Anglia Ruskin wins Drawing Inspiration Award
Anglia Ruskin University has won the Campaign for Drawing’s prestigious Drawing Inspiration Award. The prize, sponsored by NADFAS (the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies), is awarded annually to the event that most successfully engages young people in creative activities.
Ensuring health for travellers and voluntary workers
The Travel Clinic, Cambridge and Ipswich, offers more advice for travellers and people who may be going to do voluntary work in developing countries.
Could a sophisticated crowd help a Business Angel validate an investment decision?
A new model of finance was unveiled at the Great British Private Investor Summit last week: syndicate funding 2.0. Based on the concept of allowing crowdfunders to co-invest alongside Business Angels, the model is supported by an online platform called Syndicate Room, which has just launched.
What is your ultimate measure of Customer Satisfaction?
How do you measure Customer Satisfaction in your organisation? It’s a very easy measurement for the team at Great Guns Marketing, who say: We simply measure the number of clients that come back to us for more telemarketing.
Does the water in Cambridge make you a better entrepreneur?
What aspects of the Cambridge ecosystem make it such a successful place for entrepreneurship? That's the question to be tackled during a webinar next week, presented by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL).
AVEVA honoured at 'Cambridge News' Business Excellence Awards
AVEVA announced today that it has been named Business of the Year 2013 at the Cambridge News Business Excellence awards which took place last night (Thursday ) at Kings College, Cambridge. Chosen from a list of prestigious Cambridgeshire companies, the award recognises an organisation that has led the way in 2012 in terms of growth, diversification or consolidation.
Cambridge spin-outs among 'Business Weekly' award winners
Two University of Cambridge spin-outs were among the winners at the annual Business Weekly awards, held earlier this week at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
Ubisense picks up TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets
Pioneers in Real Time Location Systems technology, Ubisense picked up last night’s 2013 TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets at the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards at King’s College, Cambridge.
Women benefit from new state-of-the-art gynaecological suite at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital
Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital celebrated the official opening of its women-only health suite with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Professor Janet Todd OBE, the President of Lucy Cavendish College Cambridge.
CPM attends the IPG conference 6–8 March 2013
Cambridge Publishing Management writes:Best-laid plans... Unfortunately, I didn’t get away from the office as early as planned so I arrived at Heythorp Park only just in time for the You and Your Business session, wherein delegates are given the opportunity to chat about their businesses in small groups. I was struck by two things...
When evidence and models conflict
Measured average temperatures are beginning to fall outside the lower bound of temperatures projected by the IPCC. The Scientific Alliance examines the implications...
How to make a cold call warmer
Cold calling is perceived as one of the most difficult parts of sales,says Ian Titchener, Director of Telemarketing Matters. It requires persistence, determination and strength of character. An old sales cliché says that the hardest door for a sales person to open is the car door!
Møller Centre is “Best UK Management Training Centre” 2013
The Møller Centre was delighted to receive the accolade of “Best UK Management Training Centre” at the prestigious Meetings & Incentive Travel (M&IT) awards ceremony this week at Battersea Evolution, London. The Møller Centre retained its title for the third consecutive year.
Want to get ahead in your career? Then get a mentor
Choosing someone to work with as your mentor can be a powerful way of learning and development, says Hilary Jeanes of PurpleLine Consulting. Here's how to go about it.
Cambridge Sports Centre topped out at West Cambridge
A commemorative plaque has been affixed to a roof girder 17 metres above the floor of Cambridge Sports Centre at the University West Cambridge site to mark the topping out of the building.
Roads could help rather than harm the environment
Two leading ecologists say a rapid proliferation of roads across the planet is causing irreparable damage to nature, but properly planned roads could actually help the environment.
Planck captures portrait of the young Universe, revealing earliest light
After years of work, scientists have removed bright foreground emissions from the Planck satellite’s first all-sky image to reveal the Universe’s earliest light – imprinted on the sky when the Universe was just 380,000 years old – and seen today as the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the relic radiation from the Big Bang.
TSB launches new sustainability tool
The Technology Strategy Board (TSB) has launched 'Horizons' - a free digital tool to help businesses identify sustainability issues, risks and opportunities.
Zuken shares design flow expertise at Device Developers' Conference
Zuken, a leading provider of electronic engineering software solutions, announces its support for the first Device Developers’ Conference in May this year. The company will present the latest thinking in software tools for PCB and system-level design, and explore how engineers can overcome the hurdles of new technology to deliver innovatively superior devices.
Connect with other AAA users on Biochrom's AAA online forum
Biochrom supports a family of users of its amino acid analyzers through meetings and via its Amino Acid Analysis online forum.
iTrinegy wins national 'Bench Tested Product of the Year' award 2013
Network Computing Magazine has named iTrinegy’s Application Performance Management (APM) - AppQoS its Editor's Choice for the best ”Bench Tested Product of the Year 2013”.
MCS exhibits at the Suffolk Coast Business Exhibition
MCS (Marketing Communication Services) is attending the Suffolk Coast Business Exhibition as an exhibitor. The event, from 1pm-6pm next Tuesday (26th March), is being held in Framlingham.
New research: experts embrace new US strategy on nuclear waste
The re-awakening of a United States strategy to bury nuclear waste deep underground has won the support of experts, reports the Energy Quarterly published by Cambridge Journals.
Engineers welcome infrastructure boost
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has welcomed the Chancellor's Budget announcement of an increase in infrastructure spend. ICE Director General, Nick Baveystock, said: “A £3bn a year boost for public infrastructure investment, despite it not being available until 2015, is a positive and welcome move, as are plans to boost Whitehall’s capability to deliver major infrastructure projects.
Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust mitigates lone worker risk with Lookout Call
Newcastle NHS Foundation Trust has chosen Lookout Call as its lone worker safety system provider.