Inca Digital wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Inca Digital, Cambridge, UK, a leading manufacturer of large format inkjet printers, has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise for International Trade – in recognition of its substantial success in overseas earnings and outstanding performance in international trading. The Awards are UK’s highest accolade for business success and recognise companies which have achieved outstanding results.
Marshall wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in innovation
Deployable CT Scanners in service with three international Armed Forces including the UK have led to Land Systems, part of Cambridge based Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, being awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the Innovation category, the company announces today.
Global Inkjet Systems wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013
Global Inkjet Systems has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the International Trade category.
Developing staff at Michell Instruments
Michell Instruments has been working with the West Anglia Training Association (WATA) for 10 years to provide apprenticeship schemes in thier manufacturing and support departments. Five trainees have successfully completed their apprenticeships, and have all gone on to progress their careers at Michell.
Massimo Gaetani takes over Salus Wellness
Massimo Gaetani, Marketing Director and co-founder of Salus Wellness Clinics, has taken over the company acquiring the whole share stock.
TVC Startup Challenge: Win a chance to pitch your product
As part of the tenth anniversary Technology Ventures Conference (TVC) on 21 June, CUTEC is hosting a competition for start-ups.
CEO Energy Saving Trust keynotes on consumer convenience at Smart Grids & Cleanpower 2013
Philip Sellwood, CEO of the Energy Saving Trust, keynotes at the Smart Grids Conference Cambridge on 5 June with a presentation entitled: 'Consumer convenience and supplier simplification via connected devices.' Philip will look at how smart meters and smart grids can help to shape the UK’s energy future, with a particular focus on how this will help consumers be more energy efficient in the…
Isotera is hiring!
Isotera has just completed a successful funding round and is gearing up to recruit a number of positions.
To blog or not to blog?
Everyone’s at it these days. Blogging, that is. But just because everyone is doing it, it doesn’t necessarily mean that everyone is doing it right, says Jo Riches Ltd.
UK-India Advanced Manufacturing Research awarded £1 million funding
Cambridge University Department of Engineering's Centre for International Manufacturing (CIM) has won a major new grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) of India in response to a research call facilitated by Research Councils UK and the UK Science and Innovation Network.
Salimetrics launches the 'best commercially available' salivary Melatonin assay
Salimetrics introduces the fastest, most accurate, competitively priced salivary Melatonin assay.
Robinson College shortlisted for prestigious national award
Staff in the Conference Office at Robinson College Cambridge are celebrating being shortlisted for one of this year’s coveted Conference Awards.
The failure of climate change mitigation policy
The latest vote in the European Parliament sounds the death knell for the European Emissions Trading Scheme, says The Scientific Alliance.
Cambridge-based iTrinegy announced as finalist for Best of Interop 2013
iTrinegy announced that its AppQoS APM technology had been selected as a Best of Interop Finalist for the Management Monitoring Award category, recognising iTrinegy’sinnovation and technological advancements in this specific category.
Cambridge Cognition IPO raises £6.4million
Cambridge Cognition, the leading British developer of computerised neuropsychological tests, has floated on London’s Alternative Investment Market (AIM). The listing, which took place yesterday (Thurs), raised £5million. Shareholders realised a further £1.4m through the sale of existing Ordinary Shares.
The House Collection gives Magpas Helimedix a lift
With its boutique hotel Poets House set to open on 29 April, The House Collection is delighted to announce that it will be supporting Magpas, The Emergency Medical Charity.
Cancer Research Technology moves into newly completed Jonas Webb Building
Babraham Bioscience Technologies (BBT) has announced that Cancer Research Technology Limited (CRT), the cancer-focused technology development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK, has moved its Cambridge drug discovery activity into a new chemistry-focused building on the Babraham Research Campus. The new building has been named ‘The Jonas Webb Building’.
Evolving genes lead to evolving genes
Researchers have designed a method that can universally test for evolutionary adaption, or positive (Darwinian) selection, in any chosen set of genes, using re-sequencing data such as that generated by the 1000 Genomes Project. The method identifies gene sets that show evidence for positive selection in comparison with matched controls, and thus highlights genes for further functional studies.
Autism prevalence in China
Researchers from the University of Cambridge, the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) met yesterday (Thurs) to launch a new collaborative study into the prevalence of autism in mainland China.
Metaswitch join the community at the Broers Building
The R&D community at the University of Cambridge, West Cambridge site expands as Metaswitch takes space in the Broers Building, Hauser Forum.
Entrepreneurial initiative to enable better digital healthcare solutions
The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) at Cambridge Judge Business School has teamed up with Doctorpreneurs.com, as well as a host of industry leaders and design experts, to create a fantastic opportunity to explore and develop digital health solutions.
April News available from Cresset
Cresset's latest newsletter looks at GSK’s discovery of a series of potent and selective inhibitors of PKR-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK); describes a new version of Cresset’s KNIME nodes; and gives further details on its plan to dramatically change the landscape for field-based virtual screening.
Exploiting smart phone technology - explained
UK Computer board manufacturer Blue Chip Technology has announced that it will be presenting a workshop at this year's UK Device Developers' Conference. The workshop will discuss and demonstrate how engineers can best exploit the new generation of hardware that has resulted from smartphone development.
Cambridge spin-out helps to fight online banking fraud
A security solution which protects against the most serious threat to online banking customers, responsible for millions in annual losses, is being rolled out across Europe by a Cambridge spin-out.
Marketing budgets set to increase in 2013
This week the IPA Bellwether report which looks at marketing budgets within the UK has been released. Three hundred senior marketers from top businesses were surveyed and the results reveal that 36% of those surveyed are setting higher marketing budgets for the next financial year, while 23% are setting lower budgets compared to those set last year.