‘Loan schemes starting to deliver but step change needed to accelerate support to distressed firms’ - CBI
The CBI has outlined a comprehensive range of measures aimed at accelerating emergency support to distressed firms amid the continuing COVID crisis.
Inivata launches RaDaR™ for the detection of residual disease and recurrence
Inivata, a Cambridge Innovation Capital portfolio company and a leader in liquid biopsy, announces the availability of RaDaR™, an assay for the detection and monitoring of residual disease and recurrence in the plasma samples of patients previously diagnosed with cancer.
Coronavirus: Home sweet home - or is it?
There are those who are used to working from home, and those for whom it is still quite a novelty.
The benefits of Independent Financial Advice
Sarah Austin, Independent Financial Adviser from Martin-Redman Partners, explains the different ways financial advice can help you make sensible money choices, and make your money work harder for you.
COVID-19: Business survival tactics
The outbreak of COVID-19 poses not only a serious threat to the health of the UK, but also to the life of many businesses. Joe Greenstock of Hewitsons offers some advice...
Putting AI to work against COVID-19
Until the coronavirus pandemic took hold, it seemed that at least every other headline about healthcare innovations was related to machine learning or other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) - systems that can mimic human processes such as the capacity to learn and adapt on the basis of new information increasingly used in technology.
Adapting to Adversity: Four ways lawyers can be proactive in times of crisis
The current coronavirus pandemic, the implementation of GDPR back in 2018, and the upcoming phase out of IBOR and LIBOR in the banking world, are all examples of where businesses have had to quickly review their contracts in a short space of time. We would all like to be proactive at times like this, but that is often easier said than done.
Managing business risks during a pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic is posing many risks to businesses across the world, and it is essential that businesses understand how to manage this.
Employment Law: What’s happening in April?
A number of legal changes are taking place that have nothing at all to do with the current Covid19 crisis.
Key nose cells identified as likely COVID-19 entry points
Study with Human Cell Atlas could help understand transmission of the virus.
Normal human uterus is colonised by clones with cancer-driving mutations that arise early in life, study finds
Many cells in the inner lining of the uterus carry ‘cancer-driving’ mutations that frequently arise early in life, report scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Cambridge and their collaborators. The research team conducted whole-genome sequencing of healthy human endometrium, providing a comprehensive overview of the rates and patterns of DNA changes in this tissue…
NIHR and UKRI launch call for research on COVID-19 and ethnicity
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are jointly calling for research proposals to investigate emerging evidence of an association between ethnicity and COVID-19 incidence and adverse health outcomes.
Jagex builds out development team leadership to create new games
Jagex, a leading UK developer and publisher of living games, has announced it has further strengthened the studio’s development team. The hires will drive forward the company’s plans to continue growing the RuneScape franchise and to build new game experiences. Even with the current coronavirus situation, 2020 is poised to be yet another year of significant investment in recruiting.
Legalesign partners with APSCo to provide free digital furlough agreements
Legalesign, the UK’s leading provider of electronic signature, has partnered with the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) to provide quick and easy digital signing for free furlough agreements available to its members as they face unprecedented turmoil during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cambridge business community benefits from local Skills Swap
Trying to think of ways to help others, Paul Lane, a website designer from Great Shelford, is using the free time he has been experiencing over the past week to benefit the local community.
Proposals invited for NERC COVID-19 public engagement grant
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is inviting proposals for public engagement with environmental science which understand, address or mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.
UK and US firms ‘lag’ in race to commercialise COVID-19 diagnostic tests
The diagnostic industry in countries such as Germany, South Korea and China lead the pack on getting coronavirus tests ready for market. Researchers warn that lax EU regulations could see it become a “dumping ground” for bad tests.
Almost a quarter of adults living under lockdown in the UK have experienced loneliness
One in four adults (24 per cent) in the UK have felt lonely because of coronavirus, according to a longitudinal study that is tracking mental health across the pandemic.
Networks launched to identify solutions to global challenges
Twenty networks will bring together UK researchers with collaborators from across the developing world to tackle global challenges.
Birketts’ Shaping Excellence Team launches remote training offering
Top 100 law firm Birketts is proud to announce that its Shaping Excellence Team is now able to deliver its full suite of training courses remotely, ensuring full flexibility for companies affected by the pandemic and furloughed employees alike.
Tips to manage employees' mental health during lockdown
Employees cannot do work during furlough, but you can still check-in on their wellbeing. Get your wellness action plan in place for Stress Awareness Month with The HR Dept's top tips on managing mental health during a crisis.
Run secure online exams with remote proctoring
How to proctor remote exams is a dilemma that many are considering for the first time amid the Coronavirus pandemic. As institutions implement plans to move exams online, thoughts naturally turn to how to maintain assessment security and integrity in these extraordinary circumstances. This is where remote proctoring services can help.
EACH receives another £4.4k in memory of 15-year-old Sammy
Another £4,480 has been given to East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) in memory of Samantha Desborough.
Horizon Discovery CHOSOURCE™ platform supports development of immunotherapy for autoimmune diseases
Batavia Biosciences and Immutep use Horizon’s GS knockout CHO K1 cell line expression system to generate high yielding cell line for LAG-3 immunotherapy.
Connecting healthcare and manufacturing: The challenges of COVID-19
Tim Minshall, Dr John C Taylor Professor of Innovation & Head of the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing, discusses the challenges of matching the offers of support from the manufacturing community to respond to the COVID-19 crisis with the dynamic and uncertain needs of the healthcare system.