Virus could spell ‘catastrophe’ for small brewers
Small breweries in the UK are being urged to share their experiences of how the coronavirus shutdown has affected business, to inform new research by Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).
East of England records highest number of profit warnings in a quarter since 2005
Profit warnings issued by East of England-listed businesses reached a record-breaking high in the first three months of 2020 - higher than any previous quarter since 2005 - according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings report.
Renowned Life Sciences specialist joins Taylor Wessing
Life Sciences specialist Alison Dennis has joined the Taylor Wessing partnership. Alison will work alongside Michael Stein as International Co-Head of our Life Sciences and Healthcare team.
A Cambridge Tripos in blue
Tonight Cambridge’s team of event professionals lit up a trifecta of venues and monuments for the fifth week in the city’s Make It Blue campaign.
Team Consulting responds to the UK Government’s urgent request for ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients
On March 13th, with the UK in lockdown, Team Consulting was asked by the UK Government to join the UK Ventilator Challenge. Consulting companies, manufacturers and suppliers worked collaboratively to respond to this call. It was predicted that the UK would need more than 30,000 additional ventilators to help support COVID-19 patients. Team Consulting assembled a group of engineers (including…
A short guide to social media for business
Are you a small business owner who uses your own personal social media profiles to promote your business?
400% increase in demand for AI email security, as cyber threat escalates
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, has announced that the number of customers using Darktrace’s AI email solution, Antigena Email, has doubled since January 2020, while the number of requests to trial Antigena Email has quadrupled since the lockdown began in early March.
COEL: constructing calm in crisis
With in-house expertise at hand, the COEL group of commercial interiors specialists is able to guide and partner clients from concept to construction. Although we are in uncertain times, it is a perfect time to undertake planning and preparation that will make a good project a great project.
Avacta Group plc forms COVID-19 antigen diagnostic collaboration with Adeptrix
Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Adeptrix (Beverly, MA, USA) to develop a high throughput COVID-19 antigen test using Adeptrix’s proprietary bead-assisted mass spectrometry (BAMS™) platform.
Medtech Accelerator boosts local company developing self-monitoring device for chemotherapy patients
Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture between innovation hub Health Enterprise East (HEE), Eastern AHSN (Academic Health Science Network) and regional business partners to support medtech pioneers, has announced an award of £125,000 to Cambridge-based company NeutroCheck, to progress development of an at-home safety monitoring test for chemotherapy patients.
Kidney Research UK wins national film award
Peterborough-based charity Kidney Research UK has won a People’s Choice award at the 2020 Charity Film Awards. Its film about the impact medical research has had on the lives of people with a rare kidney condition beat stiff competition in the longform category and gained enough public votes to be crowned the winner in a virtual awards ceremony.
Social distancing in the workplace
With the return to work post COVID-19 hopefully a not too distant idea for most, Layrd Design decided to look into ways in which aspects of social distancing could be practised in the office environment.
School’s in
Five Cambridge education experts share tips, free resources (and moral support) to help you make the most of home-schooling in lockdown.
Fighting the COVID-19 fire with molecular diagnostics innovations
"You cannot fight a fire blindfolded. And we cannot stop this pandemic if we don't know who is infected. We have a simple message for all countries: test, test, test. Test every suspected case" ----Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)
Aspiring innovators podcast: What does Covid-19 mean for the economy?
The latest CUTalks podcast features Ozan Özkural, the founder of Tanto Capital Partners, who discusses how companies can survive, macroeconomic trends and the economic consequences of Covid-19.
Study of more than 16,700 COVID-19 patients identifies characteristics of severe disease
To answer many urgent questions about the characteristics of people who are most severely affected by coronavirus and what happens to them in hospital, a study – called ‘ISARIC4C’ – has analysed data obtained from 16,749 COVID-19 hospital patients in the UK.
Innovation in scarcity: New tool from Plextek’s Innovation Unit
Supply chains are disrupted and finance is as uncertain as it has ever been. So, if you’re trying to innovate in the face of scarcity, what can you do? Ignite Exponential, Plextek’s Innovation Unit, has developed a new version of the innovation tool, the 4 As, which is free to download at the bottom of this article, to help in these unprecedented times.
Chiquitita tell me what’s wrong…
"The combination of fear of illness, sudden shift to working at home, overload of uncertainty and change, plus the limited social outlet is a deadly combination for overloading our mental hard drives."
AstraZeneca and Oxford University announce landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford today announced an agreement for the global development and distribution of the University’s potential recombinant adenovirus vaccine aimed at preventing COVID-19 infection from SARS-CoV-2.
Medovate develops new PPE face mask to help front line clinicians with coronavirus
Medovate, the dynamic Cambridge based medical device company, is developing an innovative face mask incorporating a specialised filter which has been proven to be an effective barrier against viruses.
AstraZeneca joins UK Government’s ACCORD trial platform
AstraZeneca is joining forces with public research bodies and academic institutions as part of a UK government-led initiative to speed up the development of medicines to treat patients hospitalised with COVID-19.
TTP plc collaborates with ODx to develop new technology to address antibiotic resistance
TTP plc, a leading independent technology and product development company, has announced today that it has partnered with ODx (ODx Innovations Ltd), a company committed to developing a system for assessing urinary tract infections (UTIs). The collaboration is focused on bringing ODx’ system to market through TTP’s Desktop Biology service.
Cambridge Design Partnership announces product development collaboration on pen-injector technology with the Stevanato Group
Cambridge Design Partnership (CDP), a UK and US based leading technology and product design partner, and the Stevanato Group, a leading producer of glass primary packaging and provider of integrated capabilities for combination products, today announced a collaboration agreement for the development of a new pen-injector based on the Axis-D technology and intellectual property (IP) licensed…
Chamber appoints award-winning entrepreneur Faye Holland as Chair of Cambridge & South Cambs Chamber Committee
The Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce (CCC) is delighted to announce that award-winning entrepreneur, Faye Holland has been appointed to chair the Cambridge & South Cambs Chamber Committee.
Preliminary results of Covid-19 drug treatment trial found to improve recovery
An international clinical trial, co-led by UKRI’s Medical Research Council and UCL, which is testing the effectiveness of the drug remdesivir on patients hospitalised with Covid-19, has shown “very promising” preliminary results.