What it really means to be a better lawyer
Many things aren’t represented accurately on the big (or small) screen. Poker games rarely end with eight players going all in with increasingly superb hands. Hospitals, sadly, aren’t exclusively filled with wise-cracking and devastatingly good-looking medical staff. Yet perhaps one of the most egregious is the representation of the lawyer’s day-to-day life.
No more 'but, my computer…' excuses in 2021
Managers hate it when their staff’s productivity goes down.
New scheme to support SMEs through Covid-19 launched by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough libraries and the British Library
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Business and IP Centre (BIPC) and the British Library are launching a dedicated programme to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to transform, future-proof and grow their business through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Why Sales Development Reps are key to success
How easy are you finding it to engage with new sales opportunities in the current climate? Experienced Sales Development Reps (SDRs) can prove to be an invaluable resource for delivering against a variety of goals, particularly when we are faced with the challenges of doing business in a constantly-changing environment.
Cambridge Quantum Computing completes $45 million financing
Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC) has successfully completed a $45 million financing from investors including Honeywell Ventures, IBM Ventures, JSR Corporation, Serendipity Capital, Alvarium Investments and Talipot Holdings to further accelerate commercialisation and consolidate its leadership position in quantum computing software and applications.
The Cambridge announces partnership with electronic signature provider Legalesign
The Cambridge Building Society has this week announced its partnership with locally based electronic signature provider Legalesign. The collaboration has been established to support customers with a quick and easy way to share signed documentation, through an innovative system that provides digital safety and security.
Sunlight raises $6M in funding to make high-performance cloud a reality
Sunlight, the Cambridge-based developer of virtualisation technology for data-intensive applications, has closed a $6M Series A funding round, led by OpenOcean with participation from Robert Bosch Venture Capital. Sunlight will use the funding to expand its commercial operations and footprint, particularly in the US market.
Medovate secures TGA Approval in Australia and inclusion on WAND Database in New Zealand for SAFIRA™
Medovate and its Brisbane-based distributor LTR Medical have announced they have secured both TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) Approval in Australia and inclusion on the WAND Database in New Zealand for their game-changing SAFIRA™ (SAFer Injection for Regional Anaesthesia) technology.
8K TVs, women’s sport and Open RAN highlighted among key technology, media and telecoms predictions for 2021
The technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice at Deloitte, has today announced its predictions for the sector in 2021.
Open-source toolkit helps developing countries meet demand for COVID-19 research and diagnostics
Researchers have developed a free, open-source toolkit that allows laboratories in developing countries to produce their own tools for COVID-19 research and diagnosis, without relying on an increasingly fractured global supply chain.
Research reveals how COVID-19 affects the eyes
Sore eyes are the most significant vision-based indicator of COVID-19, according to new research published in the journal BMJ Open Ophthalmology.
Industry expert brings Internet of Things to life
Students in the School of Computing and Information Science at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) are benefiting from hands-on Internet of Things (IoT) expertise thanks to the appointment of Steven Kear as a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor.
First class festive thank you for Cambridge posties
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner will say a big thank you to Royal Mail sorting office staff this Friday as he hears first-hand about this year's Christmas delivery operation and shows his gratitude to posties for all their hard work throughout this unusual year.
New town proposals to be considered alongside 650 other suggested locations for new homes and jobs
Councillors have reassured residents that proposals published by developers for a 25,000-home town in South Cambridgeshire have absolutely no planning status, and it is far too early to say whether the location is suitable for any development.
Market-leader in enterprise financial crime, Featurespace, adopts Luminance to power in-house contractual insights
Luminance, the leading artificial intelligence platform for the legal profession, has announced that Featurespace™, the leading provider of Enterprise Financial Crime prevention software, has deployed the Luminance platform to gain more insight and control over the company’s in-house legal processes.
V day arrives in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Pioneering Covid-19 vaccinations are happening in the UK today. And the first Cambridgeshire and Peterborough residents will soon be getting their jabs to protect against the virus too.
Carbon13 launches ‘Apprentice’-style programme for start-ups looking to make a significant impact on CO2e emissions
Carbon13 is the venture builder for the climate emergency, supporting start-ups geared at reducing CO2e emissions; by 2025, its mission is to help 1,000 entrepreneurs build 150 startups, each of which has the potential to reduce emissions by at least 10 million tonnes per annum.
New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency of buildings
The University of Cambridge is one of 21 organisations awarded a share of over £7 million in funding meant to put the UK at the forefront of the latest advances in space innovation.
UK’s new underground observatory open for research
The UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow that will give scientists an unprecedented look at the Earth’s subsurface, has had its virtual opening yesterday (Monday).
UKRI and Zinc launch new support for translational research
UKRI has launched a new programme in partnership with Zinc to help researchers turn ideas into products and services that help people live longer, healthier lives.
Cambridge businesses team up to get computers into the hands of young people who need them most
One of the harsh lessons from the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic was that far too many vulnerable young people in the UK don’t have access to a computer for learning at home. That’s why the Raspberry Pi Foundation has teamed up with UK Youth and a network of grassroots youth and community organisations to get computers into the hands of disadvantaged young people across the UK.
Cambridge takes second place in 'Best Places to Start a New Business' for 2019-20
Cambridge has been named as the second best location to start a small business in the UK in a comprehensive study, beaten only by Brighton.
Celebrity Bottom Drawer auction raises nearly £150,000 for EACH
The huge auction of celebrity items to raise money for East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ended on Sunday, with a flurry of late bids taking the total to a phenomenal £146,466.
Light up a Life - Arthur Rank Hospice Charity’s special film premiere brings Cambridgeshire together
Hundreds of people from across Cambridgeshire united online with Arthur Rank Hospice on Sunday (6 December) to remember loved ones, at the film premiere of Light up a Life sponsored by Peasgood & Skeates.
Cambridge Index dips 0.2%
The Cambridge Index slipped 52.3 points or 0.2% to close at 22716.1. Three of the top tenIindex heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.