KitKat denied shape trade mark
In the past week, a High Court ruling denied Nestlé’s bid to trade mark the shape of their chocolate covered wafer fingers. An appeal seems likely, given the resources already invested by Nestlé in this dispute, explains Louisa Dixon of Taylor Vinters.
Vigilant Software releases incisive new risk assessment guidance for ISO 27001 compliance
Vigilant Software, the leader in ISO 27001 compliance software and a division of IT Governance Ltd, has released new, practical guidance on conducting a risk assessment based on the requirements of the international information security standard ISO/ IEC 27001.
IT Governance provides free guidance on how ISO 27001 can reduce cyber risks
Leading cyber security consultancy IT Governance has released a practical guide on how ISO 27001 can provide organisations with a distinct competitive advantage, offering much-needed cyber security assurance to potential clients, the board, investors and insurers.
GTC takes fibre to significant Cumbrian development
Story Homes awards contract to independent infrastructure provider, GTC, to deliver Fibre To The Home (FTTH) technology to its prestigious new West Cumbrian development.
Raspberry Pi and installation art: Lichen Beacons
Raspberry Pi is changing the way people teach, the way people make things, and the way they run their businesses.
Tackling inequality in computer science
Riaz Moola is a Gates Cambridge Scholar doing a master's in Technology Policy, but he also runs a company which aims to revolutionise the study of Computer Science in South Africa.
Orchestra supports patients with a classical showpiece
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) is delighted to be the chosen charity for the City of Cambridge Symphony Orchestra's February 2016 concert, conducted by Robert Hodge.
AIM Altitude and Lufthansa: small divide, big difference
AIM Altitude is currently in the process of manufacturing the latest Premium Economy class Cabin Dividers for Lufthansa. While relatively small in scale, the cabin dividers make a big difference to the airline, as they are the means for Lufthansa to differentiate Premium Economy from Economy class.
Points of View: A volatile week in global stock markets
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown focuses on global stock markets.
Signpost 2 Grow pop up business surgery comes to Ely
On 8th March, Signpost 2 Grow’s free Pop Up Business Surgery is coming to Ely for the first time.
Cambridge Judge Business School advisory board changes
Lord Karan Bilimoria of Chelsea CBE DL, the founder and chairman of Cobra Beer and a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, became the new chairman of the Advisory Board of Cambridge Judge Business School on 1 January 2016.
How to resolve holiday booking conflicts
Holiday bookings for employees can sometimes become a logistical nightmare. The HR Toolkit takes away the pain ...
Designed to… attract graduates
Is your company looking to attract graduates? If so, now is the time of year to think about how you are going to go about it.
Artificial intelligence and rise of the machines: Cambridge Science Festival 2016
Will artificial intelligence be superior to or as creative as the human brain? Are we letting machines take over and give rise to mass unemployment or worse? Should we be worried about quantum computing and the impact it will have on the way we work, communicate and live in the future? Or should we harness rather than hate the digital deluge?
Boat Race name reflects support for cancer research
In a world first, BNY Mellon and Newton Investment Management, sponsors of The Boat Races, announced they are donating their title sponsorship of the annual challenge between Cambridge and Oxford Universities to Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the official charity partner. The Boat Races will now be known as The Cancer Research UK Boat Races.
Domainex and Cresset announce drug discovery services alliance
Domainex and Cresset alliance will provide customers with world-class laboratory-based and computational drug discovery services through a seamless combination of their respective capabilities in chemistry and biology.
AIM Altitude’s new facility takes shape
Significant progress has been made on the construction and fit out of AIM Altitude’s new facilities at Bournemouth Airport.