Tommee Tippee® and Cambridge Design Partnership develop novel nappy disposal system
Innovative technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announces that it has been working with internationally renowned, award-winning baby products manufacturer, Tommee Tippee® to develop a breakthrough nappy disposal system.
Abco Payroll announces free seminars on Auto Enrolment
Abco Payroll is partnering with Financial Services Group RHG and HR consultancy The HR Specialists to run a series of seminars on Auto Enrolment. Auto Enrolment is part of a series of workplace pension reforms aimed at encouraging employees to save more of their earnings for retirement.
Cheffins holds auction of furnishings from the interiors of the Luton Hoo Estate
Cheffins auctioneers of Cambridge will be holding an auction in their Cambridge salerooms on Thursday 30th January of furnishings from the interiors of the Luton Hoo Estate.
All-new information security risk assessment tool vsRisk™ 2.0 available from IT Governance
IT Governance, the leading information security and ISO 27001 experts, has announced that the newly released version of the information security risk assessment tool, vsRisk™, is now available for download from the company’s website.
Breakthrough’s successful season of SME Roundtables
Santander’s Breakthrough programme hosted a series of Roundtables in 2013, focusing on SME experiences and how the bank can offer help and support. As Rachel Nash explains, the events were enlightening, inspiring and beneficial to all involved.
Don’t let the New Year’s resolutions fade: make lasting change in 2014
January is a time when, as we do in our personal lives, many business leaders look to the year ahead and make resolutions about changing their organisations for the better. These changes might relate to customers, products, staff, technology or culture, etc. But how many such ideas will even make it to the planning stage, let alone be implemented?
Dr Ian Gilham appointed Chairman of the Board for Horizon Discovery
Horizon Discovery, a leading provider of research tools to support the development of personalised medicines, today announced the formal appointment of Dr Ian Gilham as Chairman of its Board of Directors.
Deloitte analyses top technology trends for 2014
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte today announces its predictions for the technology sector in 2014. This year’s predictions cover a range of topics, highlighting developments around wearable technology, smaller tablets and the converged living room.
Cambridge Index falls 3.9%
The Cambridge Index fell 3.9% or 721.6 points, to end at 17,797, following a sharp loss in index bellwether, ARM Holdings.
Research to help safeguard children at risk
The role of how Accident and Emergency records can be used to safeguard children at risk will be discussed during a special public lecture at Anglia Ruskin University on Wednesday, 29 January (5pm).
East Anglia plc has the jobs...now it needs workers with the right skills
As the brakes come off East Anglia’s re-energised economy, Cambridge employers are looking well beyond county boundaries to fill senior posts which are vital to their own business acceleration plans.
Funds through fitness: CEO kicks off 10,000 burpees for the CUH stroke unit
Addenbrooke’s CEO Dr Keith McNeil will perform the first of 10,000 burpees – a military-inspired strength and agility exercise – to raise money for the Trust’s stroke rehabilitation unit.
'Handling uncertainty: what can different disciplines learn from each other?'
A fascinating and enlightening evening is certain when David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk and Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Cambridge, talks to Cambridge Network members next month (Tuesday February 11th).
RealVNC brings deskhop to Linux
RealVNC, the original developer and provider of VNC® remote access and control software, has announced that deskhop, its recently launched free-to-use computer screen sharing Facebook application, is now also available on Linux.
Learn how to manage your time better
How well do you manage your time? If you think there's room for improvement, consider signing up for the forthcoming Time Management course being run by Cambridge Network's Learning Collaboration on Tuesday February 4th.
Cuttsy+Cuttsy welcomes new Account Manager
Cuttsy+Cuttsy is excited to welcome a new team member to their barn this month.
Let’s celebrate ‘Keeping it in Cambridge’
On Wednesday 20th January 2014 at 5pm, Cambridge Event Management has organised a superb networking evening to celebrate the excellent centre for business that Cambridge has become.
Colour Films captures the excitement around the massive science and engineering mash-up
Once a year schools, families and the Cambridge science community join forces in a mutual effort to build a long and complex chain reaction.
Mills & Reeve advises Low Carbon Innovation Fund on cleantech investments worth £12.5m
Mills & Reeve has acted for the venture capital fund, Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF), on a series of investments totalling approximately £12.5 million in just nine months and helped launch LCIF’s Smaller Investment Scheme.
MCS appointed to promote ENO’s ‘Peter Grimes’ live opera cinema event
MCS has been appointed by Altivemedia, an alternative content distribution company, to assist in the promotion of the English National Opera’s Peter Grimes live cinema event. The event is being broadcast live to hundreds of UK cinemas on February 23rd.
How to get the career you deserve in 2014
Are you stuck in a rut and looking to leave your job this year? Finding the job you deserve in 2014 isn’t as impossible as you might think, as Cambridge-based career management coaches at Career Ambitions explain.
'I have tried it before and it didn’t work!'
'I have tried it before and it didn’t work!' This is a comment that I have heard time after time when I am visiting potential client's offices, says Ian Titchener, Director of Telemarketing Matters. Many of them have tried telemarketing (or what they believe is telemarketing) and have been so sorely disappointed with the results that they are almost put off for life...
Cambridge Ahead gains four new Members since launch
Four organisations have recently joined Cambridge Ahead since its launch in November, taking the total number of organisations that are Full Members to 25.
How to give the best presentation ever
In this post, communication coach Jon Torrens describes the essential elements for your best presentation.
Workshop highlights medical uses of Kinect technology
In keeping with the January ritual of reflecting on the past year’s accomplishments, Microsoft Research Cambridge is eager to share information about an event they hosted in November: the Body Tracking in Healthcare workshop.