Working mothers: we become experts in separation
KISS Account Director Sue Cartwright on how motherhood has made her a better employee.
The value of marketing qualifications & training courses
Only 38% of marketing professionals get training courses paid for by their employer as a benefit; yet our recent Marketing Salary Survey results found that marketers rank training (paid courses) as the third most important benefit to them.
Saudi Aramco visits NSIRC and TWI
Mr Saad Qahtani, Saudi Aramco Manager of Specialty and Intermediate Chemicals, visited NSIRC and TWI on Tuesday 17 July. The visit marks another important milestone within the establishment of the multi-stakeholder NIC (Non-Metallic Innovation Centre), as the world-renowned oil and gas company Aramco Technologies progresses with the agreements signed in the charter with TWI Ltd.
It's not perfect, but business can work with this
CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn on the Chequers plan – and what needs to happen next
Stone King service supports pre-Brexit buyers and sellers in France
In the run up to Brexit, this summer Cambridge-based law firm Stone King launched a service to support clients from start to finish in the sale or purchase of property in France.
Kleinwort Hambros outlines its investment principles
Mouhammed Choukeir, Chief Investment Officer at Kleinwort Hambros, outlines the firm's investment philosophy, VaMoS, and picks apart the key tenets of this approach: Valuation, Momentum, Sentiment.
The MERIT of working with microalgae
Algenuity, based in Stewartby, Bedfordshire, is celebrating the successful launch of the MicroalgaE as Renewable Innovative green cell facTories project, MERIT, a three-year ERA CoBioTech project financed under the Horizon 2020 programme.
New Chief Executive for Addenbrooke's Charity
The Trustees of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT) - the charity dedicated to supporting innovation in patient care across Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals - are pleased to announce the appointment of Shelly Thake as Chief Executive of the charity with immediate effect.
Computational chemistry news from Cresset July 2018
Launch of Cresset Python extensions for Flare
Statutory minimum auto-enrolment pension increases: April 2019
Mandatory minimum contribution increases took place on 6 April 2018 and a further rise will take place on 6 April 2019.
EY appoints Mandi Dosanjh as it grows its Luton and East of England business
EY has appointed Mandi Dosanjh as Assurance Associate Partner to expand the firm’s mid-market offering in the East, based in the Luton office.
Brand new e-learning course launched by IT Governance
Staff misuse – usually through unawareness – of the ‘cc’ and bcc’ options when emailing can lead to a six-figure fine and significant reputation damage. Training fixes unawareness. The new Human Patch e-learning course, ‘Misuse of Cc and Bcc when emailing’, is now available for pre-order from industry expert IT Governance.
VNC Automotive launches as an independent company
RealVNC, the original developer of VNC remote access and support software, has announced that its VNC Automotive division has been launched as an independent company through a management buyout agreement.
Local MP 'delighted' that Cambridge Magistrates’ Court will remain open after campaign
Daniel Zeichner, MP for Cambridge, has today said he is “delighted“ by the Ministerial announcement that Cambridge Magistrates' Court will remain open after the Ministry of Justice withdrew the proposal to close the court stating that “the value-for-money case for closure has not been made“. This comes after a six-month consultation process, which was proposing for the city court to be closed as…
Managerial support for depressed employees linked to fewer days off work
Findings bolster case for active mental health workplace policies, say researchers
Equitable Life to transfer to Reliance Life
The board of Equitable Life has recently agreed to transfer its business, and all of its policies, to Reliance Life, a specialist European life assurance group responsible for approximately £24bn of assets for its policyholders.
The Mob Happy Freelance Meetup is about to take off
Are you hiring your first employee, deciding your creative niche or searching for bigger business opportunities? Then come to the Mob Happy Freelance Meetup.
eLife on the move to The Westbrook Centre
ACCENT are delighted to have been instructed by another renowned Cambridge organisation, eLife, on the design & build of their new collaborative and agile workspace at The Westbrook Centre, Cambridge
Vigilant Software’s game-changing update to its data protection platform
Cyber security expert Vigilant Software has updated its CyberComply platform to make it easier than ever for organisations to track their personal data.
FREE event and meeting room space at Allia Future Business Centre Cambridge throughout August
Allia Future Business Centre is opening its doors to show off its inspiring building by offering free event and meeting room space throughout the whole of August 2018.
A platform for businesses to share ideas with successful apprenticeship employers/providers
On Tuesday 31 July, Form the Future CIC will be holding an information-sharing event for Cambridgeshire organisations eager to learn more about apprenticeships, and how they can benefit their business.
The key to entrepreneurial success? Managing yourself
Terence Yeo, Founder and CEO of LED lighting products company Fusion Optix and a Cambridge MBA alumnus (MBA 2001), says that managing oneself is key to success in entrepreneurship. Terence founded the company in 2003 while sharing a house in Cambridge with two MBA colleagues who were also launching their own firms at the same time.
Financial planning: divorce survey
Over a quarter of Brits in a relationship admit to having no financial protection against divorce.
Present yourself well on camera: business media training
Have you seen the boom in the number of videos online? On social media? Did you hear about the launch of IGTV (Instagram TV)? Rather than writing a traditional press release, get your message out using video.