Unemployment rate hits five-year high - East of England
The Office of National Statistics reported this week that the UK unemployment rate rose to 5% of the economically active population in the past quarter, spurred on by a record rise in redundancies. Jonathan Insley, Senior Associate in Birketts’ Employment Team, takes a look at the report to outline what it means to the East region.
Ox-Cam PFR Pathfinder Project launches to support homeowners and businesses with Property Flood Resilience
As one of three DEFRA-funded national pathfinder partnerships, the Ox-Cam Property Flood Resilience (PFR) Pathfinder Project has launched to raise awareness and take-up of property flood resilience measures, which homeowners and businesses can install, to help lessen the impact of future flood events. .
Data shows cautious optimism for 2021 but EU deal ‘gaps’ are a concern, says RSM’s Cambridge partner
RSM’s Financial Conditions Index indicates signs of cautious optimism emerging for the year ahead. But whilst the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU has been largely welcomed by middle market businesses, RSM says the absence of clarity around key issues in Cambridge, including financial services, explains the lag on improving sentiment, to add to that fuelled by the global pandemic.
Living Sport launches Workplace Movement scheme to improve employee wellbeing by increasing activity levels
Now more than ever, being active is vital for the health of an organisation’s people and its business.
Protecting your business from divorce
2020 was a challenging year for many businesses. There has also been media speculation about the challenges to marriages as a result of lockdown and how the divorce rate may increase. So throw a business into the financial mix of a marriage breakdown and things can become more complicated on both fronts.
Combined Authority Board moves A16 Norwood improvements forward
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority Board has moved forward planned improvements of the A16 at Norwood - expected to unlock substantial housing development and growth in Peterborough - by unanimously approving the drawdown of money to produce the Outline Business Case.
COEL prioritises provision of quality of care in work for NHS
Cleanliness and efficiency are key factors in healthcare design and in the provision of quality care.
Funding boost to get more young people into work
Employers can now apply for a £1000 cash boost to help them take on new trainees, Apprenticeships and Skills Minister, Gillian Keegan has announced today (Wednesday).
Gyros Protein Technologies introduces Gyrolab Bioaffy 4000 CD to extend sensitivity of immunoassay CD range
Uppsala, Sweden...Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced the introduction of Gyrolab® Bioaffy™ 4000 CD for immunoassay applications in biotherapeutic workflows. The new Gyrolab Bioaffy 4000, with a 4000 nL sample volume, is based on the proven design of Gyrolab Bioaffy 1000 CD,…
BenevolentAI and AstraZeneca achieve collaboration milestone with novel AI-generated chronic kidney disease target
BenevolentAI today announced that the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has selected a novel chronic kidney disease (CKD) target to advance to its drug development portfolio, making it the first AI-generated target from the collaboration to enter the Company’s portfolio.
SPT Labtech announces co-marketing initiative with Thermo Fisher Scientific to help reduce the cost of NGS library prep
The cost of library preparation is one of the biggest obstacles to large next-generation sequencing (NGS) studies, slowing down the pace of insights from infectious disease surveillance, cancer research and beyond.
New ‘Scale Ratio’ reveals that East of England tech is well positioned for sustained growth
Two scaleups from the East of England - Cambridge-based Riverlane and Speechmatics - have been selected in Tech Nation’s latest Upscale Programme.
Study investigates crypto selection
A study co-authored by Dr Andrei Kirilenko of Cambridge Judge Business School, presented at a recent CERF in the City event, develops an app-based recommendation framework for investor adoption of crypto assets.
Enhanc3D Genomics appoints Dr Frank M Armstrong as Chair of the Board of Directors
Enhanc3D Genomics, a functional genomics spinout company from The Babraham Institute (Cambridge, UK), is pleased to announce that Dr Frank M Armstrong has been appointed as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Company with effect from 4 January 2021.
Allia Future Business Centre provides free support for local businesses to help them grow
Allia Future Business Centres has been awarded funding from the European Regional Development Fund to support hundreds of local businesses across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough through a range of free training, advice and support programmes.
BBC1 consumer programme references broadband speed testing
BBC1 Consumer programme Rip Off Britain highlights the importance of broadband speed testing.
Leading legal AI technology, Luminance, exceeds 300 customers in over 50 countries
Luminance, the market-leading artificial intelligence platform for lawyers, has announced that over 300 customers in more than 50 countries are using its machine learning technology to revolutionise the process of document review.
Vector Photonics leads the £1.5m BLOODLINE consortium to develop lasers for next-generation metal printers
Vector Photonics is leading the BLOODLINE project; an Innovate UK funded, international consortium project developing PCSEL-based chips for 3D metal laser printing. This is a market set to quadruple to $10bn by 2025*.
Why your business website is more essential than ever – navigating COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has significantly altered the way businesses – particularly SMEs and mid-market businesses - operate. The cycles of change happened very quickly from the first lockdown to where we are now in 2021, and we are still in lockdown.
Insight into the effects of coronavirus: a cautionary tale
If there is any doubt about the devastating effects of Covid-19, an article by Cambridge-based Tim Hayward in the FT Magazine - 'Covid and me: 10 days on life support '- should banish them forever.
1st Virtual Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) is a great success
The 1st Virtual Cambridge Information & Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM) took place last week on 20 and 21 January.
Swedish Sea Rescue Society improves emergency response with Sepura’s over the air programming solution
Swedish Sea Rescue Society in Sweden has enhanced its existing Sepura critical communications solution by upgrading to include Over the Air Programming, saving the team time and reducing costs while improving their programming capability.
Surviving lockdown: Cambridge Network steps up to help
Wellbeing and positivity are at the centre of new webinars and training courses designed by Cambridge Network to help the business community survive the latest lockdown.
Adder announces new features for ADDERLink™ INFINITY 4000 Series
Adder Technology, a global leader in connectivity solutions and high performance IP KVM, has today introduced a range of new features to its multi-award winning ADDERLink™ INFINITY 4000 series (ALIF4000) including support for HDR10 video standards. The latest updates, available to all new and existing customers, have been developed to meet the growing demand for high resolution content creation.
First Cambridge Covid-19 large scale vaccination centre launches at The Grafton
The NHS launches its first large scale vaccination centre in Cambridge this Thursday (28 January 2021) as part of the biggest vaccination programme in NHS history.