SME Summit at the International Festival for Business 2014: Delegate stories
The latest SME Summit, organised by Santander and The Times, took place at the International Festival for Business 2014 in Liverpool. Santander's Breakthrough Business Editor Dan Matthews attended and asked three other delegates what they got out of the day.
Six easy ways to tackle the school holiday shuffle
With the summer holidays upon us, you may currently find yourself juggling family life with the demands of a job. It can be a challenge to make it through the long school break, balancing your work commitments with family life. But Pure Resourcing Solutions might just be able to help!
Cambridge ranked 8th most important UK city for attracting foreign investment
Cambridge is ranked in eighth place in a list of leading UK cities attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey.
New Stansted Tourism Forum launched to boost inbound travel to region
Stansted Airport and Visit East Anglia have announced details of an exciting joint initiative ‘The Stansted Tourism Forum’ that brings together the expertise of tourism representatives from across the region in a partnership to help boost inward leisure and business travel.
Students praise teaching and courses
According to the National Student Survey (NSS) which was released today, Anglia Ruskin courses are among the most intellectually stimulating in the country.
New programme supports sustainable growth in the creative economy
Launching across England in September, Creative Industry Finance is a ground-breaking programme providing business support and access to finance to enable the growth and development of the UK’s cultural and creative industries.
Stansted traffic up by one million passengers over the past year
The peak summer season got off to a flying start at Stansted Airport as more than 1.9 million passengers travelled through the terminal in July 2014, up 12.2% on the same month last year and the busiest monthly total since August 2011.
Nominations sought for 2014 WISE Awards
The annual WISE Awards celebrate female talent in science, technology and engineering - from classroom to boardroom. In 2014, which marks the 30th anniversary of the WISE campaign, the WISE Awards categories have been re-aligned to fit into two strategic areas.
Research will discover if we’re crazy for Klingon
Are you crazy for Klingon or do you prefer Tolkien’s Elvish tongues? Well, a linguistics expert is carrying out a live research experiment to discover the public’s reaction to different constructed languages, or “conlangs”.
CCVS 2014 photography competition opens
Once again CCVS, Cambridge University and Cambridgeshire Community Foundation are promoting a county-wide photography competition.
Landis+Gyr achieves PMP certification for entire program management team
Landis+Gyr announced completion of Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification for its entire North American team of Gridstream® deployment project and program managers. PMP is a globally-recognized certification in project management by the Project Management Institute.
Bango and Deutsche Telekom announce app store operator billing partnership
Bango and Deutsche Telekom announce a partnership to widen access to Direct Operator Billing (DOB) for app store purchases. The partnership enables Deutsche Telekom to accelerate DOB deployment, bringing frictionless ‘one click’ payment for apps, music, games and other digital content, to its subscribers across Germany and other European markets.
Results from Phase III programme of lesinurad in combination with xanthine oxidase inhibitors
AstraZeneca announces top-line results from the Phase III programme of lesinurad in combination with xanthine oxidase inhibitors in gout patients.
Watching molecules ‘dance’ in real time could help researchers
A new technique which traps light at the nanoscale to enable real-time monitoring of individual molecules bending and flexing may aid in our understanding of how changes within a cell can lead to diseases such as cancer.
Riverbed SteelFusion gives Alamos Gold a competitive edge
Canadian gold mining company increases performance across its global business and improves disaster recovery plan with innovative branch converged infrastructure.
Eurotech announces DynaGATE 15-10 multi-service transportation gateway and edge controller
Eurotech, a leading supplier of embedded technologies, products and systems, today announces the DynaGATE 15-10, a multi-service gateway and edge controller designed to meet demanding transportation industry requirements with a rugged design and remote configuration capabilities.
Virtual ward creates bed space at Addenbrooke’s
Doctors at Cambridge University Hospitals are using a ‘virtual’ ward to help ease capacity pressures.
Open University among top UK universities for student satisfaction
The Open University has again been rated one of the best in the country for student satisfaction in the latest National Student Survey (NSS). The OU received a rating of 91% for overall student satisfaction, placing it in the top ten universities in the country. This means the OU is one of only four UK universities to have consistently achieved more than 90% in the survey’s history.
Cambridge Consultants moves to Boston
Company relocates headquarters to support innovation and growth
CIC announces first three investments from its £50 million Cambridge Cluster Fund
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), an investor in high-growth technology companies in the Cambridge cluster, has completed its first investments from a £50 million fund, backing three companies that address rapidly growing market opportunities in the areas of cloud-based video archiving, grid-scale energy management and generative music composition.
WaveFX films the Responsible Business Awards 2014
Hosted by comedian David Walliams, and Sky anchor Sports Natalie Pinkham the Awards encourage and celebrate the responsible business movement across the UK
Cambridge Innovation Capital announces first three investments from its £50 million fund
Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC), an investor in high-growth technology companies in the Cambridge cluster, has completed its first investments from a £50 million fund, backing three companies that address rapidly growing market opportunities in the areas of cloud-based video archiving, grid-scale energy management and generative music composition.
Students study real business – and real ale!
Marketing students at Anglia Ruskin University are getting a taste for real business – and real ale – thanks to the release of a new iPhone beer app called Pint Please.
Cambridge Index rises 1.8%
The Cambridge Index added 1.8% or 275.78 points to 15,232.7, as five of the top ten index heavyweights posted gains.
Pi Innovo: How LabVIEW and PXI keep the music playing at 200 mph
"By placing NI technologies at the heart of the test system, we designed and delivered a customisable automated test solution in just a few working days." - Richard Thomas