New firefighter apprentices make history at London Stansted
Two women are blazing a trail at London Stansted after becoming the first female firefighters to join the ranks of the airport’s fire and rescue service.
PhoreMost enters multi-project drug discovery collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical
PhoreMost Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to drugging ‘undruggable’ disease targets, announced it has entered into a multi-project collaboration with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., the world-leading pharmaceutical company dedicated to the research and development of highly-innovative drugs and diagnostics.
Win a free onsite GC gas supply & plumbing health check
Would you like an independent health check of your gas supply and plumbing to help you reduce helium usage in your laboratory? Find out more and enter the draw to win a FREE onsite GC Gas Supply & Plumbing Health Check training course.
New system enables rapid discovery and manufacture of next-generation cell therapies
MIT spin-out company Kytopen has engaged Cambridge Consultants to co-develop the first Flowfect™ system.
Stocks in Focus: Pennon Plc
This week Girish Ramrous of NW Brown Wealth Management looks at Pennon Plc, following reports last week that it is preparing to sell off its waste management division, Viridor.
Cambridge Index climbs 1.1%
The Cambridge Index advanced 298.3 points or 1.1% to close at 27,950.5, as three of the top five Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Growth Architects: How to reduce your Google Ads budget with in-market audiences
Late last year (2019) in-market audiences were introduced to both Google and Bing (Google Ads' somewhat u
Cambridgeshire businesses cut carbon and save money
This week is Big Energy Saving Week. Small and medium sized businesses are urged to sign up for a free energy efficiency review, to become less wasteful, use less energy, cut carbon and cut costs in their business.
More affordable homes for Huntingdonshire and Cambridge after funding agreed
The Housing and Communities Committee of the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority has approved funding for 81 affordable homes at sites across Huntingdonshire and Cambridgeshire.
Working in the construction industry
The Construction industry is one of the largest in the UK economy.
How can we deal with the ‘P’ word?
Plastic has become a malevolent symbol of our wasteful society. It’s also fundamental to almost every aspect of our lives. How do we shift our ‘take, make, throw-away’ plastic world towards ‘recycle, recover, re-use’? Experts, including Dr Khaled Soufani, Director of the Circular Economy Centre at Cambridge Judge Business School, offer their thoughts.
Astronomers use ‘cosmic echo-location’ to map black hole surroundings
Most black holes are too small on the sky for us to determine their immediate environment, but we can still explore these mysterious objects by watching how matter behaves as it nears, and falls into them.
Pure’s Mark Colton celebrates promotion to Managing Consultant
Pure, the professional recruitment company for the East of England, has promoted Mark Colton to the role of Managing Consultant.
Council awards £120,959 to projects supporting South Cambridgeshire to become zero carbon
The 19 community projects that will receive £120,959 to help South Cambridgeshire become zero carbon have been revealed.
Financial Times features Audio Analytic in ‘The best of CES 2020’ article
The Financial Times has featured Audio Analytic alongside some of the biggest companies in the tech industry in its ‘The best of CES 2020’ highlights article.
Cambridge Science Festival launches 2020 programme
Predictive policing, mini organs, growing food underground, global mega-fires and the limits of human endurance. These are a few of the topics explored during the 26th Cambridge Science Festival, which is set to host 390 events between 9 – 22 March at venues across the city. The theme this year is ‘vision’.
Scrutton Bland becomes a ‘Cornerstone Employer’
Scrutton Bland pledges to help boost employability and skills for students in Ipswich.
Tame your computer - change your chart choices
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 describes how to change the order of data in a chart and its legend (Microsoft Excel).
Why is podcasting for your business so powerful?
Sookio loves a podcast. Here Clark Chapman, Digital Strategist, shares his experience of this growing medium and helps you make a business case for hosting your own.
New economic report highlights strong year for Cambridge
Cambridge’s economy is expected to have a strong 2020 with a new business study published today by Irwin Mitchell, predicting that employment growth in the city will be the second fastest in the UK by the end of the year.
East Anglia profit warnings remain stable in 2019
The number of profit warnings issued by listed businesses in East Anglia in 2019 remained unchanged, following a year of political and economic uncertainty, according to EY’s latest quarterly Profit Warnings report.
New research reveals impact of the internet economy across the East of England
The internet is an economic powerhouse that is driving the economy in the East of England through jobs, businesses and output, new Internet Association analysis reveals today.
Applications invited for 2020-21 Collaborative Antarctic Science Scheme
Applications are invited for the Collaborative Antarctic Science Scheme for Antarctic fieldwork in the 2020-21 field season. The closing date is 16:00 on Monday 9 March 2020.
Cambridge-designed curriculum teaches schoolchildren about water scarcity and climate activism
Students and teachers across India now have free access to a new curriculum on water security and sustainability, co-developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge, which incorporates engagement with climate change and climate activism into their lessons.
Works now underway at Histon Road
Work to improve bus, cycling and walking journeys along Histon Road in Cambridge is now underway.