KISS Communications expands into Cambridge
KISS Communications, an award winning integrated marketing agency, has opened a new office in Cambridge.
Ex-ARM Directors launch start-up, BlinkPipe
Two former senior ARM employees, Alex Nancekievill and Dave Gwilt have launched BlinkPipe. The new company based in Cambridge provides high quality, big screen telepresence at a low monthly subscription with no long-term contract.
East of England export growth to non-EU countries tops UK regions: USA top export destination
The latest Trade figures released by HM Revenue & Customs this week show that exports from East of England to non EU countries are growing faster than in any other UK region, at 16.4% year on year.
Vince Cable: Cambridge, the most successful cluster of entrepreneurial business in Britain
‘Remarkable and unique’ is how Vince Cable described the Cambridge Cluster during a breakfast event yesterday (Monday) to mark the launch of Cambridge Business Week – a celebration of success in technology and innovation with a focus on the achievements and market-leading strengths of local companies.
Life as a small business: RiverRhee Consulting Newsletter
The start of the year can be something of a time for soul-searching. RiverRhee Consulting's bi-monthly newsletter is dedicated to ‘life as a small business’, and some of the insights that the team has gained about how to make this successful. Not surprisingly, some of these insights will apply to medium and large organisations too.
Dan Everard of Dragonmobility nominated for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering
The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering recognises and celebrates outstanding advances in engineering that have been of global benefit to humanity. Axiom-e congratulates the winners, who were chosen for their ground-breaking work which led to the internet and world-wide web, and Dan Everard (of Axiom-e's client Dragonmobility) who was nominated for his work on intuitive powered…
Abcam donates an additional £45,000 to local charities
Abcam Plc, producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools, today announced its support for local good causes by donating an additional £45,000 to three local charities (£15,000 each). The three charities are: Red Balloon, a charity to support the recovery of bullied children; Winter Comfort, a social initiative to help the homeless; and Cambridge Community Foundation, a local…
Mantracourt sponsors Formula SAE team for 2013 season
Electronic instrumentation specialists Mantracourt Electronics has announced that it will be providing further sponsorship to Formula SAE ÉTS, a student racing car team based out of École de Technologie Supérieure in Montréal, Canada.
Eagle and HB Technologies AG sign distribution deal for Central Europe
Eagle, the UK’s leading bioinformatics consultancy, and HB Technologies AG, a Germany-based software and hardware manufacturer, have signed a deal appointing HB Technologies as exclusive distributor for Eagle’s products and services throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg,
Jesus College Choir in Mumbai to sing with slum children
Jesus College Choir will be travelling to Mumbai this week to perform for and work with slum children as part of an ongoing project with the music outreach charity Songbound, which aims to change the lives of deprived Mumbai children through music.
Dame Barbara Stocking DBE announced as fifth President of Murray Edwards College
Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridge has announced the election of Dame Barbara Stocking DBE as its fifth President.
Cambridge companies on the lookout for experienced professionals
Attention experienced engineers, technologists and software developers! Cambridge Network member companies are looking for you – with a wealth of interesting job opportunities available via the Network's popular Recruitment Gateway. More and more positions are being filled every week, so don’t miss out. Come and search the hundreds of opportunities live on the site and find your perfect job...
Cambridge Index falls 0.4%
The Cambridge Index fell 0.4% or 61.6 points to 14,685.8, following modest losses in index heavyweight stocks such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey.
Abcodia appoints industry expert to accelerate commercialisation of its cancer screening
Abcodia, the award-winning biomarker validation company with a focus on cancer screening, has appointed Olle Nilsson as its consultant to provide industry-related expertise.
Designer of Ford’s latest Ecoboost engine explains engine downsizing
Ford engineer, Andrew Fraser, one of the team that designed the new Ford Ecoboost 1.0 litre three cylinder turbocharged engine, will be coming to Cambridge to explain how engine downsizing can achieve better performance, fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions for cars of the future.
First autonomous liver preservation system enters clinical trials
A breakthrough system that keeps a liver ‘alive’ outside the human body prior to transplantation has been used successfully to treat two patients as part of a controlled clinical investigation. The self-regulating normothermic liver perfusion system, devised by OrganOx and designed and developed by Team Consulting, has the potential to increase the supply and quality of livers available for…
Not just events....a five star experience
Proving that brand experience can extend outside the conference room, the Sheraton Park Tower hotel approached Inspired Live Experience Ltd recently to relocate their main reception and bar areas during a major refurbishment programme.
Celebrating 40 years of innovation with AVL UK
Find out how Inspired Live Experience Ltd recently helped engineering firm AVL celebrate the 40th anniversary of their UK business with a stunning evening event at Imperial College, London.
Parvus low-power mission computer subsystem completes military testing
Parvus DuraCOR 830 passes extreme MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461 tests qualifying rugged processor subsystem for airborne, ground, manned or unmanned vehicle applications.
AstraZeneca to invest £330M in new R&D centre and global HQ in Cambridge
Global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca today announced its intention to invest around £330 million ($500 million) to establish a new global R&D centre and corporate headquarters in Cambridge by 2016, which will bring up to 2,000 jobs to the city.
So what is PR?
Let’s face it – most people don’t really “get” PR. It’s often a bit unclear what it actually is, what’s involved, and what the results look like. Jo Riches Ltd writes: Since we do quite a bit of it, we thought we’d try to demystify the whole thing for you.
MathWorks hosts student robot challenge
With growing calls from the UK’s engineering and technology industries to encourage more STEM students to learn hands-on programming skills and to leave university better prepared to solve real world engineering problems, a robot contest in Cambridge last Friday was a fun example of how MathWorks, together with University of Cambridge students, are teaming up to help enhance the academic…
DEM Solutions releases EDEM® 2.5 software with extended scale and capability
DEM Solutions releases EDEM 2.5 Software with increased scalability and performance to simulate complex bulk particle processes required by the global equipment manufacturing and process industries.
Integrating touch screen technology explored at UK Device Developers' Conference
Specialist display technology company, Intelligent Embedded Solutions will be giving a presentation on applying Touch Screen Technology at the Device Developers' Conference in May.
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