Innovation Loans for SMEs: apply for funding
Organisations can apply for a share of £10 million to work on highly innovative, late stage projects.
Families invited to enjoy Summer at the Museums
From prehistoric themed crafts and ancient archaeology, to pirate adventures on the high seas and nature-based fun, choose from over 140 low-cost or FREE family events taking place in Cambridge from now until 3 September.
Babel: How to run a multi-cultural team meeting
Meetings are an integral part of our business lives. If you had prior knowledge of your colleagues'/clients' cultural backgrounds, would you hold your meeting in a slightly different way?
CIC participates in PredictImmune’s £10 million Series B funding round
Cambridge Innovation Capital plc (CIC), the venture capital investor enabling visionaries to build global, category-leading companies in the Cambridge ecosystem, has participated in a £10 million Series B funding round in PredictImmune, a developer of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immune-mediated diseases.
Interview tips for engineers
Busy Bee Recruitment offers tips on how to prepare for your upcoming Engineering interview.
Importance of promotions to employees
Promotions are a way of rewarding your staff for their hard work. Giving promotions to your staff boosts productivity, morale and loyalty within the workplace. Boosting motivation and morale results in having a more productive office, higher performers and it prevents you as a business from losing valued staff.
How to recruit tech talent
Busy Bee Recruitment's Senior Technical & Engineering Consultant, Mark Bridge, shares his top tips on how to successfully recruit tech talent, such as Developers, for a non-tech company.
Local web design company Frost Digital achieves RAR Recommended status
Cambridge based web design company, Frost Digital, is now officially one of a select few web design companies in the East of England which holds the RAR Recommended Agency status.
Equistone acquires developer and manufacturer of engineered solutions for harsh environments, Bulgin
Equistone Partners Europe Limited, one of Europe’s leading mid-market private equity investors, today announces that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Bulgin, a leading UK-headquartered developer and manufacturer of environmentally sealed high-performance engineered solutions, from Elektron Technology PLC for an enterprise valuation of £105 million.
Succeeding at succession
Many business owners grapple with the issue of business succession which can, if not planned properly, become a difficult and protracted transition. In some cases there is no clear way forward and the business gradually winds down.
Legal status ‘no guarantee’ of job security
Legal status is no guarantee that migrants will find more security in the workplace, according to a new study.
The Cambridge makes changes to lending products and criteria to further support First Time Buyers
The Cambridge has announced reductions to the rates on some of its 95% LTV mortgage products alongside adjusting lending criteria by increasing the maximum mortgage term to 40 years and therefore strengthening its ability to support First Time Buyers.
Leisure consumers keep calm and carry on spending
Leisure spending saw marginal growth in the second quarter of 2019, with net spending up one percentage point both quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year, according to Deloitte’s latest Leisure Consumer report.
Are your employees resilient to change? Transferable skills are essential
When you’re hiring, how often do you take a candidate’s transferable skills into account?
Cambridge Healthcare Research celebrates five years
CHR looks back on its achievements over the past five years.
Stocks in Focus: Diageo
This week Neil Trickett of NW Brown looks at Diageo, the global alcoholic beverages company.
Hottest day confirmed
The Met Office confirms the 38.7 degree C recording taken at Cambridge University Botanic Garden (CUBG) last Thursday (25 July) has become the highest temperature officially recorded in the UK.
Neither East of England nor EU ready for no deal, contingency planning study finds – CBI
Economic fallout from leaving the EU without a deal for the East of England economy is £17 billion, says the CBI.
New pedal-powered treasure hunt aims to get the city cycling this summer
CamcycleQuest is a treasure hunt with a difference. The new clue-based quest has been designed specifically to be done by cycle. Hosted by local cycling charity Camcycle, in association with law firm Tees, CamcycleQuest was officially launched yesterday (Monday) on Parker’s Piece, where the first answers to the quest can be found.
PredictImmune closes Series B funding round, raising £10M
PredictImmune, developers of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immune-mediated diseases, today announced the completion of its Series B funding, having raised £10M to further accelerate global commercial expansion and support its expanding product pipeline.
Hospitals key in the spread of extremely drug resistant bacteria in Europe
New research has found that antibiotic-resistant strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae, an opportunistic pathogen that can cause respiratory and bloodstream infections in humans, are spreading through hospitals in Europe.
While you watch the TV, the TV watches you
Dr David Stillwell, University Lecturer in Big Data Analytics & Quantitative Social Science at Cambridge Judge Business School and Academic Director of the Psychometrics Centre, outlines four key principles to help companies use data targeting in a positive way.
How businesses can become more sustainable in today's climate
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services in a given year exceeds what Earth can regenerate in that year (Global Footprint Network), a phenomenon that has received a lot of attention in the recent years due to the ever-growing climate crisis.
Cambridge Index rises 1%
The Cambridge Index advanced 259.6 points or 1% to close at 26,087.9, as seven of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Fly-tipping footage released as Council launches campaign to tackle the problem
Footage showing an old fridge, freezer, mattress, pallets, packaging and bags of other rubbish being dumped at Milton Park and Ride during rush hour has been released by a Council as part of a campaign to tackle fly-tipping.