Council agrees grant to keep Milton Country Park open
Milton Country Park is being provided with up to £50,000 by the District Council, to ensure residents can keep enjoying the green spaces and paths.
10 ways to help Cambridge avoid return to pre-lockdown congestion
Sean Moroney, Founder & CEO, Cambridge Electric Transport, sets out ten action points to prevent a return to pre-Covid congestion and pollution levels. He proposes a public-private Transport Task Force to map out a sustainable transport strategy for Greater Cambridge.
Meet Cambridge lockdown videos selected for university’s ‘Collecting COVID-19’ archive
Meet Cambridge, the official, free venue-finding service for spaces at the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, hotels and other unique properties in and around the city, has been supporting its venues during lockdown by checking in on staff at its member venues in a series of video chats.
The Cambridge announces support for the Women in Finance Charter
The Cambridge has formalised its commitment to a gender diverse and inclusive workplace by signing up to the Women in Finance Charter.
Birketts advises The Milbank Group on the acquisition of pioneering plant bio stimulant business
Birketts, the leading law firm, has advised The Milbank Group on the acquisition of pioneering plant bio stimulant business Orion Future Technology Ltd.
Charity launches virtual balloon race across the globe
Join East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) this Coronation Day, Tuesday, 2 June, for a virtual balloon race, hosted by Ecoracing.
Intuitive design: lessons from my toaster
Team Consulting's Ed Slipper discusses intuitive design and why his new toaster looks more like a nuclear submarine...
Hewitsons supports business community with its online event programme
The spirit of ‘business as normal’ throughout the pandemic continues at local law firm Hewitsons which has taken its programme of events, designed to support the local business community, online.
Surging numbers of first-generation learners at risk of being left behind in education systems worldwide
‘First-generation learners’ – a substantial number of pupils around the world who represent the first generation in their families to receive an education – are also significantly more likely to leave school without basic literacy or numeracy skills, a study suggests.
Tackling COVID-19: Karl Wilson
Operations Director Karl Wilson has helped lead a herculean effort to transform a standard laboratory into a bespoke testing centre, to aid the national response against COVID-19. For him, there was never any question about whether we should - or could - do this.
Long-term relationship leads the way in coding and marking
The combination of high-quality, consistency and reliability has made Xaar printheads the continual choice for Squid Ink and its industrial coding and marking printers for over 20 years.
Breedr and Tru-Test integration reduces weigh-time to <20 seconds and enables smarter decisions live at the Crush
Join the ‘Weighing Made Easy’ webinar on 3rd June at 1pm for the chance to win an S3 weigh scale worth £395.
AstraZeneca advances response to global COVID-19 challenge as it receives first commitments for Oxford’s potential new vaccine
AstraZeneca is advancing its ongoing response to address the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, collaborating with a number of countries and multilateral organisations to make the University of Oxford’s potential vaccine widely accessible around the world in an equitable manner.
University of Cambridge suspends mass lectures but small group teaching continues
A statement from Professor Graham Virgo, Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education) at the University of Cambridge, regarding the academic year 2020-21.
Brytlyt secures Series A to turbocharge real-time data analytics
Brytlyt, provider of the world’s fastest data analytics and visualisation technology, has raised $4 million in Series A funding from global technology investor Amadeus Capital Partners and Finch Capital.
Orchard Street completes first letting at iconic Radio House Cambridge following major refurbishment
Orchard Street Investment Management, the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed its first letting at Radio House office scheme in Cambridge to Sentec, a globally leading supplier of smart home technology and consultancy services.
National trial launched to test re-purposing existing drugs to treat COVID-19 patients
A new trial to prevent organ failure and death in COVID-19 patients has been launched led by clinicians and scientists in Cambridge and London.
Rolling 50/30 day cycle of lockdown and relaxation could be a useful option for managing COVID-19, model suggests
An alternating cycle of 50 days of strict lockdown followed by 30 days of easing could be an effective strategy for reducing the number of COVID-19-related deaths and admissions to intensive care units, say an international team of researchers.
'Get your household together, get your trainers on and get walking for Arthur Rank Hospice!”'
Actor Cliff Parisi gets behind ‘virtual’ version of Arthur Rank Hospice’s Star Shine Walk.
CHR appoints new CEO Chris Stevenson
CHR is thrilled to announce the appointment of Chris Stevenson as chief executive officer. Chris transitions to this new role from his position on the board as a non-executive director.
Plextek wins DASA contracts to fast track autonomous vehicles in challenging environments
Plextek DTS has been awarded two contracts under the latest Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) challenge to boost how autonomous vehicles and systems operate in challenging environments.
Cargill and Eagle Genomics agree to multi-year platform engagement to accelerate microbiome discovery
Life sciences and microbiome knowledge discovery company Eagle Genomics today announced that Cargill has signed a multi-year platform agreement to enable the digital transformation of microbiome and life sciences R&D across its global locations.
Rentschler Biopharma licenses Horizon Discovery’s CHOSOURCE platform to complement cell line development offering for difficult-to-express proteins
Horizon Discovery's CHOSOURCE platform to be combined with Rentschler Biopharma’s novel in-house cell line development process to provide speed, stability and high yield.
New Mauritius Metro Express keeps on track with Sepura TETRA Radios
Sepura partner Consort Digital has deployed a complete communications solution to the island of Mauritius, providing voice and data communications via Sepura TETRA radios to the new Mauritius Metro Express.
Avacta and Medusa19 enter into a distribution agreement for COVID-19 antigen test
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Medusa19 Limited for direct-to-consumer sales of a saliva-based rapid test for the COVID-19 antigen.