Birketts celebrates employee trust ownership milestone for specialist wholesaler
In 2017, top 100 law firm Birketts, assisted the co-owners of Peregrine Livefoods Ltd (Peregrine), Europe’s largest specialist wholesaler within the reptile sector, in transitioning the business to an employee ownership model. In just four short years, the company has paid off its founders to become an independent employee-owned business.
Cambridge Film Festival at Home announces July screenings
The Cambridge Film Festival at Home ‘Rewind’ season continues in July with a Catalan theme that includes the unmissable Black Bread, Spain’s 2012 Oscar contender.
Market-optimised 3nm physical IP for Armv9-based CPUs
For many decades, the computing industry has been focused on keeping pace with Moore’s Law by packing more compute into smaller areas. As Moore’s Law comes to an end, and new compute applications emerge, specialised processing will be the key to achieving the increased performance, power, and area (PPA) expected across the industry.
NVIDIA and Arm CEOs share vision of a deal made for a hypergrowth era
In an online talk, Jensen Huang and Simon Segars describe a tech industry growing faster than ever and a combined company that will increase competition and opportunity for all.
Cambridge Index declines 0.9%
The Cambridge Index fell 244 points or 0.9% to close at 27434.6, as five of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
HRH The Duchess of Cambridge describes how ‘lifeline’ children’s hospices ‘needed now more than ever’
The Duchess of Cambridge, Royal Patron of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), has asked everyone to join her “in thanking the UK’s 54 children’s hospices and their incredible staff for the life-changing care they provide”, in a message to mark Children’s Hospice Week this week (21-27 June).
Sable&Hawkes delivers visual arts environment project for children's cancer ward
Cambridge brand, graphic design and copy writing agency Sable&Hawkes has delivered a new visual arts project for Gt Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Giraffe ward, which treats children with cancer and leukaemia, is the latest in a decade-long relationship that has seen Sable deliver over 30 individual arts and environment projects for the trust.
Howes Percival celebrates Pride Month 2021
Howes Percival has embarked on a series of initiatives to celebrate Pride Month throughout June.
No Fault Divorce - an update
Head of Family Law at Howes Percival, Justine Flack provides an update on no fault divorce; when it is expected to start, how it will change things and what to do in the meantime.
Extra £20 million of Government funding could be used to boost ARU Peterborough campus
Extra funding for the ARU Peterborough campus is being sought as the city council’s preferred bid for the Government’s Levelling Up Fund scheme.
Study investigates companies as they change course
Study of firms in an accelerator programme identifies key limitations to the ‘build-measure-learn’ scientific approach of early venture creation, says paper by Monique Boddington and Stelios Kavadias of Cambridge Judge.
Resilience is not a soft skill
Head of Wellbeing at Marshall Centre, Jo Boyd, has amazing human skills and is currently developing micro-learning sessions with the centre's L&D Manager, Louise Chapman, for leaders who need to improve their human skills so that they can be more effective in their roles.
Cambridge Cognition awarded contracts totalling £1.4m for digital health and wearable device provision for clinical trials
Cambridge Cognition Holdings Plc (AIM: COG), which develops and markets digital solutions to assess brain health, is pleased to announce that it has won a series of contracts from a global pharmaceutical company to provide specialist clinical trial management services.
Taylor Wessing advises Apollo Therapeutics on $145 million financing
Taylor Wessing has advised Apollo Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company progressing transformative treatments based on breakthrough discoveries, on its $145 million financing. Led by Patient Square Capital, and with participation from additional investors including Rock Springs Capital, Reimagined Ventures and UCL Technology Fund, this investment will support the advancement of Apollo's…
UK remains Europe’s most attractive destination for financial services investment, but gap with France has narrowed
The UK continues to be Europe’s most attractive location for international investment into financial services, according to EY’s latest UK Attractiveness Survey for Financial Services, attracting 56 projects in 2020. However, this was 43 projects lower than in 2019 and the gap with the second largest recipient of investment – now France – has narrowed.
Anglia Ruskin to lead NHS entrepreneurship training
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been chosen as the official partner of NHS England and NHS Improvement to nurture healthcare innovators from across the country and help them gain the commercial skills, knowledge and experience to make their ideas become a reality.
Avacta announces AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test distribution agreement
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of diagnostics and innovative cancer therapies based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Calibre Scientific Inc, a global provider of life science products, for Avacta’s AffiDX SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test for professional use in the UK…
Tame your computer - snappy new arrangements
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes how to arrange windows side-by-side without being asked what to snap next to it (Windows 10).
Cambridge award winners in AI innovation
Ground-breaking AI projects involving Addenbrooke's hospital have won prestigious new funding awards.
Johnson Matthey announces new sustainability goals and targets
Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable technologies, has announced a new sustainability strategy framework. Ramping up activity across three pillars of activity – JM’s products and services, its operations and people – the strategy enables JM to significantly increase the positive contribution it is making in accelerating progress towards a cleaner and healthier world.
Overseas climate change could devastate UK
An Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) expert has warned that the effects of climate change overseas could have a potentially devastating impact on the economy here in the UK.
Medovate partners with Markomed to evaluate SAFIRA in Croatia
Medovate is delighted to be partnering with Markomed to evaluate SAFIRA® (SAFer Injection for Regional Anaesthesia) in Croatia.
Software can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction
The University of Cambridge has collaborated with UK structural engineering consultants, Price & Myers to develop PANDA (Parametric And Numeric Design Assessment) software that can save up to 40% of embodied carbon on new build construction.
Help shape Northstowe Local Centre and Enterprise Zone
Residents can now begin to shape two future areas of Northstowe – the Local Centre and Enterprise Zone - from the earliest possible stage.
Design27 Ltd – Award winning website design and creative brand identities
We just wanted to say 'Hi' and introduce ourselves!We're Design27 Ltd, a newly formed creative led website design studio in Huntingdon, Cambridge. Through branding, identity development and website design, we help businesses achieve the online presence they desire.