Free webinar - collaborating for results
David Willcock’s book Collaborating for Results: Silo Working and Relationships that Work was published by Gower in July 2013. Aston University Business School hosted a webinar on 10 October 2013 in which David provided some insights into the costs of and reasons for silo working and how to develop collaboration for results.
Founder views: Peter Taylor, Chairman of The Technology Partnership (TTP)
In the first of a new series of interviews with Cambridge Network's Founder Members, Peter Taylor, Chairman of The Technology Partnership (TTP) and a longstanding Cambridge Network Director, outlines some of the challenges facing TTP and its fellow Cambridge businesses. He says local companies need to recruit the right people, get to customers, and communicate effectively with markets...
Cepheid Xpert® rapid tests – your complete Winter Care Bundle
Cepheid’s Winter Care Bundle – comprising of the Xpert® Flu, Xpert SA Nasal Complete, Xpert C. difficile and Xpert Norovirus rapid tests for the GeneXpert® System – is an essential tool kit in the battle against virulent infections, helping to reduce the potential for preventable ward closures and avert a winter care crisis
Quotient Clinical announces new investment in Translational Pharmaceutics™
Quotient Clinical – the pioneer of Translational Pharmaceutics™ – has announced a significant expansion of its capacity and capabilities.
CRedit360 European User Forum tackles pressing corporate sustainability challenges head on
Around 100 sustainability professionals from across Europe gathered in London in October to discuss shared sustainability performance management, EHS and governance challenges at the third CRedit360 European User Forum.
Ithaka Life Sciences client ProteinLogic awarded £1.2m TSB grant
Ithaka is pleased to announce that ProteinLogic, a biomarker discovery and exploitation company, Microtest Diagnostics, an in vitro diagnostic protein multiplexing company, and its collaborators have been awarded a grant by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) to help support the development of MICROLOGIC™, a rapid point-of-care test for tuberculosis.
MedImmune scientist wins Royal Society of Chemistry Education Award
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, is pleased to congratulate Dr Monika Papworth, a scientist based at the company’s Cambridge site, on receiving the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Inspiration and Industry Award 2013 in recognition of her “creative ideas to build scientific understanding of chemistry and biology in schools and science festivals.”
High-flying Kite wins national award
Liam Kite of Anglia Ruskin University has been named Lecturer of the Year at the Association of Optometrists’ annual awards ceremony.
CS Lewis: 50 years after his death a new scholarship will honour his literary career
CS Lewis, creator of some of the most-loved children’s stories and also a scholar of medieval and early modern literature, died half a century ago on 22 November. A scholarship to be set up in his name will support an outstanding graduate to study at Cambridge University.
Cambridge Index falls 1.4%
The Cambridge Index declined 1.4% or 233.7 points, to end at 16,643, following losses in index bellwethers, ARM Holdings and DS Smith.
Bloodhound event celebrates Cambridge technology
Last week innovative design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership held an event in conjunction with Cambridge Network, the business network for Cambridge’s technology hub, to celebrate their involvement with the supersonic car Bloodhound Project and showcase the best of UK engineering.
Cambridge Filmworks makes a Digital Impact at the 2013 Awards
The Digital Impact Awards is Europe's largest event celebrating excellence in digital communications. This year Cambridge Filmworks made their own impact for Best Digital Employee Communication, winning a Highly Commended Award for their quarterly staff communications films for Action for Children, one of the UK’s largest charities.
Acteon wins double gold, including ‘Project of the Year’, at the E-learning Awards
Cambridge-based Acteon Communication and Learning, and HC-One received two gold awards at the annual E-learning Awards last week in London, winning the very competitive ‘E-learning Project of the Year’.
RealVNC and QNX team up to deliver MirrorLink™ mobile-to-vehicle connectivity
RealVNC, the provider of VNC® remote access software, and QNX Software Systems Limited, a global leader in software platforms for in-car electronics, today announced that they have teamed up to bring RealVNC’s MirrorLink™ mobile-to-vehicle connectivity solution to the QNX CAR™ Platform for Infotainment.
FBC integrates Polysolar innovation
Polysolar, a leading building integrated solar solutions company, has contributed a revolutionary innovation to the newly constructed Future Business Centre (FBC) in Cambridge.
Cognidox partners with Acrolinx for document quality
Cognidox, a leading provider of document management technology, has joined forces with Acrolinx GmbH to integrate document quality checking into the document management process.
Skills survey – the LEP needs your views
Understanding the complex skills needs of local businesses is something that the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Enterprise Partnership (GCGP) is putting at the forefront of its work as it launches a new Skills Survey for the LEP area.
Save the day and be the Doctor!
Psychology of Success is celebrating 50 years of Dr Who with a very special offer. In one day its team will help you to find 'monster and alien' behaviours and cultures that are affecting your teams, departments or the whole company and decide what to do about them.
PR consultancy and Rosie have PRide after double win at CIPR awards
Cambridge-based PR consultancy, MayFifteen Communications, is celebrating after scooping two awards at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) East Anglia PRide Awards in Ipswich last week.
#Remembrance #2MinuteSilence
Sometime between 05:12 and 05:20 on the morning of the 11th November 1918 the Armistice with Germany was signed by six people in a railway carriage in the forest of Compiègne 60km north of Paris and ended hostilities between Germany and the Allies at the end of the first world war.
Presentation tip: use kung fu
In this post, communication coach Jon Torrens explains how a Shao Lin monk's philosophy can help with your presentation.
How to tell great stories that sell your business, today, tomorrow and the next day
Have you got an eye for a good story? Now that businesses are broadcasters and every company expected to comment on its activities with the frequency of a rolling news agency, have you got the editorial skills you need to tell great stories, today, tomorrow and the next day - 140 characters, 140 words, or 140 pages?
Business Link Japan’s CEO wins ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2013’
This year’s British Business Awards, hosted by The British Chamber of Commerce (BCCJ), saw a multitude of talent receiving awards for their contribution to Anglo-Japanese business relations. BLJ is delighted to announce that founder and CEO Steve Crane was one of the recipients of such commendation, winning the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Freescale selects RealVNC as Proven Partner for MirrorLink™ and in-car connectivity
RealVNC, the global provider of VNC®, has been selected by Freescale® Semiconductor as a Proven Partner for MirrorLink™ certified in-car connectivity.
PartnerTech and Securitas Direct Verisure sign framework agreement
PartnerTech AB has signed a framework agreement with Securitas Direct Verisure, the leading provider of connected home alarms in Europe, for the manufacturing of the company’s products.