Conference examines Labour’s wilderness years
A one-day conference dedicated to the Labour Party in the 1980s will be held at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge on Saturday, 8 November.
Sanger Institute researcher collaborates on story of love and flu
A radio drama about love and flu produced in collaboration with Professor Paul Kellam, a member of Faculty at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, starts on Radio 4 next Monday (27 October).
Tame your computer - hide that slide!
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 exclude hidden slides from being printed (Microsoft PowerPoint*)...
Breakfast networking session explores wellbeing at work
Do you have an ‘always on’ culture? Is your work space under pressure? Find out the latest about what employers in Cambridge are doing around workplace wellbeing at Cambridge Network's Breakfast Networking event this Thursday (October 23rd).
Cambridge language school launches GSH – Group Study Holidays
This month sees the rebrand of Group Study Holidays by ABC Languages, a well-established family-owned and operated language school in the popular EFL destination of Cambridge. The relaunch of the school’s tailor-made group study holiday programme includes a new name, GSH, with an eye-catching new logo, video, and dedicated website.
How to build your coaching business - Association for Coaching event with Helen Tiffany
If you are a new coach or otherwise looking to build your coaching business, come along to a special session on Thursday 27th November 2014 at Wolfson Court, Cambridge.
A complete joke
Communication coach Jon Torrens explains how to learn presentation writing from joke writing.
13 promoted as Birketts expands
The continued expansion of award-winning law firm Birketts has seen 13 of its brightest lawyers recently promoted to associate or senior associate level.
Virtual fitting room service Metail raises $12m of further funding
Virtual fitting room company Metail has announced the closing of a further $12m of funding, bringing the total investment in Metail to $20m since it was founded in 2008.
Councils consider options for regenerating area around proposed new railway station
A range of options for how the final major piece of brownfield land available in Cambridge could be regenerated has been published today (Monday 20 October).
Study of dad’s as well as mum’s roles in child development calls for soon-to-be new parents
The University of Cambridge’s pioneering Centre for Family Research is launching NewFAMS (the ‘New Fathers and Mothers Study’): the first psychological study to look at how both fathers and mothers influence the development of a child’s self-control or ‘executive functions’ – the key cognitive processes that help us control our thoughts and behaviour.
Festival of Ideas promises to get you thinking
Anglia Ruskin is hosting 15 events during the Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2014.
Ubisense reveals major growth opportunities for manufacturers
A new survey has revealed that outdated practices and poor visibility of real-time processes could be costing manufacturers $millions in waste, unscheduled downtime and missed opportunities to improve quality, productivity and profits.
Silk Pearce celebrates its 30th anniversary
Design consultancy Silk Pearce is celebrating 30 years of designing distinctive branding, websites and other promotional materials for a wide range of national and international businesses. The consultancy’s Eastern region clients include: Cambridge Cognition, Tristel, CB1 Cambridge, Brookgate, Aldeburgh Music and Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
A14 Girton to Histon overnight closure
The Highways Agency has advised road users of a planned road closure tonight (Monday) as work on the scheme to improve the A14 between Girton and Histon progresses.
Small businesses pitch for £2.5 million funding as SBRI Healthcare launches new competition
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative products that address unmet health needs, today launched the latest SBRI Healthcare competition which aims to accelerate development and NHS adoption of new technologies. In the second tranche of funding this year, a further £2.5 million is on offer to companies working in the priority healthcare areas; Brain Injury; Child…
David Ball Group appoints KISS Public Relations
David Ball Group, a research-led company specialising in developing and manufacturing specialist products for the global construction and building industry, has appointed KISS PR to act as its communications agency.
Online Marketing Part 4: Search Engine Optimisation
Continuing on the website theme, Spirus talks about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and what you can do to make your website rank higher in browser search.
Glaciei's advisory company Zellabox named as finalist in RBS Innovation Gateway
The Royal Bank of Scotland selects Western Australian company Zellabox as a finalist in the Innovation Gateway.
Cromwell Community College holds Post 16/18 Options Day
Cromwell Community College held its Post 16/18 Options Day at the school which attracted over 1000 pupils from local schools.
Work Experience Placement Programme works for CUB
The Work Experience Placement Programme is really working for CUB, as it has now appointed another work experience recruit, Becky Billimore, as a Pricing Analyst.
Chimpanzees have favourite ‘tool set’ for hunting staple food of army ants
West African chimpanzees will search far and wide to find Alchornea hirtella, a spindly shrub whose straight shoots provide the ideal tools to hunt aggressive army ants in an ingenious fashion, new research shows.
CAP brokers another school-business partnership
Michell Instruments pledges support for Ely College and hopes to persuade more students to consider careers in engineering.
Bidwells seminar sets out strategy to solve housing shortage
A seminar to explore how we can tackle the UK’s housing shortage was recently held at Botanic House, organised by Bidwells, in association with Mills & Reeve and Landmark Chambers.
Ixer helps Cambridge charities get more IT for their money
Ixer has helped The Cogwheel Trust to optimise their IT in a number of ways.