National Minimum Wage increases of 4% and other manifesto promises: what can we expect?
This week has seen the publication of the manifestos of all three major political parties. All of them address pay issues, in particular low pay, executive pay, and gender pay equality.
Hundreds seek Stansted job opportunities in North London
Over 500 job seekers passed through the doors of the latest Stansted Airport Jobs Fair in just four hours this week.
Herakles – a hero for all ages
An exhibition that reimagines Greek hero Herakles as a 19th century colonist in New Zealand opens at Cambridge University's Museum of Classical Archaeology today (April 17).
Citrix becomes a preferred vendor of Bar Associations
Citrix ShareFile delivers simple, secure and mobile document management for the legal market.
Leading Finnish industrialists and academics visit Cambridge Design Partnership
A delegation from Lahti in Finland including Outi Kallionen, President of University of Lahti, one of Finland’s leading design schools and Jukka Rantanen, CEO of LADEC, the region’s industrial development company visited Cambridge Design Partnership to see how it integrates design and technology to create market leading innovation.
Mantracourt offers free data logging and monitoring software
Mantracourt is to supply its T24LOG100 advanced data logging and mapping software free of charge with the purchase of any of its T24 wireless sensor range.
Pollution (and solutions)
Prosperous societies can tackle pollution effectively, says The Scientific Alliance.
ARM announces acquisition of Wicentric and Sunrise Micro Devices
ARM today announced the acquisition of Wicentric, a Bluetooth® Smart stack and profile provider, and Sunrise Micro Devices (SMD), a provider of sub-one volt Bluetooth radio intellectual property (IP).
Landmark event for £26 million building named after physicist James Clerk Maxwell
Pioneering “blue skies” research is a step closer to having a home after a topping out ceremony was held at a centrepiece building on the West Cambridge site.
Taking time to think differently: RiverRhee Consulting Newsletter
RiverRhee Consulting has published the latest edition of its newsletter for March – April 2015.
Taylor Wessing launches UK's first legal document builder for tech start-ups
A new document builder, allowing entrepreneurs and the start-up community to create term-sheets for seed investments, has today gone live.
Love conquers all with Best Overall Project prize
Anglia Ruskin University graduates claimed two major prizes at the prestigious 2015 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards ceremony at London Olympia Conference Centre.
Growing success leads to new jobs
Transatlantic expansion will see product design and development firm Cambridge Consultants create 100 new jobs this year as demand for its cutting-edge innovation expertise continues to grow.
Liberal Democrat manifesto - 'longer term vision for infrastructure, less political meddling'
The Liberal Democrat manifesto was published yesterday (Weds). Civil engineers welcome much of the content, which indicates the party recognises the importance of the country's infrastructure and energy supply.
Deloitte Corporate Finance advises the Gooderham family on the sale of Snape Maltings
Deloitte Corporate Finance has successfully advised the Gooderham family on the sale of the Snape Maltings freehold site and commercial portfolio to Aldeburgh Music for an undisclosed sum. The Deloitte team was led by Tim Hansell, who heads up Deloitte’s Corporate Finance team based in Cambridge.
AVEVA launches major electrical and instrumentation software upgrade
New releases of AVEVA Electrical and AVEVA Instrumentation software provide powerful new functionality for engineering teams.
Roary returns
The Cambridge Roar is back – with a new summer of fun and entertaining festival events for Cambridgeshire! With 18 events over 23 days, there’s something for everyone.
Medmmune & Immunocore collaborate to conduct immuno-oncology combination trials in melanoma
AstraZeneca today announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a collaboration to conduct clinical trials in immuno-oncology with Immunocore Limited, a privately-held UK-based biotechnology company.
Time running out for registering to vote on 7 May
Cambridge residents who haven’t yet registered to vote in the general and local elections on 7 May are being urged to do so before Monday’s deadline.
IDTechEx analyses the high stakes of the future automotive industry
BASF sues Umicore, Toyota launches fuel cell cars, VW buys a solid state battery company and all car companies are rushing behind Google for automation - what does it all mean? IDTechEx examines the bigger picture of the high stakes of the future automotive industry.
Entrepreneurs relief: are you entitled to it? Are you sure ......?
Wouldn’t you like to pay 10% tax on the sale of your shares in a private company? That’s exactly what you can currently do for the first £10 million of gains in your lifetime. It’s easy, pretty much everyone qualifies – or do they?
Trustonic and Mobeewave partner to give unprecedented security level in mobile payments
Trustonic and Mobeewave turn off-the-shelf mobile devices into secure contactless mPOS without the use of an add-on.
Green commitment wins national accreditation for college
Cambridge Regional College has won national accreditation for its ‘green’ commitment.
How do you manage a drawdown portfolio?
Pension freedom has placed the issue around drawing an income from a fixed fund onto centre stage. The nature of retirement suggests that there is no more capital to be added, so what is there has to be nurtured to the end, whenever that may be. Although the starting fund size may seem large, this can disappear quickly, like bathwater after the plug has been pulled.
How to maximise employer engagement for KTPs
Last month, Prospect Research employed an intern through its long-standing client, Anglia Ruskin University, to assist in its marketing department. Now the company is thinking of continuing this as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).