New East Coast Mainline franchise confirmed
The Department for Transport today confirmed it has officially signed the East Coast rail franchise contract with Inter City Railways, a venture between Stagecoach and Virgin.
Three new biomarker companies selected to work with Abcodia and the Early Cancer Consortium
Three new biomarker companies have been selected to work with the Early Diagnosis Consortium, a collaboration between Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research Technology and Abcodia, a specialist company engaged in the validation of biomarkers for the early detection and screening of cancer.
CfEL celebrates the spirit of enterprise
Entrepreneurship takes centre stage at the tenth anniversary of the Judge Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning.
Meet Edith, one of Camfed's CAMA mentors
As the year draws to a close, Camfed is sharing some of the stories of their students and graduates, who, as leaders in their communities, are using their experience and empathy to mentor the next generation, helping more girls claim their right to education, and succeed.
The StubHub Center in LA deploys smart menu board solution powered by Signagelive
The StubHub Center, a multi-use sports complex located in Southern California, has deployed Samsung Smart Signage Platform (SSP), powered by Signagelive, to run digital menu boards in its refreshment concourse.
Huppert takes fight for better health funding to Parliament
MP Julian Huppert is taking his fight over Cambridgeshire’s cash-strapped health services to Parliament today (Wednesday).
Nanoscience academic honoured
Dr Colm Durkan, a Reader in Nanoscale Engineering at the University of Cambridge, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
The UK Device Developers' Conference announces 2015 dates
The UK's leading event for engineers and scientists working to develop intelligent systems and devices has announced dates for 2015.
Cambridge academic helps to improve climate modelling
Dr Chris Hope, Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, contributed a study which was included in the business case for a new £97m supercomputer to improve weather predictions and climate modelling by the Met Office.
Workshop for non-legal managers explores contract law
Are you involved with customer contracts? If you have no legal training but take part in the early stages of negotiating customer contracts, a Learning Collaboration course in January will help you understand the process.
Enter now for the Cambridge Business Excellence Awards 2015
The 2015 Cambridge News and Cambridge Business magazine Business Excellence Awards are launched today.
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) delivers industry leading growth
M.A.G, the largest UK-owned airport operator, today reports its interim unaudited results for the six months ended 30 September 2014.
FlexNet innovative licensing creates 'ring of defence' around apps to increase security
Flexera Software sets new bar for software license security, helping software vendors and intelligent device manufacturers protect their intellectual property and reduce revenue leakage
CIT exhibits at 41st Intelligent Sensing Programme - Automotive Sensors
CIT exhibits flexible sensors at the 41st Intelligent Sensing Programme (ISP41) - Automotive Sensors, taking place in Oxford this Thursday (December 11th).
Eagle Genomics announces agreement with Procter & Gamble for use of bioinformatics platform
Eagle Genomics, a bioinformatics–based company creating new opportunities with large-scale genomics data and data generation technologies for application to real world problems in healthcare, consumer goods, and the environment, announced today a signed four-year agreement with Procter & Gamble (P&G) to fully deploy Eagle’s bioinformatics software platform, eaglecore.
Passengers in East Anglia consulted on rail services
Passengers in East Anglia can help shape the future of rail services across the region by taking part in a government consultation launched today (Tuesday 9 December 2014).
Over £20 million awarded to companies who have found solutions to NHS challenges
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative products that address unmet health needs, has announced a further 46 small companies will share over £20 million development funding in the latest rounds of the programme.
IWM Duxford offers unique development opportunity for teachers
The American Air Museum Summer Residency, supported by global defence and aerospace company Northrop Grumman, is a unique professional development opportunity run by IWM Duxford. It brings together teachers from the UK and the USA for two weeks to develop, together, a greater knowledge of Second World War history through primary evidence and science and technology.
New partnership delivers world-class tailored learning to business and governments
The Open University - the UK’s largest university and a global leader in distance-learning - and leading learning technologies firm, LEO, have launched a new partnership that will deliver online courses and platforms tailored specifically to the needs and goals of businesses and government organisations.
MOVENTIG® approved in the European Union for opioid-induced constipation
First in class treatment approved for adult patients with opioid-induced constipation who have had an inadequate response to laxatives.
Chamber reacts to Autumn Statement and calls for ‘Pie in the sky’ rhetoric to become reality
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement by calling for both certainty and delivery to be the reality – the only two conditions upon which the government’s investment plans can be measured.
Stone King lawyer elected head of international legal commission
Commercial lawyer, Gavin Llewellyn, of Cambridge law firm, Stone King, has been appointed president of the Intellectual Property Commission of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) at the UIA’s recent Annual Congress in Florence, Italy.
Addenbrooke’s choir pays tribute to fallen soldiers
The Addenbrooke’s Hospital Choir is set to pay tribute to all those who’ve fallen in conflict since the start of the First World War.
Sandler Training celebrates first year at Milton Hall Cambridge
Serviced office provider proves ideal ‘training ground’ for Sandler’s world class sales and management programmes.
Profiles of leaders in salivary bioscience: Dr Evi Varamenti, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
Each month an expert from the Salimetrics saliva research community is featured. The community brings together university researchers around the world to encourage the sharing of ideas.