Cambridge Index falls 0.2%
The Cambridge Index fell 0.2% or 28.5 points, to end at 17,470.1, as three of the top five heavyweights posted losses.
Boost for local businesses to get better connected
Businesses in Cambridgeshire will be helped to afford faster broadband connections and make the most of digital technologies with over £4.5million extra Government funding for the Connecting Cambridgeshire programme.
Sphere Fluidics appoints new R&D executive
Sphere Fluidics, the single cell analysis and characterisation company, has hired Dr Marian Rehak as their new R&D Director.
Beware of counterfeit rabies vaccine
The Travel Clinic Ltd, Cambridge and Ipswich, reports on counterfeit rabies vaccines found in the Philippines.
Christmas appeal supports cancer services at Addenbrooke’s
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s (ACT’s) annual Christmas appeal is supporting cancer services at Addenbrooke’s, with the help of breast cancer patient, Sally Newman and her children Kaela, 8, and Ricardo, 20.
WaveFX spends 5 days filming at Morgan Car Company
The WaveFX film crew has just returned from an amazing week, filming at the iconic Morgan car factory nestled in the Malvern Hills.
Onespacemedia technical team receives a boost with new team member
The web development team at Onespacemedia has been strengthened further by the arrival of James Foley.
Inca Digital launches next-generation ‘Scaleable Architecture’ platform for Onset
Inca Digital's new ‘future-proof’ modular platform design gives companies the power to evolve the productivity and colour options of their Onset printers on-site to match their changing business needs.
Population Genetics licenses VeriTag™ patent to Agilent Technologies
Population Genetics Technologies Ltd (PGT) has exclusively licensed patent rights including US 8,481,292 covering its VeriTag™ technology to Agilent Technologies.
Vaccine checks are smartphone-enabled
Cambridge Consultants is working with Diagnostics For All to demonstrate a mobile phone application that can read a simple test for whether a child has been immunised. It enables real-time immunity tests with a stamp-sized square of paper and a mobile phone.
'IFRS for the oil and gas Industry' training course updated for 2014
Aspiration Europe (AE) are pleased to announce that their IFRS for the Oil and Gas Industry direct learning course has been updated for new participants sitting the course in 2014.
Aspiration Europe authors IFRS training course for telecoms and related technologies
Aspiration Europe (AE) are delighted to announce that they have authored a new direct learning training course focused on IFRS accounting for the Telecoms (& related technologies) sector.
Mobas scoops prestigious marketing award
Leading creative agency Mobas has scooped a prestigious marketing award for Best Branding and Positioning.
Unique sensor device receives recognition at IET Innovation Awards
A new, unique and tiny sensor device named Utterberry, designed and developed at Cambridge University's Department of Engineering and deployed in the Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction's projects, could potentially transform infrastructure monitoring and possibly even act as a remote sensor for human health monitoring in the future.
Finnish academic flies in for Fellowship
A Finnish academic has been awarded a prestigious Fellowship to help him to carry out a new research project at Anglia Ruskin University.
Creating exceptional managers: RiverRhee Consulting publishes latest newsletter
Are you supporting your managers’ development to position them well for creating exceptional teams? RiverRhee Consulting has been privileged to work with several relatively new managers in recent months.
Gene promotes one in a hundred tumours
Researchers have identified a gene that drives the development of tumours in over one per cent of all cancer patients. This is the first time that the gene CUX1 has been broadly linked to cancer development.
Aquavent brings water saving innovations to Alconbury Enterprise Campus
Aquavent UK has become the latest tenant to move to Alconbury Enterprise Campus, the low carbon high quality development that sits at the heart of the Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough economies.
LEP announces Prize Challenge winners
The winners of the first ever LEP Prize Challenge have been unveiled, with eight voluntary and social enterprises winning £30,000 each to help get people back into work.
The Autumn Statement: possibly good politics – but bad economics
University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics Michael Kitson dissects the UK Government’s own assessment of its economic performance
The energy imperative
Although food security is vital, this is itself underpinned by energy security, says The Scientific Alliance.
Sagentia selected as development partner for SetPoint Medical’s novel neuromodulation device
Sagentia, a global technology and product development company, has been hired by SetPoint Medical to work on the development of the programming interface for a neuromodulation device. The device aims to provide patients with a lower risk and lower cost alternative to immunosuppressive drugs for the treatment of chronic inflammatory diseases.
Government keen to do deal with Cambridge on transport and housing
Council leaders, businesses and the University of Cambridge yesterday (Thurs) welcomed the announcement in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement that the Government is committed to delivering a "City Deal" with Greater Cambridge to unlock over £1billion of investment.
Clare College elects next Master
Lord Grabiner QC is to become the 45th Master of Clare College from the start of the next academic year.
Crop-infecting virus forces aphids to spread disease
University of Cambridge researchers have shown that viruses use aphids as pawns, discouraging the insects from permanently settling on already-infected crops and using this forced migration to spread infection to healthy vegetation.