Horizon Discovery signs distribution agreement with Haplogen
Horizon will market and distribute haploid gene trap mutant collection to its global customer base.
Local Enterprise Partnership seeks business board member
The Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) is calling upon business leaders from across the area to step forward to help shape the future of our local economy as it starts the process to recruit a new LEP Board Member.
Race against time to save Captain Scott’s ‘lost’ photographic negatives
An urgent appeal to save 113 photographic negatives taken by Captain Scott was launched yesterday (Tuesday) by the University of Cambridge’s Polar Museum.
Patients with mouth and oesophageal cancers take longer to seek help from GP
New research shows that lack of awareness of the symptoms of mouth and oesophageal cancer means people wait much longer before visiting their GPs than people with symptoms of other cancers.
Dews Coaches launches new website designed and built by Provoke Me
Cambridgeshire based coach company, Dews Coaches, has been operating for more than 60 years. Their website was old, tired, dated and doing nothing to help promote the quality transport services they provide. So they commissioned Provoke Me to design and build a new website for them, updating their style and creating a brand that would serve them and appeal to their target audience.
UDL offers free advice on patents, designs and trademarks at Device Developers' Conference
Leading Patent and Trademark Attorneys UDL have announced that they will be exhibiting at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference and will be available to engineers, project managers and designers for a free initial consultation.
Zinwave named a finalist for 2014 International TETRA Awards
Zinwave Ltd, a global supplier of in-building Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) for cellular and public safety coverage, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best TETRA Innovation category for the 2014 International TETRA Awards.
Women’s Leadership Programme aims to empower female employees
The issue of gender diversity within the workplace is hotter than ever. Next month the 2014 Female FTSE Board report is out, providing an update on how the UK’s leading businesses are doing in terms of getting more women board members.
Beat the robots, get the job!
If you are searching for a job, you need to make sure your CV is working for you. More and more companies are using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). This means that it is more important than ever that your CV is ATS compatible...
Strictly Cambridge fundraiser features CU DanceSport team
Get your dancing shoes on and smile! Don't miss ‘Strictly Cambridge’ - a demonstration performance and class by Cambridge University DanceSport team on behalf of Bluesmile at Cambridge Guildhall this evening (Weds).
Self-organising small cell backhaul pioneer CCS CE marks its system
CCS’s R&TTE-compliant system now in commercial pilots with major mobile operators worldwide.
Cambridge Consultants presents record-breaking charity gift
A cheque for £25,000 has been presented to Cambridge City Foodbank as a result of fundraising activities by staff at Cambridge Consultants.
Brains Eden goes international
Brains Eden, the bright and bold flagship gaming festival held in Cambridge every year, is set to go international in 2014, with teams of students, academics and games developers from across the UK and Europe joined for the first time by a Canadian team from Nova Scotia.
Small businesses should think carefully before rushing in to employ staff
Research shows that many small businesses are set to employ staff for the first time when the new Employment Allowance comes into effect. But be careful before you go rushing into it, says David Brassington of CMC Partners.
ViewRanger partners with ‘Mountain Biking UK’ magazine for trail publishing
Britain’s best-selling mountain biking magazine, Mountain Biking UK (MBUK), and ViewRanger, the leading outdoors GPS navigation app, have partnered to deliver downloadable mountain bike trail guides for smartphones and tablets.
ARM and SMIC broaden IP partnership with 28nm process for mobile and consumer applications
Collaboration between ARM and SMIC, China's largest and most advanced semiconductor foundry, provides access to innovative IP for high-performance SoC designs.
Kettle's Yard international exhibition 'Art & Life 1920-1931'
A major international exhibition of work from two of the UK’s most important 20th Century painters, Ben and Winifred Nicholson, starts this Saturday (February 15th).
Migration: Britain’s hospitable past
In the midst of current controversies over immigration law and policy, Cambridge University's Professor Alison Bashford discusses why it's important to recall Britain’s unique place in the international history of modern border control, suggesting that Britain’s principled politico-legal past calls for cautious celebration, rather than the more common critique.
Cambridge Index falls 2.0%
The Cambridge Index fell 2% or 336 points, to end at 16,844.3, as seven of the top ten index heavyweights saw their share price fall.
Auto Enrolment is coming - are you ready?
All employers, regardless of size, will need to contribute to pension schemes for their employees. You are invited to join Abco Payroll's free presentation at St John's Innovation Centre tomorrow (February 12th) to learn more about your employer duties and how to plan for them.
Bigger than data - discover or die?
Life science giants Novartis, Roche and Bayer are attending a high level Cambridge symposium hosted by Eagle Genomics next month, debating the role of big data in the sector.
Industrial and commercial sector is largest for marine electric vehicles, says report
The new IDTechEx report, Electric Boats, Small Submarines and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) 2014-2024 reveals the market for electric water craft, including those on and under water, will increase from $2.6 billion to $7.3 billion in 2024.
Bango Dashboard: A unique operator view of digital sales across major app stores
Bango has announced its latest product innovation: Bango Dashboard. This entirely new product has emerged from Bango’s analytics technology, giving Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) a three dimensional view of their subscribers’ digital content purchases, across the world’s largest app stores.
Mobas raises £3.5k for Marie Curie Cancer Care
Leading creative agency Mobas has presented a cheque for over £3,500 to Marie Curie Cancer Care, a result of a year’s fundraising events as part of Mobas’ 10 campaign to celebrate the agency’s tenth anniversary.
How to find the career ladder you want to climb
If you dread going to work every day, it doesn't have to always be this way. After a horrible few years, the UK job market is finally starting to pick up and disillusioned professionals are seeing the dawn of a new year as an opportunity to re-evaluate and ask themselves whether now is the time to take the plunge and find themselves a job – and a career – that they enjoy.