Hewitsons issues debt protocol warning to businesses
Newly introduced legal rules could potentially have a ‘serious impact’ on businesses trying to recover debts from individuals, law firm Hewitsons has warned.
Zettlex wins UK Innovation of the Year
On Thursday 5th October 2017, Cambridge sensors company, Zettlex, was announced as winners of Innovation of the Year at the UK’s Rural Business Awards.
Little Dragon Films presents 2nd documentary film about AI: Friend in the Machine
Little Dragon Films is proud to publicly release its 2nd documentary film "Friend in The Machine". A film by Colin Ramsay, James Uren and Dr Beth Singler. In collaboration with the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, ARM and the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence.
Share festive messages with Addenbrooke’s charity Christmas cards
Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust (ACT), the only dedicated charity for Addenbrooke’s and the Rosie hospitals, is once again selling festive cards to help transform patients’ lives at the hospitals.
Let's Encrypt shows uptime of 99.9% and only 98% if you exclude partial incidents
Dan Cvrcek, CEO of Enigma Bridge writes:
Dr Melissa Riley represents TWI at international conference on lightning & static electricity
Dr Melissa Riley attended the 2017 International Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity in Nagoya, Japan, where she presented TWI’s paper on ‘The Application of Thermal Spray Coating Technology for Lightning Strike Protection of Composite Aircraft Structures.’
Creative Review: Say hello to the future
It’s all screen. Face ID lets you unlock with a look. Portrait Lighting lets you define the light in a scene. Wireless charging. Augmented reality. A11 Bionic, the most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone. This is iPhone X. Say hello to the future.
Darktrace stops emerging insider threat at battery plant
Enterprise Immune System Empowers ZPower to Remediate Threat Within Minutes
Cambridgeshire firms predict profit growth as top 100 business study launches for 2017
Almost two thirds of Cambridgeshire companies are optimistic about future business conditions and expect profits to increase over the next 12 months, says a new survey from the Cambridge office of financial and business advisers Grant Thornton.
Find out more about working at one of Cambridge’s greatest success stories: AVEVA
Free food, drink … and some exciting technology - come and meet AVEVA!
Businesses to hear from China experts at Global Business Network
This month the Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce will offer a unique insight into China and offer help and advice on how to enter and grow your business in the Chinese market.
Cambridge team expansion and firm promotion
Woodfines is pleased to announce two new additions to the Cambridge office.
Daniel Zeichner MP supports the first week-long Autism Hour campaign
Daniel Zeichner, Member of Parliament for Cambridge, will be visiting Pets at Home (The Beehive Centre, Coldhams Lane, Cambridge CB1 3ET) in Cambridge today (6 October 2017) at 11:00 am to support the first week-long Autism Hour, which is being coordinated by the National Autistic Society (NAS).
Cambridge Academy for Science & Technology: one of four to win careers award
Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology is one of only four educational establishment in the county to win careers award.
NSIRC PhD students celebrate 5 years of world leading research and innovation
The National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) is set to celebrate its fifth Anniversary, with an exhibition highlighting the high-quality research conducted by its PhD and MSc students.
Huckleberry Labs: helping to solve new parents’ number one problem – kids who don’t sleep
Before she had her first child six years ago, Jessica Toh, an alumna of Cambridge Judge Business School (MBA 2013), read plenty of books containing tips on infant sleep. All to little avail.
Creative Review: Herculean effort for City presentations
Large conferences highlight particular issues, and no more so than when a gathering of City investors have come over to hear the latest news from corporate executive teams.
Fiction & Fake News meet Management
Register for this free one-day, interdisciplinary workshop. Its aim is to engage business practitioners and academics from Cambridge and beyond to create a dialogue around the business and management implications arising from the blurring boundaries between reality and fiction in a “post-truth world”.
Worldpay invests in leading machine learning fraud prevention company, Featurespace
Alongside agreeing a commercial partnership with them, Worldpay, a leader in global payments, is pleased to announce that it has participated in Featurespace Limited’s (“Featurespace”) latest £16.5m funding round as a new investor, alongside other existing and new investors, as part of its commitment to fast-growing ventures in the payments ecosystem. The round, led by Highland Europe, was also…
Over three quarters of Eastern Region businesses are determined to grow despite uncertainty
Mid-market businesses remain ambitious and confident in their growth prospects despite an unstable economic landscape and an unsupportive funding environment, according to new research from national law firm Mills & Reeve.
‘Mind the doors’ – New project investigates train door failure
Across Europe, 25-50% of train defects come as a result of failing doors1, while worldwide records show that 70% of passenger injuries come as a result of mechanical damage to train doors2. However, a new project, funded by the European Union’s H2020-FTI (Fast Track Innovation) Pilot programme, aims to develop a system to detect train door failures and predict their remaining lifetime.
Birketts secures two KFC stores for J&J Restaurants Ltd.
Birketts has advised J&J Restaurants Ltd. on the purchase of two KFC restaurants in Essex: 10 High Street, Colchester and the Clock House, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford. The deal value was not disclosed.
Featurespace raises £16.5 million to drive international growth
Featurespace, the leading machine learning company for fraud prevention, has raised £16.5 million ($21.6 million) from a funding round led by Highland Europe, the venture capital firm that invests in growth businesses.
Visit K1 Cambridge Cohousing as part of Open Eco Homes on 14 October
Opening doors to low energy homes in and around Cambridge
TWI helping UK businesses to ‘Access India’
There is no denying that India is an important and growing market for UK business, which is currently second only to Japan as a global investor there. With an annual growth that is outpacing that of China at over 7% and well over a billion consumers, India is a market rich with opportunity, not to mention skills, innovation, and a very large employable workforce. The newly-launched Access India…