CAP seeks businesses to partner with local schools
Aiming to improve the employability of young people across the region, CAP plans to strengthen employer-education links by creating Employer Champions. These are companies that establish a close partnership with one of the state secondary schools or colleges in Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire.
Ancient worm provides unexpected evolutionary link in our early history
Fossils of a creature that lived on the ocean floor 505 million years ago have been identified by scientists as those of a previously-unknown marine worm, now named as Spartobranchus tenuis.
Tame your computer - play with pop up video
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to turn words, pictures or cells in a document into a hyperlink to a full-screen YouTube video (Office 2000-2007)...
Businesses faced with 'fundamental change' in the way they protect inventions in the US
From Saturday (16th March), organisations looking to protect their inventions in the US face significantly different requirements in the ways they apply to protect their products and services under US patent law. In particular, the US first-to-invent system has been replaced by the more widespread first-to-file system.
Survey looks at marketers' job satisfaction across the Eastern region
How satisfied are marketers in their jobs? Brand Recruitment has just launched a marketing salary survey which examines the main factors relating to job satisfaction.
Cantab Lettings appoints company for SEO
Cantab Lettings has employed Inga Spouse to complete SEO analysis of its website.
Top tips for your translation - tip #1
First Edition Translations helps customers with translations large and small - and sometimes there can be a lot to think about. The company has put together a few tips and hints which it will share over the next few weeks.
CARDsystems increases investment in C3’s PCI compliant platform
CARDsystems has added C3’s powerful speech recognition to its suite of PCI compliant payment applications.
New lettings showcase benefits for private sector at West Cambridge site
New lettings at the Broers Building, part of the Hauser Forum development - which, uniquely on the West Cambridge site, offers accommodation to commercial organisations engaged in or supporting research and development - showcase the benefits of private sector occupation within the University owned and occupied site.
What are your views on what happens to your genomic information?
Would you want to know about your genetic risk for hundreds of conditions all in one go, ranging from whether you have a higher than average risk from Alzheimer’s disease or diabetes or whether you are sensitive to certain antibiotics or statins? How do you feel about researchers generating this information but not sharing it with you? An ethics team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute…
The land of make-believe
Augmented reality is being used to encourage autistic children to engage in imaginative play.
Tim Minshall wins Excellence in Teaching Award
Dr Tim Minshall, Senior Lecturer in Technology Management in Cambridge University's Department of Engineering, has won a Royal Academy of Engineering ExxonMobil Excellence in Teaching Award.
EPSRC Fellowship awarded to Engineering Design lecturer
Dr Nathan Crilly, a lecturer in Engineering Design in Cambridge University's Department of Engineering, has been awarded a £1.2M fellowship from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
British design holds potential to address child mortality rates in developing world
An innovative British design and technology company, Cambridge Design Partnership, in conjunction with a leading business research body, has identified that one of its designs, an ‘oxygen concentrator’ originally designed for the military, could be repurposed to address a pressing need in hospitals and clinics within the developing world.
EACS wins European IT & Software Excellence Award
Cambridgeshire based IT services company EACS has been selected as the winner in the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2013 in the Datacentre Solution of the Year category, for the second year running.
Innomech delivers end-of-line test breakthrough for medical manufacturer
Ely-based GB Innomech has designed and delivered in just 14 weeks a sophisticated, high performance end-of-line 'leak and flow' testing system for Molecular Products. The new machine is three times faster, more accurate, easier to use and requires less maintenance than the machine it replaces.
Agricole holds third farmer seminar
Cambourne-based Agricole is organising its third seminar for farmers, covering financial price risk management, Single Farm Payments and 10 tax planning tips. It takes place next Tuesday (19 March) from 2-5pm at The Wessex Conference Centre, Winchester.
Deloitte preview of Budget 2013
Richard Blackwell, Tax Partner at Deloitte in Cambridge, considers what tax measures the Chancellor is expected to focus upon in the Budget on 20 March, and what we already know is in Finance Bill 2013:
Next generation XED force field enables accurate modelling of ligand-protein interactions
Cresset announces new release of the popular XedTools package, including the next generation of the popular XED force field which contains command line utilities for studying molecular interactions using the XED molecular mechanics force field.
Agricole Oil launches boiler servicing in Cambs area
As a natural progression from brokering domestic heating oil to its customers, Agricole Oil now offers an Oil, Gas and Solid boiler servicing service.
Beyond the blinding starlight
A new study reveals chemical composites of exoplanet atmospheres 128 light years away. Scientists say techniques will “one day provide evidence of life beyond Earth”.
Bold action required to secure world-class business services, says AstraZeneca CIO
Over 200 business services and outsourcing professionals gathered to hear Jon Kirby, CIO at AstraZeneca, talk about the journey he and his team have taken to transform business-critical information services at the global biopharmaceutical company. The event was hosted by PA Consulting Group’s Shared Services & Outsourcing practice, which has worked with AstraZeneca on this major project.
Shelley scholar lands major honour in US
Nora Crook, Professor Emerita in the English Department of Anglia Ruskin University, has shared the prestigious Richard J Finneran Award for 2013 for her major role as co-general editor of Volume 3 of The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Tapeworm DNA contains drug weak spots
For the first time, researchers have mapped the genomes of tapeworms to reveal potential drug targets on which existing drugs could act. The genomes provide a new resource that offers faster ways to develop urgently needed and effective treatments for debilitating diseases.
Young entrepreneurs get their business dreams backed
The Start-Up loan scheme has exceeded expectations as 2,000 aspirational young entrepreneurs have now received support to help get their business venture off the ground, in a boost to growth and the UK's efforts to get ahead in the global race.