Making entrepreneurial magic at Enterprise Tuesday
The co-founders of The Wand Company, Chris Barnado and Richard Blakesley, were guest speakers at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning’s Enterprise Tuesday session this week.
Workshop: Hiring techies on social media
Hear the secrets of successful social media technical hiring from an expert in social media and recruitment, and dramatically slash recruitment costs, time and frustration.
Commercial innovation league table for graphene: The world’s top 10 graphene patent owners
CambridgeIP today announced ‘The World’s Top 10 Graphene Patent Owners’, a commercial innovation league table for graphene.
New KisanHub.com platform is aimed at 'growing' businesses
Arjun Technology Ventures, a small technology start-up based in Cambridge, has launched a new service called KisanHub.com, a platform which provides a decision support system and data analytics tools to farmers.
Exotic trees affect breeding success of UK birds
As today (14 February) marks the start of National Nest Box Week, organised by the British Trust for Ornithology, research by scientists at Anglia Ruskin University has shown that the presence of exotic, non-native trees and shrubs is having a negative impact on blue tit and great tit populations in British parks.
Education minister backs new University Technical College for Cambridge
Education minister David Laws has praised the planned University Technical College for Cambridge as a great example of co-operation between education and industry.
Savings of up to 30% achievable with AVEVA Marine
New Business Value Calculator helps Marine engineers to quantify project cost savings by upgrading to AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solution.
Chinese SFDA to install 25 ProtoCOL 3 systems
Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI), a leader in innovative digital imaging systems for life science, technology and astronomy applications, is pleased to announce that its Synbiosis Division has sold 25 ProtoCOL 3 automated colony counting and inhibition zone sizing systems, in one order worth US $120,000, to major government organisation, the Chinese State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
AstraZeneca to invest £330 Million in new strategic R&D centre and global HQ in Cambridge
AstraZeneca announced its intention to establish a new global R&D centre and corporate headquarters in Cambridge in the UK by 2016.
Get ready for Cambridge Style Week
Cambridge Style Week is hitting the streets of Cambridge next week, with four fashion shows, a pop-up boutique and in-store events all over the city
Multi-faceted media a ‘must’ for small businesses
In 2013, most small businesses are aware of the importance of a strong online presence and the ability well-managed social media has to drive traffic to your website. However, with an infinite number of channels to explore, it is increasingly difficult for business owners to prioritise which online tools to utilise.
How would you influence a barrister? Have a go and get a special price on training!
Inspiring Partnerships is offering a special price on its influencing course next Tuesday (19 February) to Cambridge Network members. But there's a catch: you need to send a persuasive email first!
Neul, Ltd. introduces Iceni, world’s first TV White Space ASIC
Neul, Ltd. has announced the release of the world’s first TV White Space transceiver chip, Iceni. Capable of tuning across the entire UHF TV white space spectrum (470 – 790MHz), the single chip solution draws very little power while delivering reliable, secure, long range wireless, non-line-of-sight connectivity to previously unreachable applications and locations for both machine-to-machine (M2M…
Microfluidics specialist Dolomite celebrates a successful 2012
Microfluidics expert Dolomite has reported an exceptional 20% year-on-year growth in 2012, thanks to the launch of a number of novel microfluidic products including the Porous Media Chip specially designed for petrochemical research, a range of compact Electro-Osmotic Pumps for easy integration into microfluidic systems as well as an innovative Closed-Loop Flow Control System which can be used…
What's new in HR for 2013?
A number of employment law changes are coming in 2013 which have an effect on any business with employees. Katherine Connolly of Keeping HR Simple takes a look at what changes are coming up, what impact they'll have and what action you may need to take as a result.
Free support offered for professionals facing redundancy
If you've recently been made redundant, or are in danger of redundancy, you could be entitled to extensive FREE career support thanks to the Skills Support for Redundancy Scheme.
Two Cambridge Design Partnership experts speak at MEDTEC Europe 2013
Two experts from Cambridge Design Partnership will be speaking at leading European medical technology conference, MedTec Europe.
Immigration Minister to be challenged over visa delays
Business leaders and university representatives are to be given the chance to challenge Immigration Minister, Mark Harper on visa delays for overseas academics, students and high-skilled employees following an invitation from the city’s MP Julian Huppert.
No Curia for old age: the radical act of papal resignation
Dr Sara Silvestri, a specialist in religion and politics and a Research Associate with the Von Hügel Institute, St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, examines the implications of the resignation of Benedict XVI for the institutional role of the pope and the future of the Catholic Church.
New US Gates Cambridge Scholars selected
Thirty-nine new US Gates Cambridge Scholars have been selected as the programme continues to expand.
Advanced debugging techniques explored at Device Developers Conference
Lauterbach have announced that they will be presenting a half-day technical workshop at this year's Device Developers' Conference. This workshop will consist of two hands-on sessions that will explain advanced debugging techniques and are intended to provide developers with the knowledge and experience that will enable them to create more reliable code whilst also accelerating development.
Outlook for smart packaging: $75m to $1.45 billion in 10 years
"It has been a slow path to commercialise smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed," writes Raghu Das, CEO, IDTechEx.
Are you risking a large fine by not TPS checking your database?
Did you know that if you carry out any kind of telephone sales activity, you are legally required to Telephone Preference Service (TPS) check your database every 20 days, or risk a large fine?
New Sales Director joins EACS
Richard Betts joined EACS in January 2013 to take on the role of Sales Director after 20 years spent working in a blue chip company developing complex outsourcing and managed service opportunities.
EACS is a finalist in European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2013
EACS has been selected as a finalist in the European IT & Software Excellence Awards 2013 in the Datacentre Solution of the Year category, for the second year running.