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.
Billy Boyle tells the story of Owlstone
Here's a great chance to hear a Cambridge success story! This evening (Tuesday) Billy Boyle, co-founder of Owlstone, the Cambridge microtechnology chemical sensor company, will tell the story of how a technology-based start-up got off the ground and earned itself a significant position in a worldwide market.
Chinese medicine research programme confirmed a success by Brussels
The Directors of Global Regulatory Services(GRS) were directly involved in the €1.1m European Union (EU) research project examining Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research (GP-TCM) in the Post-Genomic Era. "I'm delighted, and very proud, that our involvement has contributed to such a positive outcome," said Bobby Deal, Managing Director.
The BLOODHOUND Super Sonic Car (SSC): is this UK open innovation at its best?
The Cambridge Network Team again excelled in delivering a network evening last week based on the more unusual, in this case the BLOODHOUND Project.
Seminar focuses on medical devices and human factors
Medical Device Usability Ltd is hosting a one-day seminar next month on medical devices and human factors, and the role of simulation in testing their usability. This seminar will interest anyone involved in developing medical devices, and particularly the role of human factors.
Making the good great – entrepreneurs debate how to upscale social ventures
How to take social ventures to the next level was the subject under discussion when entrepreneurs and thinkers from Cambridge and Silicon Valley met at Cambridge Judge Business School.
New project gives young people a voice on Europe
An ambitious project to discover young people’s views on the concept of Europe and the work of EU institutions is being launched by Anglia Ruskin University.
p2people upgrades its service to offer an improved and compelling user experience!
Over the last several weeks, the p2people team has been working flat out to bring you a compelling user experience. And today, the team is proud to announce the arrival of a much improved service.
Accelrys advances biology innovation with new release of study management product suite
Accelrys has announced the latest release of its unified biology assay and study management software suite consisting of Accelrys BioRails DM 4.5, Accelrys BioRails PTO 4.5 and Accelrys Morphit 3.0.
US show results in event inquiries worth almost £1 million to Cambridge economy
A team from Conference Cambridge has returned from the recent IMEX America Show in Las Vegas with event inquiries worth over £300,000 - which could bring an estimated £900,000 of revenue to the local economy.
Students showcase green construction technology at Skills Show
Green energy and modern methods of construction will be taking centre stage at the national Skills Show this week when Cambridge Regional College joins a showcase event on construction technology.
Fast-track commercial into residential – a first for Cheffins
Cheffins has just gained permission for the change of use of an Ely office building into residential (six flats). The firm’s Head of Planning, Paul Sutton, said: “The new regulations came into effect in May this year and we have used this fast-track process on vacant offices in St Mary’s Road. This is one of the first applications of this type that have been approved in Ely.”