How new technology is enabling care outside hospital
Can digital solutions enable the 'hospital at home'? Read Team Consulting's latest blog by Benjamin Cox and Paul Greenhalgh.
Good time to be improving your employability, reports Cambridge college
With the Chancellor’s latest announcement boosting apprenticeships, Kiran Kapur, CEO of Cambridge Marketing College (CMC), suggests that uncertainty over career prospects is pushing people to take steps to improve their employability. CMC has found stronger demand for its courses since the coronavirus pandemic, and now also runs a successful and growing marketing apprenticeship scheme.
New fund to develop digital innovation to revolutionise Britain's manufacturing supply chains
Made Smarter and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) launch two funding competitions for Britain’s most innovative businesses to come together to develop world-leading digital technologies to boost supply chain productivity and resilience to turbo-charge the COVID recovery.
Case study - Digital product registration improves service to customers
Chris Dunn Consulting recently worked with Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation to create an online registration system, integrated with the product information database to enable its customers to register all products in a simple and efficient process.
Cancer Research UK and Abcam launch custom partnership to accelerate cancer research
Cancer Research UK, the world's largest independent funder of cancer research and Abcam plc, a global innovator in life science reagents and tools, are pleased to announce a new partnership for the development and commercialization of novel custom antibodies to support the acceleration of cancer research.
Connecting with residents – how full fibre can benefit landlords in Cambridge
In the past few years, being a landlord has become a great deal more difficult. Thanks to regulatory changes, the profitability of renting has dropped significantly. Previously, having a property untenanted for a few months would have been manageable. Now, the tax code changes mean that having a property vacant for even a month can be enough to tip landlords into the red. Therefore, it’s…
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity’s Star Shine Walkers raise over £33,500 during lock-down
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity's first virtual Star Shine Walk is a success!
Changing the world by managing your pension
Jeremy Edwards, Independent Financial Adviser from Martin-Redman Partners, talks about the benefits of investing your pension in companies whose practices and values align with your own environmental or ethical beliefs.
What will the legal landscape look like in 2025?
Lawyers and law firms have spent many years preparing long-term transformation plans, as the industry adjusts to advances in technology and working practices. Not many decision-makers, however, could be accused of standing well ahead of the curve. Instead, planning has often been focused on not being left behind by the accelerating pace of change, while many employees and executives dug in their…
EY comments on the Chancellor’s Economic Statement
Tax less, spend more – Stuart Wilkinson, EY’s Head of Tax in the East of England, comments on the Chancellor’s Economic Statement.
Keep caring and don’t litter
With lockdown rules easing, there’s a reminder from South Cambridgeshire District Council that it’s everyone’s responsibility to keep caring and not litter.
Greenwoods GRM welcomes new Cambridge-based Business & Finance Partner
Jonathan Reardon joins Greenwoods GRM in Cambridge as a Business and Finance partner.
Medovate supports 'Innovate Now' NHS fundraising effort
Medical device company Medovate Ltd, is the first business to answer the call to donate to a new fund to support NHS innovation. Innovate Now is a new fundraising initiative launched by Health Enterprise East (HEE), to support local NHS Trusts and social care services to build capacity to help them return to normal service levels as the peak of the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Mogrify adds Dr Lorenz Mayr to Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board
Mogrify Ltd (Mogrify®), a UK biotechnology company aiming to transform the development of cell therapies by the systematic discovery of novel cell conversions, today announced the appointment of Lorenz Mayr, PhD, to the Board of Directors and the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB).
Intellegens awarded Innovate UK funding to model COVID-19 data and improve pandemic management
Intellegens has received funding from Innovate UK to model COVID-19 data and improve the management of future coronavirus outbreaks and other infectious diseases. The tool, which will be based on Intellegens' unique deep-learning algorithm Alchemite™, will help understand how policy changes might impact outcomes, helping inform decision-making.
Men and younger adults less active in lockdown
New research published in the journal BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine indicates that men and younger adults have been less physically active during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Racism & inequality: ‘a good time to act’
Society must actively combat racism and inequality because a ‘passive approach’ simply won’t work, says Kamal Munir of Cambridge Judge Business School.
Eight Cambridge researchers elected as members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation
Eight Cambridge researchers - six from the University of Cambridge and two from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - are among the 63 scientists from around the world elected this year as Members and Associate Members of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).
Desk-based jobs may offer protection against poor cognition in later life
People who work in jobs that require less physical activity – typically office and desk-based jobs – are at a lower risk of subsequent poor cognition than those whose work is more physically active, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge.
Testing wastewater to find COVID
Dr Charlotte Coles, Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, discusses her report "Sensors in the Water and Wastewater Treatment Industries 2020-2030", which provides a market analysis of the sensors and technologies used in smart water networks and smart wastewater networks.
Horizon Discovery introduces Cas9 and dCas9-VPR stable cell lines to simplify and accelerate CRISPR gene editing workflows
Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in the application of gene editing and gene modulation for cell line engineering, announced the introduction of its stably expressing Cas9 and dCas9-VPR cell lines to help accelerate gene knockout and gene activation experiments, respectively.
Zedify raises £300,000 from Green Angel Syndicate
Zedify, the network of first and last mile delivery operations across the UK, has recently raised over £300,000 from a group of private investors led by Green Angel Syndicate (GAS).
EMI Options: Working time requirements to exclude effects of coronavirus
At the end of June, a suite of changes to the Finance Bill 2020 were introduced, aimed at clarifying the tax effects of some of the Government's Coronavirus measures, says James Lawrence of Hewitsons.
Allia Future Business Centres are Covid-safe and welcome visitors and new tenants
Recovery. A word we’re hearing a lot right now, as we start to emerge tentatively from the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. For some, the recovery will be a physical one, to gradually get well again after falling ill with the virus that has affected millions of people the world over.
Recovery marketing – the big W
Of all the predictions for the shape of the economy as we recover, most analysts say a ‘W’ is the most likely and the best way to plan marketing.