Winter grant funding will help South Cambs children get online
Digitally-excluded children in South Cambridgeshire are to be given a helping hand to get online with funding from a package of grants financed via the Government’s Winter Support Grant scheme.
Cambridge Film Festival launches a year of UK-wide online film events
Following the unprecedented success of this year’s online AMPLIFY! Film Festival, which reached audiences across the country, Cambridge Film Festival is set to launch a series of year-round online films and film-related events early in the new year.
Employment law 2021: What to expect
2020 has been an extremely busy year for employment law, with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic placing both employers and employees in uncharted territory. This year saw many employers needing to get to grips with the new concept of ‘furloughing’, keep up to date with ever-changing Government guidance and adapt to homeworking (a change likely to remain for many in the post-pandemic world).
Avacta Group plc signs licence agreement with Astrea Bioseparations
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of innovative cancer therapies and diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a licence agreement with Astrea Bioseparations for the use of the Affimer platform in affinity purification applications.
ARU is helping protect region from cyber-crime
UK Government funding means businesses across the East of England can contact Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) for advice and support to help protect themselves from cyber-crime.
Tame your computer - 2020's top 10 tips
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 offers her Best of 2020 -the top 10 tips of this year.
Renowned biotech firm Mogrify receives design overhaul from COEL
Mogrify®, the life science company transforming the development of cell therapies have grown rapidly since forming. They wanted their headquarters in The Cambridge Science Park Bio-Innovation centre to have versatility in accommodating their continued growth and to provide flexibility within the breakout areas.
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group wins new seven-year deal with two long-standing International customers
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) has underlined its position as the leading globalC-130 support specialist by winning a seven-year contract with the Norwegian Defence Logistic Organisation and the Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation that will see it continue to maintain the nations’ combined fleet of eight C-130J aircraft.
V7 Labs raises $3 million to empower AI teams with automated training data workflows
V7 Labs, the computer vision platform trusted by hundreds of customers including Tractable, GE Healthcare and Merck, has announced the closing of a $3M Seed round led by Amadeus Capital Partners, joined by Partech, Air Street Capital, and Miele Venture.
East of England records highest confidence level since March
Business confidence in the East of England rose 20 points month-on-month during December to -1%, its highest point since the beginning of the pandemic in March, according to the latest Business Barometer from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Business change: 3 trends that will be important in 2021
2020 has been a watershed year. Business change has been sudden and rapid. With the benefit of 20:20 hindsight, it is now clear that three trends will continue to be important in 2021.
Leaving hospital during Covid-19 - new report
The way people are discharged from hospital across the region should work better for patients, says a new report from Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, which has just been published.
AI-enabled low-cost digital stethoscope wins innovation award
An artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled low-cost digital stethoscope – invented during the COVID-19 pandemic by University of Cambridge engineering department alumna Dr Ruodan Lu – has won an industry innovation award.
Brainbow Zooms ahead with Christmas event
Young Addenbrooke’s Hospital patients are to have a cracking Christmas event this year, despite the pandemic.
Emergency operation outcomes praised in new report
Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is one of four in England and Wales with the lowest death rate following a specialist emergency procedure, says a new report.
A look ahead at some of the exciting Agri-TechE events in 2021
Agri-TechE is facilitating the growth of the agri-tech ecosystem by bringing together people from different spheres that may not otherwise have met. Speakers at its events include a mixture of farmers, technologists and scientists who explore challenges and consider solutions from different perspectives.
Competition launches to showcase young people’s art to world leaders at COP26
An art competition has been launched for young people across the UK, with the winners having their artwork displayed at the COP26 Climate Change conference next year in Glasgow.
How can I speed up sales?
The relationship between a sales organisation and its legal team has always been an important one. Any good sales professional should know the value of a strong legal partner and how this relationship can be critical in closing deals.
Free communication strategy advice podcast launches
A local communication consultant and PR expert is throwing her arms around the Cambridge business community and beyond, by launching a free bite-size advice podcast to help startups and growing businesses understand the 'comms stuff' earlier on in their growth journey, save time and money with resources, and have more impact with customers and investors.
Taylor Wessing discusses the impact of vaccination in the return to the office, with Financial News
Requiring employees to get vaccinated before coming back to the workplace is the closest way to eliminating risk of infection at work.
Jesus College Oxford enters into agreement for primary care centre in city centre
Birketts has acted on behalf of Jesus College Oxford and Jesus College Development (Oxford) Limited in connection with an agreement with three GP Practices to build and let to the GPs a new state-of-the-art NHS primary care unit in part of the college’s new Northgate building in Oxford city centre.
Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may hold key to new treatments
The first cell atlas of an important life stage of Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic worm that poses a risk to hundreds of millions of people each year, has been developed by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators.
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group celebrates arrival of the first US Marine Corps aircraft
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) celebrated the arrival of the first US Marine Corps aircraft to be inducted into its Cambridge headquarters today for depot-level maintenance under the company’s new ten-year multi-million dollar contract with NAVAIR, Naval Air Systems Command.
Medical technology pioneer Martin Frost presented with Bessemer Society Lifetime Fellowship Award
The Bessemer Society has presented its Lifetime Fellowship Award to Martin Frost, CBE, the Cambridge-based businessman and entrepreneur responsible for the start-up and scale-up of several highly successful global technology businesses.
Mayor joins workforce on site of Soham’s new station
Mayor James Palmer this week visited the site of the new railway station at Soham which is being funded with £18.6m from the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority.