A design marriage made in heaven
Designers and technology experts aren’t the most obvious bedfellows, but they’re often both essential to create the beautifully made we all value. A new initiative is offering to help them create marriages made in heaven — and not a shotgun in sight.
GeneGnome XRQ chemiluminescence imaging system offers quick and easy chemi blot imaging
Syngene, a world-leading manufacturer of image analysis solutions, is delighted to introduce its new GeneGnome XRQ, a dedicated chemiluminescence imaging system designed to rapidly and accurately image chemiluminescent Western blots.
Win a place on an Anthias Consulting analytical training course
For a limited time only, Anthias is offering the chance to win a place on one of its training courses - of the winner’s choice.
Great Get-Together combats loneliness and promotes well-being at Christmas
Following on from the success this summer of the national initiative in memory of Jo Cox, The Great Get Together is now focusing on bringing people together this Christmas and Cambridge City Council is encouraging local groups to get involved.
Artist Ian Wolter celebrates ideal Rome show
Former Anglia Ruskin University student Ian Wolter has won the RomArt 2017 Sculpture and Installation Prize for his work highlighting the “greasy pole” of the business world.
Festive fun in Cambridgeshire raises vital money for children’s charity
Supporters of East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) have been getting well and truly in the Christmas spirit by taking part in a series of festive fundraisers.
Festive fraud: how to protect your business and customers this holiday period
Fraud expert, Roger Lester, speaks to Card Not Present about the added risks of the holiday season, and the steps payments processors and merchants can take to limit their losses and protect their customers.
Howard Group sells central Milton Keynes office space to strengthen investment realignment
Howard Group has disposed of its prime office building Silbury Boulevard in Milton Keynes in a transaction generating in excess of £3m.
Cambridge to benefit from £1.5m investment to encourage US visitors to England
Visit Cambridge and Beyond has announced that Cambridge and its surrounding areas will benefit from funding for two exciting new projects to attract more US visitors.
Emirates to launch London Stansted service from June 2018
Emirates today announced that it is to launch a new daily route from London Stansted (STN) to Dubai (DXB) on 8 June 2018. With its strategic position close to the tech and pharma hubs of Cambridge and Peterborough, Emirates will be the first Middle Eastern airline to operate out of the popular North East London airport.
Bitcoin: Is it an investment worth making?
This week James Ross-Russell of NW Brown focuses on Bitcoins.
Timestrip® indicators used in international healthcare initiative
A specially developed ‘smart indicator’ technology from Timestrip is being adopted in developing countries where missed vaccinations are common. Working with the Trust for Vaccines & Immunization (TVI), a not-for-profit organization, Timestrip technology has been used to create a set of Vaccine Indicator Reminder (VIR) bands that are worn by new born babies to remind mothers when vaccinations are…
Habitable planets could exist around pulsars
It is theoretically possible that habitable planets exist around pulsars - spinning neutron stars that emit short, quick pulses of radiation. According to new research, such planets must have an enormous atmosphere that converts the deadly x-rays and high energy particles of the pulsar into heat.
Medical device developer Team Consulting announces new brand identity
Ickleton-based medical device consultancy, Team Consulting, announces a new brand identity as it continues its strong growth in drug delivery, diagnostics and medtech product development.
Why you need a better content strategy
Content strategy refers to the planning, development, and management of content — written or in other media. Why do you need a visual content strategy if you already have a content marketing strategy for your business or brand though?
Brexit, GDPR, innovation: 2018 predictions for SMEs
Brexit, innovation increase and GDPR and are all included in Enterprise Europe Network's (EEN's) predictions of things that'll matter for small businesses in 2018.
25 species revealed for 25 Genomes Project
To commemorate the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute turning 25 in 2018, the Institute and its collaborators* are sequencing 25 new genomes of species in the UK**.
Cambridge Index drops 0.5%
The Cambridge Index fell 0.5% or 120.64 points to settle at 24,151.4, as sharp losses in the Index heavyweight DS Smith overshadowed gains in the other Index majors.
Animating your ads? Break free from boring briefs!
If you want to get your message out there, above or beyond the dizzying mass of content that pervades every field, you need to think differently - that much is obvious. But how do you maintain that brave impulse through a risk-averse process that is designed to fit your work into a pre-existing mould? Sookio's Animation Director Alex Mallinson is here to inspire courage...
Buccleuch Property sells Mill Court, Cambridge, for £9.85m
Buccleuch Property and joint venture partner Wrenbridge have sold Mill Court, a 38,840 sq. ft. business park in Great Shelford, Cambridge, for £9.85m. The site was sold to Hermes Real Estate Investment Management reflecting a net initial yield of 7.3%.
Control of protein expression offers new therapeutic, research and biomanufacturing options
The SINEUP system, launched today by Cell Guidance Systems, simply, elegantly and specifically boosts levels of any target protein.
Test your MS Office skills with this fun little quiz!
We all use Microsoft Office everyday...how well do you really know it?
Magna collaborates with new Chinese automaker NIO on vehicle launch
As China’s environmental plan takes shape and start-up companies develop and launch their new-energy vehicles, the support of strong and capable suppliers will be essential. The latest example occurred today with new Chinese startup NIO, and the launch of their NIO ES8 electric SUV, a vehicle that comes to market with key systems supplied by Magna.
Royal Society of Biology names the year’s biggest biology stories
The application of gene-editing technology to humans has emerged as the key topic in bioscience research in 2017, in a poll conducted by The Biologist, the magazine of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB).
Redgate simplifies data masking with database provisioning tool
With the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) increasing the awareness of the need to safeguard the privacy of data, more and more companies and organisations are looking into data masking. To make their journey easier, Redgate Software has added a new feature to its database provisioning tool, SQL Clone, which makes masking data with T-SQL scripts part of the provisioning process,…