Changing the face of leadership in Africa
As election season reaches fever pitch across Europe and electorates debate the qualities of effective political leadership, Camfed shines a light on young women leaders in Africa.
Stimulate your brain with the Cambridge BRAINFest 2017
Why are we getting so fat? Why do teenagers really need to lie-in? And can we fix a broken brain? These are just some of the questions that will be answered at Cambridge BRAINFest 2017, a free public festival celebrating the most complex organ in the body.
Ground breaking takes place on Abcam Plc global headquarters at Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Joint developers of Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), Liberty Property Trust and Countryside Properties have held a ground breaking ceremony with Abcam Plc to commemorate the start of construction of Abcam’s new 100,000 sq ft global headquarters.
New programme offers learning from Sir Clive Woodward
Your Excellency Ltd has launched an exciting new programme in conjunction with Sir Clive Woodward. The programme takes the expertise, skills and processes of Sir Clive and other high performing athletes to give you and your teams the opportunity to replicate World Cup and Olympic Gold success.
Gaining value from investing in learning - reflections and updates from RiverRhee
Continuous learning opportunities, not only at the individual but also at the organisational level, are key factors for success. RiverRhee shares some findings from a recent CIPD report, and reflections and updates on the options available for investing in learning.
Solarflare licenses pioneering XtremeScale™ technologies for neural-class networks
Solarflare, a pioneer in the development of neural-class networks, today announced that in its commitment to protect its intellectual property, it has successfully licensed select intellectual properties for use in specific networking products.
Watermill Accounting hosts free workshop on cloud accounting software
Watermill Accounting is hosting a free workshop on cloud accounting software on Wednesday 28th June 2017 at the Future Business Centre, Cambridge, from 10am to 12 noon. The workshop will introduce startups and SMEs to Xero and KashFlow - two accounting software packages that help save companies time managing their accounts.
Creative Places wins prestigious award for work on Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Creative Places has been recognised by the UK Science Park Association (UKSPA) for its work over a number of years in helping make Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) one of the leading locations for Biomedical R&D in Europe.
Don’t forget to vote in the parliamentary general election tomorrow
Elections take place in Cambridge tomorrow (Thursday 8 June), to elect Members of Parliament for the Cambridge constituency (in 13 city wards) and for the South Cambridgeshire constituency (in Queen Edith’s ward).
Skylark Learning achieves Kickstarter success for children’s emotional awareness resource
Skylark Learning, the early childhood education company delivering innovative resources to help children learn through meaningful play, is delighted to announce that its Kickstarter campaign for My First Emotions was successful and reached its funding target last Friday (2 June 2017).
A guide to Ramadan for employers
Ramadan is a period of religious observance in which Muslims fast from dawn until sunset. In Britain’s increasingly multicultural workplaces, knowing how to support employees observing Ramadan is essential. This guide provides a few helpful tips.
Words & Music: Rowan Williams and John Rutter in conversation
In what promises to be a memorable encounter between two much-loved and venerated Cambridge figures, Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Rutter are to share their love of music and recall the musical experiences that have shaped their lives.
LEP Summit announced
The Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP is hosting a Summit to enable local businesses and other partners to meet the people who will be making local economic decisions going forwards.
CBNL and TPx Communications win Global Telecoms Business Award for pre-5G fixed wireless
Cambridge Broadband Networks (CBNL), the market leader in point-to-multipoint (PMP) microwave and millimeter wave, and TPx Communications (TPx), the premier managed services carrier (formerly TelePacific), have this week been named winners of the ‘Infrastructure Innovation’ category at the renowned Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards.
G:BOX gel imaging system used to study proteins expressed in neurological diseases
A leading German University opts for a second Syngene gel imaging system to rapidly study proteins expressed in incurable neurological diseases.
IT Governance launches phishing and ransomware ‘human patch’ e-learning course
IT Governance, the leading provider of cyber security expertise and solutions, is delighted to announce the launch of its new phishing and ransomware ‘human patch’ e-learning course.
Thales joins Linux Foundation’s Core Infrastructure Initiative
New Gold Member Partners with CII to Improve Internet Security and Fortify Open Source Infrastructure
JDR selected as preferred cable supplier for Windfloat Atlantic project
Project will see world’s first application of innovative 66kV technology to dynamic cabling for floating offshore wind.
Tech leader ARM in the spotlight at Smart Grids Conference, Cambridge
Sessions from the Cambridge technology cluster leader ARM will be a highlight of the 8th Smart Grids Cleanpower conference from 19-20 June, when its experts tackle server and IOT segments and also talk about investment.
Learn about the growing significance of cryptocurrencies
More than 3 million people are estimated to be using cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin as an alternative payment system for goods and services, according to a recent report by the Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). Co-author of the report, Dr Garrick Hileman, will be Cambridge Network’s guest speaker on ‘fintech’ at a special lunchtime session on Wednesday 14th June in central Cambridge.
Bartlett Automotive takes a stand at Santapod’s BMW Show 2017
The BMW Show at Santa Pod Raceway on Sunday 2nd July 2017 welcomes all BMWs from race cars, show cars, modern, retros, classics, new minis and BMW bikes.
Cambridge Index declines 0.1%
The Cambridge Index fell 0.1% or 34.3 points to finish at 23,521.0 as six of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Hands-on lateral flow test development workshop
BBI Solutions, in partnership with Merck and Kinematic Automation, is hosting a lateral flow seminar designed to provide a practical insight into lateral flow test development.
CIIPM take 2: An IP meeting with a difference
Following on the success of the 2016 1st Cambridge Information and Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM), its organisers were encouraged to continue their endeavour to create an annual knowledge sharing meeting to bring together up to 60 people with an interest in technology innovation and commercialisation to consider aspects of information and intellectual property important for business…
Bango enables physical goods payment for Amazon customers in Japan
Bango, the leading mobile payments company, announces that it has enabled a new payment method for Amazon customers in Japan. Amazon customers with a KDDI (au) or NTT DOCOMO mobile phone account can now pay for physical goods from Amazon.co.jp, by charging the cost to their mobile phone bill.