Bango recognised as one of the hottest FinTech firms in Europe
Bango is proud to have been placed on the 2013 FinTech 50 Watchlist, a shortlist of 50 companies in Europe that are redefining FinTech, aka financial technology. The List, a collaborative project by The CEO Agenda, ICON Corporate Finance, Hotwire, Silicon Valley Bank and Fox Williams, is the first of an annual exercise to track one of the fastest moving sectors in technology.
Cambridge-based 3DAV.com creates first ever “Video by Numbers” service
"Video by Numbers" is the unique new way to create high impact videos for your conference, website or presentation - saving you up to 75% on video production bills and Paracetamol costs.
Cambridge launches first Creative Writing degree
The University of Cambridge’s first Master of Studies (MSt) in Creative Writing will explore the art of writing in all its many forms and guises, not just novel writing, according to Course Director Dr Sarah Burton.
Public Health Network launched
The University of Cambridge has launched the PublicHealth@Cambridge Research Network in order to draw together expertise in all aspects of population health across the arts, humanities, social and physical sciences, technology and biomedicine.
CUSU achieves Gold in Green Impact initiative
Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) have achieved Gold Accreditation in the national Green Impact initiative.
VacZine Analytics releases: MarketVIEW - typhoid travel vaccines
UK-based strategic research consultancy VacZine Analytics has released a new commercial market forecast for Typhoid travel vaccines.
Get on board with wacky b2b fundraiser
Cambridge businesses are being urged to take the plunge and sign up for an unconventional networking event in aid of the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.
CBM’s Easter Eggstravaganza
You don’t have to give a chocolate egg this Easter, instead give an egg-stra special gift to someone living with disabilities overseas.
Sir Ronald Cohen launches fundraising appeal for Future Business Centre
The pioneer of the social investment movement, Sir Ronald Cohen, helped launch the public fundraising campaign for the Future Business Centre – Cambridge’s first purpose-built incubation centre to help social and environmental businesses start up and succeed.
La Playa gears up for growth acceleration
Boutique international insurance broker La Playa has made a number of changes to its line-up, including the appointment of Matthew Mullee, co-founder and formerly Director: Private Client to become the firm's Director of Growth & Acquisition.
SKIM appoints KISS Public Relations
SKIM, an international market research agency with offices in London, Geneva, Rotterdam, New York and San Francisco, has appointed Cambridge-based KISS Public Relations to handle its UK media relations.
A14 improvement in danger
Improvements to the A14 are vital, says Claire Ruskin, Cambridge Network's CEO. Adequate infrastructure is critical to the growth and success of the local economy.
BlinkPipe appoints KISS Public Relations
BlinkPipe, a Cambridge-based company has appointed KISS Public Relations to handle the media launch of its product, PhoneCamHD.
New AVEVA Automated Plate Nesting optimises material use in ship and offshore construction
AVEVA today announced the release of the new AVEVA Automated Plate Nesting, a plug-in module to AVEVA Hull Detailed Design software. It automatically and efficiently nests parts into raw steel plates, maximising the usage of the material and drastically reducing the scrap ratio associated with this process.
Cresset announces release of forgeV10.1
Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, announces the release of a new version of its computational chemistry workbench forgeV10.
New jobs to boost innovation
Product development firm Cambridge Consultants today announced it is creating 50 new jobs in 2013. Having grown year on year over the past decade, the company is now accelerating its expansion – with plans to double its 380-strong UK and US workforce over the next four years. The firm is also expanding into the Asian market, with the opening of an office in Singapore.
Cambridge Consultants announced as 'Employer of the Year'
Product development firm Cambridge Consultants has been named Employer of the Year. The accolade was the culmination of Cambridge Business Week – a celebration of the city’s multi-billion-pound enterprises.
Inventor of Star Wars-style ‘Jedi’ bike at Nerve
Sci-fi fans buzzing at the development of a Star Wars-style speeder bike that lets you fly like a Jedi can rub shoulders with the inventor at the Nerve disruptive technology summit in Cambridge this summer.
New research suggests animal-to-human transmission of MRSA
Cambridge scientists have linked two human cases of infection with the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA to farms in Denmark. The results of the study, published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine, suggest the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria was transmitted from the livestock to the farmers.
Making Cambridge the best place in the world to do business: Network latest from the CEO
As the community came together last week for Cambridge Business Week - and Business Secretary Vince Cable described the region as "the most successful cluster of entrepreneurial business in Britain" - the spotlight was turned on the city again. Claire Ruskin, Cambridge Network's CEO, comments: "Joining up to put on 2013’s Cambridge Business Week showed us what we can do when we get together as…
Featurespace wins CfEL-sponsored Graduate Business of the Year Award
Featurespace, the enterprise founded by Cambridge alumni and using technology developed at the University, was awarded the 'Graduate Business of the Year' Award at the annual Business Weekly Awards champagne gala dinner last week at Queens’ College.
Hills Road Sixth Form College uses video to attract new students
Somersault Video Productions recently produced a series of subject testimonial videos for Hills Road Sixth Form College.
CRC student is keynote speaker on apprenticeships
Apprentice Courtney Anderson took centre stage when he delivered a talk on the benefits of apprenticeships to construction industry experts at Cambridge Regional College.
Ithaka Life Sciences' client ProteinLogic wins Med Tech award
Ithaka is pleased to announce that ProteinLogic, the biomarker discovery and exploitation company, was judged to have presented the strongest proposal in the Med Tech category to the Innovators’ Den at the NHS Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013 in London. Ithaka’s founder and Managing Director, Dr Paul Rodgers, is Executive Chairman of ProteinLogic.
Simple '10 step' test could detect knee osteoarthritis
A '10 step' test to monitor people's walking pattern could be a simple and low-cost way of spotting the early symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to an Anglia Ruskin University expert, the author of a new study.