Impact Studies: A suspension revolution in Formula I Motorsport
A Cambridge academic equipped with no more than a pencil and paper invented a completely new suspension component which led to a unique story featuring code names, Formula 1 victories and claims of industrial espionage.
Superfast broadband rollout surges ahead in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Cambridgeshire’s superfast broadband rollout is surging ahead to meet the high demand for faster fibre connections for homes and businesses across the county.
South Cambs MP praises local innovation in mental health services
Newly-elected Cambridgeshire MP Heidi Allen has said a company offering innovative online mental health therapy is helping to bolster the region’s reputation as a hotbed of technology firms.
Pensions, lifetime allowance and joined-up government
Unless you are actively involved in the financial services field it is unlikely that you are aware that our political masters have decided that it is not enough to restrict the amount you can pay into a pension scheme year by year, but that your total accumulated funds are restricted as well. This restriction, the Lifetime Allowance, is being reduced from £1.25Million to £1Million in April 2016.
Digital signs boost promotional activities for Lithuanian insurance provider
Signagelive’s SoC software enables Lietuvos Draudimas Insurance Company to raise awareness of its different services in shopping malls throughout Lithuania.
Brazilian Bruna proves she’s picture perfect!
The work of a former Anglia Ruskin University student forms part of the prestigious Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition currently on display in London.
‘Enthusiastic’ lecturers praised by students
The quality of teaching at Anglia Ruskin University has been praised in this year’s National Student Survey (NSS).
Take a fresh look at the way you interview potential employees
Interviews will always be a two-way street. At the same time an employer is interviewing a candidate, the candidate is also assessing whether they would like to work for the organisation in the first place. Therefore it’s important to get the balance right between putting interviewees at ease and still finding ways to challenge them.
Eikonix launches new Gel Documentation range
Eikonix, the new name in scientific digital imaging, brings a fresh new range of gel imaging systems to the life science market with the introduction of five new models for gel and blot analysis.
ANAtech Resource Ltd's Simon Weston OBE talks about the benefits of employing Ex Forces
Falklands War Veteran Simon Weston OBE talks to BBC Look East at a recent event held in Cambridgeshire about the benefits of employing Ex Forces.
6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition attracts a wide range of innovative entrants
Now in its 6th year, the Discovering Start-Ups Competition 2015, hosted and sponsored by Deloitte, the business advisory firm, on 21 October, is set to have another great line-up of cutting edge technology, new innovations and business models. Entries are rolling in from across the UK and Europe and from a range of industries including IoT, security, games, health, analytics and social media…
Tame your computer - picture this
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 change your picture on the Start menu and Welcome screen (Windows 7)...
Reduse secures £500k to develop the first ‘Unprinter’ to remove print from paper
University of Cambridge spin-out Reduse, which has developed a technology to remove print from paper allowing it to be reused, has raised £500,000 in seed investment from Cambridge Enterprise, the University’s commercialisation arm, and the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund III, bringing the company’s initial venture funding to nearly £1 million. Reduse will use the funding to develop the…
Cambridge Index falls 1.7%
The Cambridge Index eased 1.7% or 303.9 points to 17,415.9, led by losses in index heavyweights such as ARM Holdings, Greene King and Kier Group.
Stansted’s numbers flying high in July
London Stansted enjoyed its busiest July in seven years, as the launch of Thomas Cook’s trio of new long haul flights and the summer getaway helped contribute to over two million passengers passing through the airport.
Are you ready to join the next generation of Universal Communications?
Skype for Business is a communications and collaboration platform that brings together the familiar experience and user love of Skype with the enterprise grade security, compliance, and control that you’ve come to expect from Lync. Skype for Business makes it possible to connect to anyone else on Skype, using IM, audio, and video.
DefiniGEN licenses lung stem cell technology from University of Cambridge
DefiniGEN Ltd, a leading provider of stem cell life science products and services, today announced that it has strengthened its IP portfolio with a licence for cutting edge lung stem cell technology from the University of Cambridge. The technology will be used by DefiniGEN to develop new, optimised cell products and services for drug discovery and the study of lung diseases, including cystic…
Taylor Wessing makes shortlist for Law Society Excellence Awards 2015
The brightest stars of the world’s greatest legal profession have been announced by the Law Society, including Taylor Wessing LLP, which has an office in Cambridge.
CUH Urology consultant wins prestigious award
Cambridge University Hospital (CUH) urology consultant, Tony Riddick, has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Karl Storz – Harold Hopkins Golden Telescope Award by the British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS).
Monoclonal antibodies: the invisible allies that changed the face of medicine
Forty years ago, two researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge developed a new technology that was to win the Nobel Prize – and is now found in six out of ten of the world’s bestselling drugs. Dr Lara Marks from Cambridge University's Department of History and Philosophy of Science discusses the importance of ‘monoclonal antibodies’.
The battle of manufacturing technologies: will 3D printing replace machining?
If you've been keeping up with recent developments in 3D printing, you will have heard predictions that all manufacturing will be replaced by printing objects at (or very close to) the point of use. Particularly fanatic believers expect this to happen in mere decades.
Winner Cambridge Intelligence urges others to enter Startups Awards
Fresh from its own success last year, local company Cambridge Intelligence is calling on all businesses in the East of England to enter the Startups Awards 2015.
The Cambridge abseil raises funds for EACH
The Cambridge Building Society's Chief Executive has pledged to take on a tall challenge this year – all in aid of a local children’s charity.
Syngene appoints AlphaMetrix Biotech and LTF Labortechnik in Germany as new distributors
Syngene appoints AlphaMetrix Biotech and LTF Labortechnik in Germany - new distributors will provide access to innovative image analysis systems.
The Inca Trail
Industrial printing is going digital and right here in Cambridge is a company leading the way. Emily Burton visits Inca Digital Printers on Coldhams Lane and finds out why the whole world is following them into the future...