Agri-Tech sector set for further growth with new innovation centre for Soham
The growing Agri-Tech industry will have a new home thanks to a £0.5 million investment from the Eastern Agri-Tech Initiative, created by the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and partners.
Polysolar targets NHS with solar roof
Polysolar, in collaboration with Playfords Electrical, has completed its first NHS hospital tender, a 72kW rooftop installation at the Wythenshawe Hospital, a major acute teaching hospital of the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust.
Networkers brave the Tube Strike
A band of resourceful business men and women braved the Tube strike to attend a networking event at the o2 Workshop in Tottenham Court Road earlier this week. Cambridge Network member Kate Atkin showed attendees how to present their business and network with confidence. Described as "spot on with useful content" everyone went away with specific tips to put into practice.
Thomas Cook Airlines announces direct long-haul flights from Stansted
Thomas Cook Airlines has today announced that, for Summer 2015, it will operate flights from London Stansted to Orlando, Cancun and Las Vegas, becoming the only airline to offer a long-haul programme from the airport.
Conference Cambridge celebrates major event with record number of venues
Conference Cambridge, the official free venue-finding service for the University and its colleges, as well as hotels and other unique properties in and around Cambridge, is celebrating a major milestone.
Cambs Fine Management moves to new offices
Cambs Fine Management, a communications agency, has opened a new office in Waterbeach, Cambridge. The company, founded in November 2013, specialises in business development consultancy, social media management and digital solutions.
The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2014
The Royal Society has announced the election of its new Fellows, including ten Cambridge University academics, who join an eminent list of scientists, engineers and technologists from the UK and the Commonwealth. Past Fellows and Foreign Members have included Newton, Darwin and Einstein.
Cambridge Live seeks founding Chair of the Trustees
Cambridge Live, the working name of a new not-for--profit organisation being set up to take over the running of Cambridge City Council’s major arts venue and events, is seeking to appoint a Founding Chair to set up and lead the new charity over its first two years.
How to bounce back after relocation
Relocating is a big deal, especially when you’re taking a leap of faith and looking for a job after the move.
iTrinegy helps to de-risk critical application deployments for Xpertex government customers
Xpertex implements iTrinegy’s network emulation technology to de-risk their client’s networked application deployments.
Profiles of leaders in salivary bioscience: Juliane Hellhammer, CEO, daacro, Trier Germany
The latest in Salimetrics' regular series featuring experts from its Saliva Research Community is Juliane Hellhammer, Chief Executive Officer, daacro GmbH, diagnostic assessment and clinical research organisation, Trier, Germany.
British ambassador to UAE is new UKTI chief executive
Dominic Jermey will be the new Chief Executive of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), it has been announced.
Will you become a Friend of Addenbrooke's?
Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust (ACT) has launched a new Friends of Addenbrooke's scheme to recognise the ongoing, regular support of many of the community for Addenbrooke's and the Rosie hospitals.
Pushing the boundaries
Science works best when people are prepared to question the received wisdom, says The Scientific Alliance.
Michell Instruments celebrates 40 years of business with a competition for local schools
Sensor and instrumentation manufacturer, Michell Instruments, has announced a competition for Cambridgeshire schools as part of its 40th Anniversary celebrations.
ICE Presidential apprenticeship for Jamie
There is no stopping Jamie Radford of the Mott MacDonald Cambridge office who has been made an Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) President's Apprentice.
Spring sees a surge in new tenants at Milton Hall Cambridge - now 75% full
A wide range of companies has recently moved into the newly refurbished manor house set in six acres of landscaped grounds only minutes from central Cambridge.
Destined for success with Sieve Creative
Sieve Creative receive funding and listed as supplier for Destination Digital and Connecting Cambridge.
EACS achieves Sophos Gold Solution Partner status
EACS has announced the achievement of Sophos Gold Solution Partner status. It is one of only four partners in the UK to hold this level of certification.
Today marks the start of Scams Awareness Month!
Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau is warning about the fraudsters preying on hard-up households throughout Scams Awareness Month this May. Fraudsters are “picking the pockets” of up to four million people each year, according to new research from central Citizens Advice.
Mills & Reeve adds four to the partnership
Mills & Reeve has announced four new internal partner appointments, bringing the partnership to 118 across the firm’s six UK offices.
Government approves £165 million deal for Papworth Hospital move
Papworth Hospital, the leading specialist heart and lung hospital, will move from its current location outside Cambridge onto the Cambridge Biomedical Campus next to Addenbrooke’s hospital site. A £165 million deal for a new hospital has been approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.
Huppert welcomes Papworth deal after weeks of lobbying
Cambridge MP Julian Huppert has welcomed the news that the government has approved a £165 million deal to move Papworth Hospital to Cambridge.
ARM Holdings PLC announces retirement of CFO in May 2015
ARM Holdings plc, the world’s leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier, announces today that Tim Score, who has been Chief Financial Officer since 2002, has decided to retire from the company 12 months from now in May 2015.
RealVNC appoints Compuwave as key distributor in DACH region
Compuwave GmbH, a specialist in selling software, software procurement and licensing advisors, will supply VNC® software to resellers in the DACH region.