Solaris and Envestors combine their energy to raise £600,000
Envestors is delighted to announce that it has successfully facilitated Solaris Photonics to close its funding round of c. £600,000.
Learn how to motivate and reward your colleagues
Employee benefits offer a way to motivate employees and contribute towards improving well-being and enhancing engagement. However, there are a number of factors to consider when introducing a benefit or benefits package to ensure that it's valued by employees, while also supporting HR practices and aligning it with wider business goals.
Tame your computer - build a bullet list
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 create a bulleted list in your workbook (Microsoft Excel).
CopyCon17: Is your copy cheating? How to stop writing like everyone else
Deepa Mistry, Digital Strategist at Sookio, just returned from the Copywriting Conference bubbling with ideas and inspiration! In this post, she shares tips for creating genuinely effective copy from speaker Amy Harrison.
Pet tech – an investment opportunity not to be sniffed at
There's no doubt pet tech has an extremely bright future. We pet owners are spending more on our companions than ever before. To some degree this is led by our increasing emotional attachment – even dependence – on our cats and dogs for companionship, entertainment, fitness and mental wellbeing. In effect, we are “humanising” our pets to the point where they have become part of the family...
Sir Mike Gregory chairs top Cambridge scale-up & investor sessions at HVM Summit next week
Sir Mike Gregory chairs top Cambridge sessions with FlexEnable, Plessey, Cambridge Innovation Capital, PervasID, PragmatIC, at HVM Summit next week, where there will be 35 talks led by 8 moderators in 6 vertical sectors covering many aspects of the industry 4.0 developments that are increasingly rapidly being brought to market. There are just a few days left to book to join this 15th anniversary…
VeloVision: moving up a gear with your support
VeloVision focuses on all that is not in the cycling mainstream. It has run for nearly 20 years; delivering news, reviews and features for those who “live cycling”. Their domain is recumbents, cargo bikes, disability adapted machines, velomobiles, trikes, folding bikes and e-bikes among many others.
More quantum dots from Strem Chemicals UK
Quantum dots (QD) currently draw intensive research for applications due to their unique size-dependent optical and electrical properties. CdSe based QDs are the most extensively used materials because of a size-tunable emission wavelength which lies in the visible light region of 450-650 nm.
The Big Bang: students invited to attend UK’s biggest STEM celebration as registrations open
The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Fair, the largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK will be returning to the NEC Birmingham next year.
Cambridge International Jazz Festival invites audiences to take part
Fancy yourself a bit of an Ella Fitzgerald or Louis Armstrong? This year, the Brewin Dolphin Cambridge International Jazz Festival (11-26 November) is inviting everyone to get singing and playing with three sensational ensembles.
DENSO licenses latest Arm IP to realise autonomous driving platform
ARM has announced a collaboration with DENSO, a leading global automotive systems supplier, to design automotive semiconductor device reference platforms for highly automated driving systems and vehicle control.
UK's leading History educator is honoured
The UK’s leading figure in the field of history teaching, Christine Counsell, has received the award of Honorary Doctor of Education from Professor Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, during a ceremony at Cambridge Corn Exchange.
Council Benefits team recognised with national award
Cambridge City Council’s Benefits team has been named as Welfare Benefits Team of the Year 2017 by the Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation.
The robots are coming: local government and artificial intelligence
Expectations that AI will transform the world economy have become commonplace. There are estimates that 250,000 public sector jobs are at risk of automation over the next 15 years. Lars Malmqvist, co-founder of Arcus Global, argues that robots are coming and we should try to make their coming a welcome event.
Inspiring talks at Cambridge TV School: Chloe Thomas
Come along and hear from Chloe Thomas, a BAFTA and RTS nominated TV director, at Cambridge TV School on Wednesday 1st November (18:00 – 20:30).
Theatre set for would-be surgeons
Have you ever wondered what it is like to work in an operating theatre, assisting world-class surgeons with cutting-edge surgical techniques? Cambridge University Hospitals is swinging open the doors of its operating theatres to give a fascinating peek behind the scenes on Saturday 28 October.
Faye Holland named as one of Cambridge’s Most Influential Business People
Leading figures from the Cambridge business community were honoured at the Cambridge News' 2017 Most Influential People event.
Cambridge honours its 25 most influential business figures
The Cambridge News celebrates the city's leading business voices.
Qualcomm and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport extend strategic partnership
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport today announced the companies will extend their long-standing partnership in continuing to develop and test high-speed wireless communications, as well as the wireless transfer of power for Formula One.
SenseTime and Qualcomm to collaborate to drive on-device artificial intelligence
SenseTime Group Limited and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced plans to collaborate on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for future mobile and IoT products.
I’m about to apply for funding. Is my application good enough?
Applying for funding can be a test at the best of times. There’s no all-encompasing ‘how-to guide’ that tells you if you’re doing a good job or not. The Enterprise Europe Network has a team of advisors that are experts in topics like securing EU and national funding for research and innovation.
Celebrate all things apple on Apple Day
This Sunday (October 22nd) is Apple Day at Cambridge University Botanic Garden - a family favourite and a chance to celebrate all things apple!
BREXIT – an opportunity for Local Government?
What might Brexit mean for Local Government? Answers to the national Government on a postcard.
Senior Associate joins Birketts’ Corporate Criminal Defence Team
Birketts, the full service law firm based in East Anglia, has announced the appointment of Simon Caltagirone as a Senior Associate in its Corporate Criminal Defence Team.
World-renowned fairytale scholar is honoured
One of the world’s foremost scholars on folk and fairy tales and children’s literature, Professor Maria Tatar, received the award of Honorary Doctor of the Arts from Professor Iain Martin, Vice Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University, during a ceremony at Cambridge Corn Exchange this week.