Cambridge Sensotec offers installation service in partnership with Phoenix Alarms
Cambridge Sensotec is pleased to partner with Phoenix Alarms & Safety Services Ltd, enabling it to offer customers a comprehensive fixed gas detection installation and commissioning service. This latest service includes national coverage, consultation, maintenance and calibration schedules designed specifically around customers' applications and environments.
Addenbrooke’s boss says smoking will be ‘stubbed out’ on 1 January
As NICE publishes new guidance today calling for hospitals to become smoke-free, Addenbrooke’s chief executive says a smoking ban will come into force on 1 January 2014.
Huppert calls for fair treatment on health funding
MP Julian Huppert has called on the government to make sure that Cambridgeshire and Peterborough get the money they deserve for health care.
Companies sought for project to inspire students' interest in electronics
EDT (Engineering Development Trust) and the UK Electronics Skills Foundation have partnered to create a new Go4SET project designed to excite 12-14 year olds about electronics in today’s and tomorrow’s world. A Go4SET hub is being established in the East of England, centred on Cambridge, and local companies are now sought to mentor students and teams.
Printed electronics process could support wafer-thin $10 Bluetooth low energy keyboards
A patented process using capacitive touch technology could allow Bluetooth low energy functionality to be added to the cheapest everyday materials such as paper, card, and plastic without requiring specialist printing machinery.
Ubisense strengthens position in Asia through strategic partnership
Ubisense Group plc (AIM: UBI), a market leader in real-time location intelligence solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive strategic partnership with one of the world's leading automotive logistics companies in Asia.
Cambridge International Airport confirms Jersey flights for third year
Cambridge International Airport has confirmed that its weekly summer Saturday flights to Jersey will return for a third year from May 2014. Following its continued success this summer, independent tour operator C.I. Travel will be working with the airport to once again offer Jersey holidays from May to September 2014, with week-long packages starting from £367 per person.
Are children aware of their human rights?
Anglia Ruskin University and Cambridgeshire County Council’s Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE) service are collaborating on an EU funded research programme to examine children’s rights.
Triple-accredited MBA goes from strength to strength
For practising managers who cannot spare the time away from work to study for an MBA full-time, the Open University’s triple accredited MBA offers the perfect solution. The facility to study for an MBA part-time has proved very popular with the number of OU MBA alumni from around the world about to reach the 24,000 mark.
Christmas comes early for Cambridgeshire communities as superfast broadband arrives
Superfast broadband has arrived in rural Cambridgeshire under the Connecting Cambridgeshire programme, with the first new green cabinets going live this week (Monday).
Pure quiz challenge raises money for Papworth cancer support group
Local hardware and software solutions company, DisplayLink, claimed the charity quiz throne last week at a fundraising event that raised more than £1,800 for Papworth Hospital Mesothelioma Support Group.
BEER Festival causes a fizz with senior executives!
Business leaders from across the region attended the first ever Best Employer, Eastern Region (BEER) Festival at Ickworth Park near Bury St Edmunds last week. The event was organised by Pure Resourcing Solutions (Pure) specialist recruitment agency and eras ltd, providers of psychometric testing and people development solutions.
UK Device Developers' Conference announces 2014 dates and locations
The UK's Embedded Systems Conference is to visit Bristol, Cambridge, Manchester and Scotland during May and June 2014.
£4m of charity bonds issued for Future Business Centre
Cambridge-based charity Allia has raised £4.2 million through a bond issue to complete the financing for its new Future Business Centre – an incubation centre for social and environmental enterprises.
Not to be missed - a special debate on entrepreneurship and growth
How can we help entrepreneurs contribute to growth? Lord Andrew Adonis and some of Cambridge’s leading entrepreneurs – David Cleevely, Sherry Coutu, Andy Richards and Kevin Auton – will debate this question in a special Cambridge Network event at The Hauser Forum on Thursday 5th December.
Take advantage of training opportunities on your doorstep
Cambridge Network members are urged to take advantage of the quality training opportunities available through the Network's Learning Collaboration (LC). A wide spectrum of soft skills, technical and leadership development courses are on offer throughout the year, and Network membership means you automatically have the right to book on to any LC course at any time.
Managing start-ups: valuable lessons from the ‘dot-com’ era
Although most analyses of the ‘dot-com boom’ focus on the commercial and technological aspects of that period, valuable lessons were also learned about how best to manage start-ups. This is the view of Steve Wade, a Cambridge change management consultant, who project managed the creation of a number of major on-line brands during that period.
Volker Till, CEO of Till GmbH, voted top speaker at IMI Europe’s Ink Jet Conference
Delegates at the IMI Europe 21st Annual European Ink Jet Conference have voted Volker Till, CEO of Till, as the top speaker. The results were compiled from the evaluation forms returned at the event. His presentation “Inkjet decoration of curved surfaces at high capacities – challenges & successful implementation” is now available as a free download from the IMI Europe website.
LSCC push for long-haul flights
The London-Stansted-Cambridge Consortium today launched a major report showcasing the life science and healthcare sector in this, the largest cluster outside the US.
PATEO selects RealVNC for MirrorLink™ in-car connectivity
PATEO Corporation, a leading Chinese manufacturer of embedded systems for the automotive industry, has selected RealVNC, the global provider of VNC®, remote access and control software, as a partner for MirrorLink™ certified in-car connectivity.
Quick! Save your day of the Doctor
Saturday 23rd November marked the BBC’s ‘Day of the Doctor’. When is your day?
Cambridge Index rises 2.7%
The Cambridge Index rose 2.7% or 448.7 points, to end at 17,079.6, as four of the top five index heavyweights posted gains.
MedImmune celebrates 25 years of biotech innovation
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a donation to Macmillan Cancer Support.
The Doctor delivers for Children in Need
A brand new Dr Who audio drama, produced and edited by Anglia Ruskin University students, has raised over £78,000 for Children in Need.
Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI
Breakthrough offers high-sensitivity nanoscale sensors, and could lead to magnetic imaging of neuron activity and thermometry on a single living cell.