Further funds raised for Arthur Rank Hospice at Pure’s charity quiz night
Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) hosted its annual Cambridge charity quiz night last week, bringing local businesses and clients together for a fun evening which raised over £1,100 for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity (ARHC).
Woodfines hosts legal forum for Cambridge LGBT community
For the first time, Woodfines Solicitors hosted a legal forum last week, covering themes relating to Family Law, Wills and Probate, and Discrimination specifically for the LGBT community. It was chaired by Senior Associate Solicitor, Karl Dembicki.
Johnson Matthey wins Innovative Product of the Year at the IChemE Awards
Johnson Matthey's joint win with Cardiff University recognises the development of a mercury-free catalyst to support a more environmentally friendly method of producing PVC.
Video: launch event of The Case for Cambridge
A compelling video of key messages about vital investment requirements for the city, from the launch event of The Case for Cambridge - which took place at the Cambridge Union Society last month - is now available.
Energi announces UK embedded systems conferences for 2016
UK technology marketing specialist Energi has announced that next year's Device Developers' Conference will take place at Cambourne near Cambridge on the 27th and 28th April 2016.
Free ISO 14001:2004 to ISO 14001:2015 conversion tool launched by IT Governance
IT Governance launches a free ISO 14001:2004 to ISO 14001:2015 Conversion Tool to help kick-start an environmental management system transition.
Learning about leadership from Huawei
An article co-authored by David De Cremer of Cambridge Judge outlines seven leadership lessons from Ren Zhengfei, founder of Chinese communications company Huawei.
Government grants for superfast broadband closed
A popular Government grant scheme that has helped hundreds of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough businesses connect to superfast broadband has been closed due to high demand.
Ancient stars contain ‘fingerprints’ from the very early universe
Astronomers have discovered some of the oldest stars in the galaxy, whose chemical composition and movements could tell us what the universe was like soon after the Big Bang.
New partnerships for ‘low carbon cities’ in the UK and China
Researchers from UK and Chinese universities, including the University of Cambridge, are collaborating on four new projects to work towards achieving low carbon cities in the UK and China.
Book tackles the taboo of executive stress
A second edition of the successful Coach and Couch (Palgrave Macmillan), co-edited by Dr Caroline Rook of Anglia Ruskin University, is published this month, with a new chapter covering the growing issue of stress among corporate leaders.
ARM accelerates mathematical computation on 64-bit ARM-based HPC systems
Further strengthening its commitment to high performance computing (HPC) servers, ARM announced new math libraries that are precision-tuned for 64-bit ARM®v8-A processors.
Intellectual property and cyber security – how to protect yourself
As the number of internet users worldwide and devices per household increases, it is critical for small and medium sized businesses to protect intellectual property from cyber crime. As we live our lives online, the threat posed by cyber crime has far reaching consequences for financial circumstances, customers, valuable data and reputation. Enterprise Europe Network offers support and services…
Climate change sentiment could hit global investment portfolios in the short term
A new report by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) reveals that global investment portfolios could lose up to 45 per cent as a consequence of short-term shifts in climate change sentiment.
New NASA music will be out of this world
Anglia Ruskin academic will perform live data beamed back from DSCOVR satellite.
New online game will develop students' business skills
A new online game designed to teach students business enterprise is being developed by a European consortium – with Cambridge Regional College playing a leading role.
Passing the one degree threshold
The Met Office announces that 2015 is set to be 1° warmer than the pre-industrial average. The Scientific Alliance comments...
Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team open for applications for NEW Plant Track!
Undergraduates are invited to apply to join the Cambridge-JIC iGEM Team in Summer 2016 to engineer plants using synthetic biology before joining the iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.
Venture Creation Weekend is all about connecting cities
Cambridge Judge hosts its first Internet of Things and Smart Cities Venture Creation Weekend at Cambridge Judge next week (20-22 November 2015).
The Cambridge team revisits youth for Teenage Cancer Trust
The team at The Cambridge Building Society went back in time to their teenage years during September to raise more than £2,000 for the Teenage Cancer Trust.
£25,000 agri-tech funding for key R&D in Norfolk
Norfolk based Crop Systems Ltd, has received almost £25,000 of funding from the Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative to fund key research.
A digital necklace and a wearable soap win 'Wearables for Good' design challenge
HELSINKI/NEW YORK/LONDON... A necklace that stores electronic health data to track child immunization and a wearable soap that helps limit the spread of infectious viruses by encouraging hand washing, have won the Wearables for Good challenge run by UNICEF, ARM and frog. The winning designs, both led by joint Indian-US teams, will each receive a prize of $15,000 and incubation and mentoring from…
Significant fine increases for H&S and other regulatory offences
As anticipated the Health & Safety Offences, Corporate Manslaughter and Food Safety & Hygiene Offences: Definitive Guideline was issued by the Sentencing Council on 3rd November 2015. This sets out the way in which penalties for various offences will be structured and calculated, says Woodfines Solicitors.
Not just a pretty face: redesigned S8000 Integrale from Michell offers faster response
Michell Instruments has redesigned its S8000 Integrale Chilled Mirror Hygrometer to take advantage of improvements in technology since its introduction in 2007, as well as give it a fresh new look.
Research looks into data trails
Writing in the Huffington Post, Dr David Stillwell of Cambridge Judge examines how companies should use our data in more transparent ways.