Hire Space: Business School alumnus starts bespoke event booking company
A venture founded by a Cambridge Judge Business School alumnus makes the process of venue booking much easier.
'Future of education' and 'Global water supply' - latest reports from Citi Research
Cambridge Network member, Citi Research, shares some of its flagship thought leadership series, Global Perspectives & Solutions. This time the themes are: 'Is education fit for the future?' and 'The end of free and cheap water'.
Scintacor’s partners exhibit in Japan
OHYO KOKEN KOGYO CO., LTD exhibits at the International Conference on Neutron Optics (NOP2017) in Nara, Japan.
Solarflare opens market for 10 million firewalls per year
Solarflare, a pioneer in the development of neural-class networks, has introduced a NIC-based platform for security “inside” the data center where 90% of all IP traffic exists.
Using Wix for small business
WIX is quickly emerging as one of the most popular and easy to use website development platforms globally. It is not long ago that a “Wixsite” was a derogatory term for a website - but things have since changed dramatically in favour of Wix.
Featurespace listed as a Sample Vendor in Gartner report
Featurespace, a global leader in machine learning fraud prevention using Adaptive Behavioural Analytics, has been identified as a Sample Vendor in Gartner’s July 2017 report which explores how organisations can Begin Investing Now in Enhanced Machine-Learning Capabilities for Fraud Detection.
EACH brings open air cinema experience to Huntingdon
The classic, multiple award-winning Dirty Dancing will be the feature film when East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) hosts an open air cinema experience at Huntingdon Racecourse.
Partnership works to unlock Peterborough’s economic growth
Essential road upgrades that will bring new businesses and jobs to Peterborough will start next week, on Thursday 3 August.
Strategic marketing agency Mobas shortlisted for regional PR awards
The public relations and content team at Mobas, the leading strategic marketing agency in East Anglia, has been shortlisted for four regional Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) PRide Awards.
New SQL Monitor release extends insights into VMware performance
To improve the experience of running SQL Server inside virtual machines, Redgate Software has added support for VMware to version 7.1 of its popular SQL Server monitoring tool, SQL Monitor. Users can now quickly – and easily – identify if performance concerns are being caused by an issue within SQL Server or VMware.
Johnson Matthey and Sartorius help to inspire children to become scientists and engineers
Johnson Matthey and Sartorius, both based in Royston, hosted an ‘Introduction to Children Challenging Industry (CCI)’ event at Sartorius’ Royston site earlier this month.
AMS Technologies extends design services with acquisition of Elforlight
AMS Technologies, Europe’s leading solution provider and distributor for optical, power and thermal management technologies, has acquired UK photonics company Elforlight. With access to Elforlight’s know-how, AMS Technologies is now able to realise turnkey solutions, even for particularly challenging problems in the field of optics.
Catch of the day: a net full of trees
SPECTRE, a new open-source software package, simplifies the complex business of creating phylogenetic networks and trees. It has been written by bioinformaticians at the Earlham Institute.
Why cannibalism could be good for your business
Research from Dr Philip Stiles, Senior Lecturer in Corporate Governance at Cambridge Judge Business School, reveals the secrets of successfully running existing and new business models in parallel.
Fashion tech startup Metail raises £10m in Series B funding round
British retail tech company Metail announces it has closed a £10m Series B funding round to scale operations and expand its presence in Asia, one of the world’s fastest growing retail markets.
Cambridge Index climbs 2.2%
The Cambridge Index jumped 2.2% or 505.2 points to finish at 23,973.6, as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Cambridge Intelligence scales up and out
Data visualisation software leader, Cambridge Intelligence, has moved into new central Cambridge headquarters. The premises at 6-8 Hills Road will be a base for the growing firm to scale up its team and operations.
Daniel Zeichner and Cambridge Building Society explore ways to support home ownership
Home ownership and the challenges faced by first time buyers were discussed at a meeting between Daniel Zeichner MP and the Cambridge Building Society last week.
Are robots a threat to the future of humans?
Self-confessed robo-sceptic Dr Ben Garrod will attempt to discover whether robots are here to make our lives easier, or whether they actually threaten the future of the human race, in a new two-part BBC4 documentary beginning at 9pm tomorrow (Wednesday July 26).
Centre’s partnership with construction company leads to award recognition
A disability charity’s role in helping to brighten up the construction hoardings around the new Papworth Hospital site has led to them being named a runner-up in a national competition.
Departure from equal sharing principle on divorce – impact for inheritance claims?
The Court of Appeal recently ruled on the divison of matrimonial assets during a unique divorce settlement, highlighting that not all divorcing couples can split their assets on an equal basis. Lucinda Brown of Hewitsons discusses the issues.
See Eddington as part of Open Cambridge 2017
See Cambridge’s newest district for the first time as part of the Open Cambridge weekend 2017.
Martin Bell OBE presents to Cambridge Directors
British UNICEF Ambassador, former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician Martin Bell to speak at the Institute of Directors (IoD) business dinner at St John's College in September
SummerDaze set to offer fun for children and families
Boredom will be banished this summer thanks to a programme of summer fun for school aged children and their families, courtesy of Cambridge City Council’s Children and Young People’s Participation Service (ChYpPS).
MP helps to launch new boathouse for Cambridge rowers
A new boathouse for Cambridge rowers will be officially launched on Friday (28th July) by Daniel Zeichner MP and Annamarie Phelps CBE, Chairman of British Rowing. The new CRA (Cambridgeshire Rowing Association) and Camrowers Boathouse is on the Combined Colleges Boathouse site on Logan's Way.