St John’s Catering and Conference Manager selected to join Réunion des Gastronomes
Bill Brogan, Catering and Conference Manager at St John’s College, has been elected into the Réunion des Gastronomes, an organisation officially formed in 1899 with the object of raising standards of hotel keeping and catering.
Deloitte previews Budget 2014
Lizzie Hill, Tax Partner at Deloitte in Cambridge, considers what tax measures the Chancellor is expected to focus upon in the Budget on 19 March, and what we already know is in Finance Bill 2014:
What's the truth about cloud telephony?
Cloud telephony has been credited as driving unified communications (UC) forward - but is the reality really so bright or does cloud telephony lack the silver lining?
Can this $70 dongle stem the epidemic of password breaches?
Security researchers have developed a password storage system that uses inexpensive hardware to prevent the cracking of passwords — even the most common and weak ones such as "123456," "password," and "letmein."
Government Minister to deliver keynote address at National Retrofit conference
Rt Hon Gregory Barker, Minister of State for Climate Change, Department of Energy and Climate Change will deliver the keynote address at the National Retrofit Conference on 9-10 April at Queens College, Cambridge. He will outline the Government's strategic priorities and plans for the carbon optimisation of buildings in the UK.
Tier 2 Consulting set to reward university talent in 2014
Stevenage based Tier 2 Consulting has announced the continuation of their unique partnership with the University of Hertfordshire - as an official module sponsor of the School of Computer Science.
Founder views: Andy Harter, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RealVNC
"There's probably no better place to start a technology business than Cambridge," says Andy Harter, Founder and CEO of RealVNC – and he should know, having set up one of the cluster's biggest success stories. Ahead of next week’s Business Awards Week launch event, where he will be speaking, he talks about his business and Cambridge’s continued growth.
Want to identify future talent before graduates hit the job market?
Anglia Ruskin University is hosting poster presentation evenings on 24th March and 28th March in Cambridge, where all final year Computing and Technology students will be presenting their major projects.
Rent-free office space is a boon for start-ups
Calling all start-ups! If you're looking for office space near central Cambridge, look no further.
Mantracourt Electronics celebrates 40th year in business
Mantracourt remains on track for further growth, after an impressive 40 years of business.
1Spatial Group appoints Martin Gregory as General Manager, 1Spatial Asia Pacific
1Spatial Group, the spatial big data company, has announced the appointment of company veteran, Martin Gregory, to the position of General Manager, 1Spatial Asia Pacific.
Writing a business plan can be a rewarding experience!
There are no easy shortcuts to writing a business plan, but it doesn’t need to double up as a door stop, says small business expert David Brassington of CMC Partners.
WaveFX Athletics Team (WAT) conquers Cambridge Half Marathon
What a great day. Cancer Research was the official charity partner of the Cambridge Half Marathon and they hoped to build on the £250,000 raised from the last two races.
Signagelive and Screenfeed collaborate to make dynamic content available
Signagelive, a global supplier of cloud-based digital signage technology, has integrated Screenfeed real time content feeds natively within its core technology platform to provide users with ‘one-click’ access to Screenfeed’s large menu of dynamically updated media.
A snapshot of life 560 million years ago
A new display at the Sedgwick Museum in Cambridge focuses on the latest research into a group of fossils that might be the earliest examples of animals ever found. Palaeontologist Dr Alex Liu hopes that the exhibition will raise awareness of the unique organisms that lived in the Ediacaran period.
Centrum is nearing completion
The new Centrum building, on Norwich Research Park, is making excellent progress.
Accio Group looks to do the double in Business Excellence Awards
Accio Group, based on the Alconbury Enterprise Campus, is keeping collective fingers and toes crossed ahead of the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards next week, when the company will discover if they have won over the judges in not one, but two categories.
Council proposes new cultural trust to run Corn Exchange and Folk Festival
In a report that will be considered by Community Services Scrutiny Committee on Thursday this week, officers at Cambridge City Council recommend setting up a new charitable Trust to run the City’s premier arts venue, Cambridge Corn Exchange and the world famous Cambridge Folk Festival.
Panel discussion added to Sensors in Medicine 2014
A panel discussion on "Challenges of Continuous In-Vivo Sensing" has been added to the programme at Sensors in Medicine 2014. A group of five leading academics will each introduce a topic, before opening it to general discussion.
Learn how to boost your productivity
Would you like to be more productive in your working life? Two courses coming up soon on Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration calendar could help you do just that.
Apprentices of the future
The future of apprenticeships in the local area is looking bright as a new Strategy was launched as part of National Apprenticeships Week.
TWI welcomes a delegation from the Ministry of Works, Malaysia
Chief Executive of TWI, Christoph Wiesner, and staff from TWI South East Asia have given the Malaysian Government Minister of Works Datuk Fadillah Yusof and the Chief Executive of the Malaysian Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Dato’ Sri Judin Karim a warm reception at the company’s Cambridge headquarters. The Minister visited the UK for a series of tours to leading research and…
Social innovation tour cultivates ideas for Cambridge MBA students
In February this year the Cambridge MBA Social Innovation Special Interest Group (SIG) embarked on a unique career trek to five social impact organisations in the capital: Acumen, Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, Big Society Capital, Unilever and Unltd.
Nataša Pržulj announced as BCS Roger Needham Award 2014 winner
Sponsored by Microsoft Research Cambridge
Professor Trevor Robbins awarded prize for research on higher brain functions
Professor Trevor Robbins, head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, is one of three European scientists to share the world’s largest prize for brain research.