The number one reason why business change fails and how to fix this
What's the number one reason why business change fails? Given the plethora of articles on change management processes, you would be forgiven for thinking that failures occur due to issues with tools, techniques, and systems. But the harsh truth is that business change fails most often because of people and not process.
BrewBoard Craft Brewery launches crowdfunder for new Cambridge Tap Room
BrewBoard is a craft brewery based just outside Cambridge which brews premium hop forward craft beers. It has just launched a Crowdfunder campaign to provide funds for plans to improve its existing brewery taproom and open an additional bar in Cambridge.
Corporate employment continues to grow despite the Covid-19 pandemic
New research into the early stages of the 2020 lockdown suggests that corporate employment in Greater Cambridge continued to grow at a “significant rate” despite the wide-reaching effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Carter Jonas introduces live Local Plan Monitor
National property consultancy, Carter Jonas, recently launched a Live Local Plan Monitor: an interactive online platform that analyses adopted local plans, emerging plans, consultations and housing land supply. The tool was recently extended to include the Eastern Region.
Extra support for local businesses adapting to COVID-secure measures
South Cambridgeshire’s COVID and Environmental Health teams will be working with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) this week to give businesses extra support with their COVID-secure measures.
Congenital Cytomegalovirus vaccines - could it be the next HPV?
This month VacZine Analytics, a UK-based strategic research publisher exclusively focused on vaccines and infectious diseases, releases a new forecast and global demand analysis for congenital Cytomegalovirus (cCMV) vaccines.
Parker's Tavern launches Tea On The Terrace
Chef Tristan Welch is to launch an elevated al fresco dining concept – ‘Tea On the Terrace’ – with views of Cambridge's iconic Parker’s Piece, exclusively for two weekends in May.
New book explores 'the inner workings of a virtual personal assistant'
Steve Young is Emeritus Professor of Information Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His new book "Hey Cyba" explains through examples and diagrams, the neural network technology underlying speech recognition and synthesis, natural language understanding, knowledge representation, conversation management, language translation and chatbot technology.
Prize-winning paper shows how investors can influence companies on environmental and social issues
A research paper co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School on how investors can influence companies on environmental and social issues is named best paper in the annual Brandes Institute Prize.
Meet the Guardtech Directors – Operations Director Conor Barwise
Conor Barwise is the organisation king who oversees all project activity with a steely determination to deliver top results.
A new visual model for product development
When the mechanical design process is illustrated, it is traditionally sketched out in the form of a block diagram or a process flow diagram. But is there a better way?
The easy way to effective and accessible writing
If you want to write crisply and clearly, effectively and elegantly, not to mention accessibly and impressively, this simple tip will help you with how, says Simon Hall.
The right to work from home
The coronavirus pandemic has revolutionised the way we work. Boris told us to work from home and we did! We worked from home in a way we had never done before. This was not possible for all roles but we have seen people performing duties from home which we never dreamed would be possible! A large part of this is down to better investment in and use of technology. These are big positives we can…
HiveMind – Sam Moinet - How to make it happen - empower yourself to thrive
Founder of Student Breakthrough, Sam Moinet, joined Marshall Centre for its latest HiveMind to talk about the importance of developing good habits for your mindset to achieve your goals and build confidence.
GetMeFit duo launches fitness class platform to match instructors with public
Read about this exciting venture in the Cambridge Independent.
Duty of statutory consultees for planning applications and the limitations on their responses
The Planning Court has today confirmed the scope and limitation of the duty upon statutory consultees when responding to planning consultations. The Planning and Environment Team at Hewitsons acted for the successful claimant with Charles Merritt of Francis Taylor Building as counsel.
'Be careful about how you get that data set' – AI industry warned by US Federal Trade Commission
Audio data quality is essential for sound recognition. There is, however, another reason why taking data seriously is so important: the significant financial and reputational risks that poor practice creates. This is the subject of a detailed whitepaper titled ‘Audio for Machine Learning: The Law and your Reputation‘ that Audio Analytic has published today.
Sense raises $50m Series B to accelerate launch of COVID-19 molecular test
Sense Biodetection (Sense), has announced that it has raised a $50m Series B investment to advance commercialisation of its Veros™ COVID-19 product and continue development of a portfolio of instrument-free, rapid molecular tests that enable improved access, outcomes, and value through patient-focused decentralised healthcare.
Three contract negotiation strategies to reduce contract risk
Contract risk management is an essential part of what in-house lawyers do. Great contract negotiation strategies reduce contract risk and create win-wins to prevent deals from falling through.
Funding awarded for research into next-generation batteries to power up electric vehicles
Cambridge engineers will develop next-generation lithium-ion batteries with improved performance as part of a collaborative project to scale up production ahead of a predicted electric vehicle boom.
Planet Super League prompts action on climate change
Planet Super League, co-founded by Cambridge Judge MBA alumnus Tom Gribbin (MBA 2013), is a football tournament like no other. This time, it’s up to the fans to win it for the club by completing planet-saving activities.
Thinking WordPress differently
If you are asking someone to ‘build you a website’ you are asking the wrong question, says flocc. Read on to find out why...
Twelve Cambridge researchers awarded European Research Council funding
Twelve University of Cambridge researchers have won advanced grants from the European Research Council (ERC), Europe’s premier research funding body. Cambridge has the most grant winners of any UK institution, and the second-most winners overall. Their work is set to provide new insights into many subjects, such as how to deal with vast scales of data in a statistically robust way, the…
Exploring climate change through Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s Globe has released five films, each produced by a student from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), to mark Earth Day this week.
Magna commits to carbon neutrality in global operations by 2030
Magna enters a new era in the company’s sustainability journey with its announcement to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2025 in Europe and by 2030 globally.