3iC and ProDrone Academy market new enhanced PfCO course
Industry leading training organisation and CAA approved NQE 3iC has teamed up with Cambridge’s ProDrone Academy to add new and enhanced ground school packages to its portfolio of professional UAV training products.
Staah Europe moves into IncubyteSpace
Staah Europe has recently moved into IncubyteSpace on the Cambridge Innovation Park.
Graphene may exceed bandwidth demands of future telecommunications
Researchers from the Cambridge Graphene Centre, together with industrial and academic collaborators within the European Graphene Flagship project, showed that integrated graphene-based photonic devices offer a solution for the next generation of optical communications.
New legal tool aims to increase openness, sharing and innovation in global biotechnology
A new easy-to-use legal tool that enables exchange of biological material between research institutes and companies has just been launched.
Facebook headlines free seminar programme at Peterborough B2B
Over 80 exhibitors will showcase their products and services to an expected 600 visitors at KingsGate Conference Centre at the end of this month, when there will be unlimited opportunities to make new business connections.
Clean Growth Innovation Summit focuses on low carbon technologies
The Clean Growth Innovation Summit, ‘Technologies of the future’ tomorrow (Tuesday 16 October) is a summit led by Innovate UK on behalf of UKRI, on the latest advances in low carbon technologies and the launch of UK clean growth business.
World Standards Day 2018 puts the spotlight on the Fourth Industrial Revolution
On World Standards Day today, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) highlights the crucial role of International Standards.
Distractions can make you more productive
Can the occasional distraction be good for your productivity and creativity? Cambridge based Communications Consultant Simon Hall thinks so, based on his experiences...
Genetics allows personalised disease predictions for chronic blood cancers
Scientists have developed a successful method to make truly personalised predictions of future disease outcomes for patients with certain types of chronic blood cancers.
Birketts helps secure multi-million pound private equity investment for Ventrica Limited
Top 100 law firm Birketts has helped secure a £9m investment for Ventrica from Mobeus Equity Partners.
Magna wins additional seating business, celebrates opening of new facility
Just over a year ago, Magna launched its first-ever seating business and facility with BMW Group. This week, Magna employees and customer representatives celebrated the grand opening of another new seating facility to support BMW business.
Whippet leaves the busway – urgent reform needed, says Cambridge MP
Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, has called for major bus reform after local bus operator Whippet announced that it will be discontinuing its Busway Service C and X3 service from 10th November 2018.
Cambridge Judge Business Debate Podcast looks at alternative finance
We’ve heard all the buzz phrases, ranging from ‘peer-to-peer lending’ to ‘cryptocurrencies’. But behind the hype, what exactly is alternative finance, and what are the benefits and risk?
Cambridge drug screening team shares in £1.3m investment backing
Venture capital firm Par Equity has invested £1.3m in a rapidly growing stem-cell research company that is helping pharmaceutical giants to develop new treatments for diseases including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
Conscious Communications to launch education into orbit with FIRST® LEGO® League
Conscious Communications, a Cambridge-based PR & Marketing agency, is applying its expertise in STEM-based educational events to The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) FIRST® LEGO® League – a global science and technology challenge that will see over 100 young people from the Cambridgeshire region build and program robots to compete in a regional challenge heat.
European research network aims to tackle problematic internet use
A pan-European network to tackle problematic internet usage officially has been launched with the publication of its manifesto, setting out the important questions that need to be addressed by the research community.
Why proofreading is like goalkeeping
KISS Communications Copywriter Katie Silvester believes that proofreaders don't always get enough credit for the near disasters they prevent – a bit like goalkeepers.
Cambridgeshire’s Best Employers revealed at awards conference
Cambridgeshire’s Best Employers were celebrated at the Best Employers Eastern Region 2018 awards conference which brought together over 150 business people from across East Anglia.
Support for EEA-style Brexit has increased
Support for a Brexit deal based on membership of the European Economic Area (EEA) has increased, according to new research.
Event focuses on corporate wellbeing: mental health in the workplace
The heavy cost of mental health issues – to individuals, employers and the wider UK economy – cannot be ignored, and there is no quick fix, a Cambridge Network audience was told yesterday (Weds), World Mental Health Day.
Reach your next milestone faster and more cost effectively with Cresset Discovery Services
Make the molecules that matter with Cresset Discovery Services.
Important changes to the Childcare Vouchers scheme
Due to the introduction of the Government’s new Tax-Free Childcare scheme, Employer-Supported Childcare is closed to new entrants as of 4th October 2018.
Cambridge Festival of Ideas: how do we secure our food supply in a changing world?
According to the landmark report released on Monday by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which called for immediate action, we are facing a rapidly approaching future of extreme heat, drought and floods – and with these weather extremes potential agricultural crises.
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity strikes gold with 'Best Employers' Eastern Region Awards
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity employees feed back on their company’s performance, culture, staff training and engagement levels and win the Gold 'Best Employers' Eastern Region 2018 status.
Hewitsons appoints Head of Business Services
Law firm Hewitsons has appointed a leading corporate lawyer as a Partner and Head of Business Services, as part of its commitment to providing first class legal services for business clients.