Trolley good show for hospital appeal
Staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, launched an appeal for toiletries and beauty products for patients - and were overwhelmed with the response.
PA Consulting acquires Essential Design
PA Consulting, a global innovation and transformation consultancy that’s bringing ingenuity to life, announced that it has acquired Essential Design, a Boston-based innovation strategy and product design business. Essential are experts in user-centred design, improving customer experiences and driving innovation to market.
Global experts hold IoT product development surgery for Cambridgeshire businesses
Cambridge-based Fen Technology is launching a pop-up event featuring world-class experts in product development from leading international businesses, supported by CW (Cambridge Wireless).
Green Custard is one of Cambridge’s most influential businesses
It’s official. Alongside ARM, Cambridge University, Cambridge Network and John Lewis, Green Custard has been recognised as one of Cambridge’s most influential businesses.
Call for charities to receive support from The Cambridge Building Society
The Cambridge Building Society is looking for worthy local causes to benefit from its Community Partnership Programme in 2019.
Unique recruitment day draws a crowd
An open day promoting healthcare careers at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was such a success, organisers say it could become an annual event.
The inventor who was not paid to invent
It is important that a business makes sure that it owns the rights in an invention before it files a patent application, says Abel & Imray.
Cambridge law firm Stone King celebrates after being included in prestigious legal guide
The latest edition of The Times Best Law Firms 2019 names Stone King as among the top three law firms for the charity sector, with its excellence in education law also recognised with an entry in the all-important legal guide.
University Hospital Wales uses ProReveal in-situ protein detection test
Synoptics Health, a manufacturer of innovative digital imaging systems for healthcare applications, is delighted to announce that ProReveal, its sensitive test to detect proteins on surgical instruments, is now in use at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW).
Study investigates banking 'code breakers'
Islamic banks face new competition such as the introduction of risky derivatives into their markets. An ‘identity buffer’ makes them more likely to diverge from traditional Islamic codes, says a study by Cambridge Judge academics Maima Aulia Syakhroza, Lionel Paolella and Kamal Munir.
Team effort to master urological expertise
Consultants at Addenbrooke’s Hospital are passing on years of knowledge to junior doctors by developing a degree course for aspiring young urologists, which is one of the first of its kind in the UK.
Inspectors put digital trust centre stage
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) is, for the second time, the first in the UK to achieve a quality standard that recognises the use of technology to deliver high quality patient care.
CW Survey: Brexit impact on Cambridgeshire technology industry
CW (Cambridge Wireless) invites contributions to the CW Technology Community Brexit Impact Survey. The deadline for completion is Friday 16 November.
Decades of discovery set to revolutionise healthcare
It can be argued that the development of any successful innovation that transforms healthcare would not be possible without the knowledge derived from decades of discovery science preceding it.
Remember loved ones with Arthur Rank Hospice on Sunday 2 December
Arthur Rank Hospice is inviting members of the local community to join them and remember loved ones at their special Light Up a Life service on Sunday 2 December.
Three global engineering institutions pledge to work together to achieve the UN SDGs
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) signed an agreement in London last week.
Price Bailey pedals towards a greener future
Price Bailey Chartered Accountants has introduced the Cycle2Work scheme for its employees, where they can purchase a bike at a reduced rate, helping to reduce the number of cars on the road.
BioBeat unveils 2018’s 50 Movers and Shakers
A new report released today unveils 50 female leaders in healthcare business in the UK. Produced by BioBeat, 50 Movers and Shakers in BioBusiness 2018 emphasises the current role of women in leading, inspiring and innovating to ensure new technologies and treatments continue to improve UK research, health and society.*
What is a patent attorney and how to be one
Sarah Phillips - part-qualified Patent Attorney at Abel & Imray - has written a blog for Murray Edwards College which gives an insight into her 'career path' and her passion for getting more women into IP careers.
Olympic rower brings Beko’s Eat Like A Pro healthier eating initiative to Cambridge
Olympic rowing medallist Cath Bishop joined children from Sancton Wood Prep School at Goldie Boathouse in an activity organised by leading appliance brand Beko to bring its Eat Like A Pro campaign to Cambridge, designed to inspire families to eat more healthily and cook together.
Genetic code of 66,000 UK species to be sequenced
The genetic codes of 66,000 species in the UK are planned to be sequenced by the Wellcome Sanger Institute and its collaborators as part of a global effort to sequence the genomes of all 1.5 million known species of animals, plants, protozoa and fungi on Earth.
Multi-million pound initiative from Microsoft supports AI research at Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is joining with Microsoft to help tackle the problem of ‘brain drain’ in AI and machine learning research.
Hewitsons climbs ranks in 2019 UK Chambers and Partners guide
Law firm Hewitsons has once again achieved excellent rankings in the UK Chambers and Partners legal directory.
IWF is a core participant on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA)
Today, the Cambridge-based Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has been granted Core Participant status on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse’s (IICSA’s) Internet Investigation, at a preliminary hearing of the inquiry.
Horizon Discovery partners with Biocartis to provide reference standards for Idylla™ assay
Horizon Discovery Group plc, a global leader in gene editing and gene modulation technologies, today announces that it has developed a set of precisely defined cell line-derived reference standards to support Biocartis’ recently launched Idylla™ microsatellite instability (MSI) Assay (1).