Accio Group in the hunt for another brace of awards
More good news for Accio Group this week - and recognition of their endeavours - in the shape of two category shortlistings in the 2014 Hunts Post Huntingdonshire Business Awards.
Bidwells builds on planning expertise with major appointment
Johnny Clayton has joined Bidwells as Head of Landscape and Urban Design, leading the firm’s specialist national team to provide landscape architecture consultancy including urban design and landscape planning.
Why considering wellbeing can tie us up in knots
Without a clear understanding of what’s involved and the benefits to the business of addressing the issue of wellbeing, it can be a struggle to build a good business case and get a budget to work with.
Pure expands into IT recruitment across the East of England
Pure Resourcing Solutions, a leading regional recruitment consultancy firm, is expanding into IT, with the launch of a new division focusing on technology jobs.
PsychologyOnline named top innovator
PsychologyOnline has been recognised for its innovation in healthcare. It is making therapy for depression and anxiety more effective, more accessible and more widely available.
Orchard Street increases weighting to Cambridge with industrial estate purchase
Orchard Street Investment Management, the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed the acquisition of five warehousing units on Cambridge Commercial Park, an industrial and trade counter estate in Cambridge, for £5.914 million.
Rabobank selects VASCO CrontoSign technology for online banking security
VASCO Data Security International, Inc., a global leader in authentication, electronic signatures, and identity management, announced today that Netherlands based Rabobank has introduced the Rabo Scanner, a VASCO DIGIPASS Authenticator featuring CrontoSign technology. It uses visual transaction signing to increase user-friendliness while providing the highest level of online banking transaction…
RiverRhee Consulting gains Cogent Sector Skills Council accreditation
RiverRhee Consulting is now a Cogent accredited provider specialising in the delivery of Workforce Development (Skills for Growth), an employer-devised training programme designed to enable science-based small businesses to develop their existing workforce.
Global violence rates could be halved in just 30 years, say leading experts
Research shows that homicide rates in many countries are falling; leading experts from around the world believe that global rates of homicide and other interpersonal violence - such as child abuse and domestic violence - could be reduced by as much as 50% in just 30 years if governments implement the right policies.
Citrix extends software-defined workplace vision
This week Citrix announced to more than 100 industry analysts the next stage in its vision for empowering people to work better.
Local display makes operation easy on Michell’s new explosion-proof moisture transmitter
Michell Instrument’s newly launched Easidew PRO XP explosion proof dew-point transmitter is now available with an optional integral display, for improved ease of use. The local display provides engineers with readings of moisture at the point of installation, enabling them to carry out checks and make adjustments conveniently and quickly without referring to their control room.
Breathing Buildings CEO named Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering
Breathing Buildings CEO Shaun Fitzgerald has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering.
CCS wins Cambridge News' Top Innovations 2014 award
CCS is proud to announce that it has won one of Cambridge News’ Top Innovations 2014 awards for its pioneering self-organising small cell microwave backhaul system.
Six ways senior tech gurus can help your organisation prosper
As more and more organisations are relying heavily on technology, Pure Resourcing Solutions thinks it’s great that increasing numbers of IT professionals are climbing the ladder to senior jobs. Pure says: "Let’s face it – we all need these masters of tech to make sure our workplaces tick over nicely!
Abcodia receives Horizon 2020 grant to advance its pancreatic cancer early diagnosis test
Abcodia today announced that it has secured a grant from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme to validate an algorithm-based test for the screening of individuals at high risk of pancreatic cancer. The test will be one of the first examples of a personalised screening diagnostic and aims to improve survival rates in this devastating disease.
Time to solve the Scottish innovation problem
A lack of innovation is starting to put Scotland’s economic prosperity – in or out of the union – at risk. Cambridge University's Professor Paul Tracey argues it’s time for entrepreneurs to step up to the plate.
Gene variant dramatically reduces ‘bad’ lipids
Research using data collected from around 4,000 healthy people in the UK has enabled scientists to identify a rare genetic variant that dramatically reduces levels of certain types of lipids in the blood. The study is the first to emerge from the UK10K Project’s cohort of samples from the general public and demonstrates the power of whole genome sequencing at scale.
Smart metering in Europe: the challenges are greater
Smart metering will provide the foundation for the development of the smart grid to meet the challenges that Europe’s energy sector faces.
Santander Masterclass delegate story: Oneserve
Delegates to the latest Santander Breakthrough Masterclass hosted by the McLaren Group find a compelling business story when they attend, as Rob Austin, Commercial Director of cloud-computing company Oneserve explains.
Curating Cambridge: Kettle's Yard autumn season
This autumn, Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge hosts four varied and inspiring exhibitions.
Citrix accelerates innovation for enterprise mobility
Advances in app development and test virtualisation increase security, scalability, testability and manageability of mobile apps.
University key worker family housing designs approved for North West Cambridge
Architectural proposals for key worker and market housing on the North West Cambridge Development have been approved by the local planning authorities.
Riverbed protects WAMGROUP from business disaster in seismic zone
Riverbed SteelFusion creates resilient, converged branch office IT that removes physical server, storage and data protection infrastructure from high-risk location.
How 'overcompensation' can backfire
Suppose a total stranger bumps into you carelessly and knocks your tablet computer to the ground, causing £100 damage, but offers to provide you £1,000 for your loss and troubles? A nice gesture, one might say, something that could build the victim’s admiration and trust for the perpetrator.
Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire to present JDR with 2014 Queen’s Award
JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, will receive its 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade from the Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire on Thursday 18 September. The Lord Lieutenant will tour JDR’s facility in Littleport; from engineering design to the onsite factory before presenting the award and reading JDR’s Queen’s Award…