Technology specialists for safe cities
Plextek features as the “Company Focus” in Counter Terror Business magazine to discuss how cutting-edge technology is being applied to create safer cities.
Cambridge companies feature in SyndicateRoom's Top 100
What are the hottest companies operating in the UK today? Investment platform SyndicateRoom has ranked the Top 100 fastest-growing businesses in the country, from geolocation innovation to revolutionary femtech. Seven of these are based in the Cambridge region.
Botanic Garden’s Winter Garden celebrates 40 years of stunning winter colour
In 1979, Cambridge University Botanic Garden was the first botanic garden in the UK to dedicate an area solely to plants offering ornamental winter interest. In 2019 it celebrates the 40th birthday of its Winter Garden - a vibrant, colourful and fragrant space of brightly coloured stems, winter flowering shrubs, trees with interesting bark or winter flowers, perennials and bulbs.
Reviewed: Sookio's favourite books about writing
The team at Sookio has a love of language and likes to keep on their toes when it comes to the latest writings-about-writing. If you're keen to brush up on your grammar or general content skills, take a look at the team's freshly updated top picks for books which can help you out. Oh, and we haven't included any links to Amazon; please support your local bookshop and buy them there instead!
Tame your computer - change the view
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she explains how to quickly switch between day, week and month views (Microsoft Outlook)...
PA Consulting acquires We Are Friday to grow innovation and digital expertise
PA Consulting (PA), a global innovation and transformation consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, has acquired We Are Friday, a specialist digital service design and engineering agency.
Deadline announced for 2019 #OnetoWatch Awards
This week, Cofinitive, the award winning corporate communications consultancy based in Cambridge, announced the key dates for nominations to its inaugural #OnetoWatch Awards, alongside the assessment criteria for entrants.
Ashtons leads the way with solicitor apprenticeships in East Anglia
Ashtons Legal is proud to be continuing to set a trend in the future of training for solicitors in the region. The firm, which was among the first firms nationally to adopt the Six Year Solicitors Apprenticeship (originally known as Trailblazer Apprenticeships), now has four aspiring young lawyers training under the scheme.
Vintage aircraft experience takes off
Aerial Collective is providing vintage warbird experiences at RAF Duxford, one of the country’s most historic airfields.
Allia's top tips for an eco-friendly and ethical Christmas
Read Allia's top tips for an eco-friendly and ethical festive season!
Top tips for managing multi-lingual events
Experienced interpreter Luciana Scrofani Green, founder and CEO of One Stop Language Solutions, offers her top tips for managing multi-lingual events - with the emphasis on working with interpreters and translators - in a new blog now available from Meet Cambridge.
Call for policy project proposals for Cambridge Judge Business School
Could your company benefit from a team of bright, motivated and committed young professionals who are able to bring their considerable skills and experience to bear on a real technology policy issue that can provide tangible benefits to your organisation? If so, Cambridge Judge Business School would like to hear from you.
SPARK Microsystems wins the Nokia Open Innovation Challenge 2018
Montreal-based startup SPARK Microsystems wins $100,000 and will be given access to resources across Nokia and Nokia Bell Labs to help further develop its revolutionary low-power wireless transceiver.
Future-proof exam software investment with Speedwell's eSystem
Universities and institutions can future-proof exam software investments with Speedwell's eSystem. Run paper based, online exams or both with this exam management software.
The power of a paradigm shift
Do you sometimes feel a little sorry for yourself? Run down and ground down when things don't seem to be going your way? Communications consultant Simon Hall did this week, and outlines an experience that might help you back to the happier path of energy, optimism, and dynamism...
Greensoul day gets students thinking about clean technology
On 7 December, Cambridge LaunchPad partners Cambridge Cleantech and Cambridge Regional College teamed up to deliver an event with Year 6 students from Bar Hill Community Primary School. The aim of the day was to educate the students about how clean technology is currently being used and enthuse them about the possibilities available within the industry.
Pioneering children’s hospital for east will integrate physical and mental health services
A highly innovative children’s hospital for the east of England has been given the go ahead today by Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock.
100,000 Genomes Project reaches sequencing goal
The 100,000 Genomes Project has reached its goal of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients. Established with the support of the MRC, the project began in 2012 with the goal of harnessing whole genome sequencing technology to uncover new diagnoses and improved treatments for patients with rare inherited diseases and cancer.
Lumeon secures $28m in funding to accelerate growth in the US market
Lumeon, the leader in Care Pathway Management (CPM), has announced the closure of a $28m investment led by LSP, one of Europe’s largest healthcare investment firms. The funding includes venture capital from MTIP and participation from current investors Gilde, Amadeus Capital Partners and IPF Partners.
Funding boost for initiative mapping entire human body
The MRC, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), is investing £6.7 million to support the UK’s contribution to mapping every cell type in the human body, through the global Human Cell Atlas initiative.
Lightpoint Medical secures £5 million for product commercialisation
Lightpoint Medical, a leader in intraoperative molecular imaging and sensing, announced that the company has secured £5 million in equity finance to fuel the company’s commercial growth. Investors included existing and new shareholders Cambridge Capital Group, Venture Founders, Coutts Investment Club, Envestors, Fund Twenty8, SyndicateRoom, and Oxford Technology.
CyanConnode signs its first licensing agreement with Chinese partner
CyanConnode, a world leader in narrowband radio frequency (RF) Mesh Networks, is pleased to announce that it has signed a USD 4M Licensing Agreement with Beijing Jingybeifang Instrument Co., Ltd.
Ely Aviation delivers aerial excellence for TG Lynes
Ely Aviation, one of the UK’s leading aerial cinematography specialists, was recently commissioned by industry leading industrial wholesaler TG Lynes to capture a short movie detailing its state-of-the-art warehousing facilities in Enfield.
21 ways to get things done with Office 365
Sign up to Breathe Technology's IT Challenges to download December's White Paper, all about how Office 365 can improve productivity in the workplace.
Two Team speakers at one great event – DDL 2018
This year's DDL conference sees two talks from Team, offering insights on IFU development and using computational fluid dynamics in inhaler design.