Health advice for travellers to the Winter Olympics and Paralympics
If you are travelling to the XXII Winter Olympic Games (7-23 February) or the XI Paralympic Games (7-16 March 2014), the Travel Clinic has some advice on how you can plan for your trip to keep safe and healthy.
Cam Sight offers a free workshop taster day
Cam Sight is organising a Taster Day to give people the opportunity to try out new activities and learn new skills.
e-Luminate Cambridge Festival: see the city in a new light!
2013 saw Anagram partner with e-Luminate to launch the first Cambridge e-Luminate Festival. As an official sponsor, Anagram once again joins forces with the e-Luminate team to help bring to life more breathtaking, interactive lighting, art installations and events throughout Cambridge.
£43m expansion at TWI on course for completion by end of this year
Following successful completion of groundworks in preparation for a 25,000 square metre expansion at its South Cambridgeshire laboratories, TWI has announced the appointment of Bedfordshire-based construction company SDC as main contractor for the programme. SDC is on schedule to complete the construction work by the end of 2014.
Ministers promise action to remove red tape
Business Minister Michael Fallon and Cabinet Office Minister Ken Clarke today set out how the government is increasing the pace of the government’s drive to cut red tape, abolishing or improving outdated, burdensome or over-complicated regulations which waste businesses’ time and money.
1Spatial awarded £2.08m contract extension by Ordnance Survey of Great Britain
1Spatial, the Spatial Big Data Company which manages the world’s largest spatial data, is pleased to announce a £2.08m contract extension with Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (“OSGB”).
Art meets technology at e-Luminate Cambridge Festival
Connecting ambitious art with imaginative technology, next month's e-Luminate Cambridge Festival sheds light on low carbon innovation. See the city in a brand new light at more than 20 events from February 12th-23rd.
Lauterbach debug tool supports MicroBlaze 8.50.c
Lauterbach, the leading manufacturer of microprocessor development tools, has recently announced its support for the latest version of MicroBlaze™ 8.50.c introduced by Xilinx with EDK 14.7.
Prime Minister backs Cambridge Regional College apprenticeship campaign
Prime Minister David Cameron has backed a campaign by Cambridge Regional College and the Cambridge News to increase the number of young apprentices in the region.
Learn how to Think on Your Feet®
Effective communication is a business essential, so why do people often find it difficult to say what they mean? Learn how to think and communicate differently in a unique skills development programme - Think on Your Feet® - available in March from Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration.
Global Inkjet Systems introduces patented low power regenerative electronics
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), a leading developer of software, drivers, firmware and electronics for industrial inkjet printheads, today announced a new low power regenerative Head Interface Board (HIB) for Fujifilm Dimatix SG1024 StarFire printheads.
Less than a week to go for early registration discount at Sensors in Medicine 2014 conference
The early registration discount for Sensors in Medicine 2014 (March 25 & 26, Royal Geographical Society London) expires on 31 January.
Mobile phone indoor positioning systems reinvented to create a $10 billion market
Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman of IDTechEx, shares some of the research in the IDTechEx Research report Mobile Phone Indoor Positioning Systems (IPS) and Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) 2014-2024.
2idesign launches new website for Psonar: have a listen
How many times do you buy a song, only to listen to it a few times before losing track of it?
Do you know everything you should about Auto Enrolment?
Are you aware of your compulsory employer obligations under Auto Enrolment? Would you like to feel better informed? Then join Abco Payroll's presentation in Cambridge which is now just two weeks away!
Ramsay Healthcare Group chooses Integra ICT to install UC technology at its flagship hospital
Customer satisfaction levels at Ramsay Rivers’ Flagship Hospital exceed 95% as a result of a new unified communications installation.
First class education on a third sector salary: get an MBA when you can’t really afford one
How do you equip managers with cutting-edge management skills when the traditional routes of MBAs and Executive MBAs are beyond the pocket of the majority of voluntary sector organisations and their employees?
Onespacemedia named in the East of England’s top ten agencies
In its first appearance in the rankings Onespacemedia was named in joint-sixth place in Business Weekly’s New Year Honours ‘Image Makers’ announced this month. The Image Makers category covers a wide range of disciplines including PR, marketing and design and Onespacemedia was the only agency included that is purely focused on digital services.
ARM Holdings appoints new Chairman
ARM Holdings plc announces that Sir John Buchanan is stepping down as Chairman, at his request, due to a medical condition. The Board has conducted a thorough search and is pleased to announce that Stuart Chambers will join the Board today as Chairman designate and will succeed Sir John Buchanan as Chairman on 1 March 2014.
Amino results show strong growth in profits and cash
Amino Technologies plc (stock code: AMO), the Cambridge-based leader in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, OTT and in-home multimedia distribution, announces audited results for the year ended 30 November 2013. They demonstrate further successful delivery with strong growth in profits and cash driven by demand for Amino's higher margin products.
The Cambridge Satchel Company raises $21M from Index Ventures
The Cambridge Satchel Company, the leather goods brand and maker of the original and best satchel, has announced funding of $21m from Index Ventures, backers of global brands and fashion retailers including ASOS, Moleskine, Net-á-Porter and Nasty Gal.
Tomatoes rich in anthocyanins could slow cancer
Purple tomatoes with the potential to slow the progression of cancer have been harvested in Ontario, Canada. The tomatoes, which are high in anthocyanins, are the result of research by Norwich Research Park scientists. The purple tomatoes have been shown to have anti-inflammatory effects and to slow the progression of soft-tissue carcinoma in cancer-prone mice.
FT ranks Cambridge MBA top one-year programme
The annual Financial Times global MBA rankings, published today (January 27th), place Cambridge 16th, holding its position as the top ranked one-year programme in the UK for the second year running.
Cities Outlook report shows Cambridge top of list for innovation
Cambridge's reputation for innovation is intact in Cities Outlook 2014, the annual health check of the UK's largest cities and towns, just published. The city leads the way in numbers of patents granted (68.69 per 100,000 of population in 2012, against the second highest - Swindon at 19.35 - and the UK average of just 4.60).
Software designed globally, built in Cambridge
KisanHub is a cloud-based, integrated software platform which brings together public and private data to help farmers take informed decisions about their day-to-day operations and markets. This data-driven decision making platform will reduce input costs, boost returns, improve farm business efficiency and make farming more sustainable. KisanHub is the first decision support system to take an…