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A new model for corporate social responsibility
Your business’s CSR activity must adapt to the market you’re in, new research reveals.
UK M&A war chests brim over as deal market hots up
UK plc’s M&A war chest is set to burgeon over the next 12 months as companies continue to look to deals to fuel growth, according to KPMG’s 2017 Global M&A Predictor.
'U-turn on NIC rise does not alter the need for a fundamental review of the way we tax work'
Commenting on the Government’s decision to reverse the proposal to raise National Insurance contributions (NICs) on self-employed workers, Michael Lavan, Tax Director at KPMG in the UK, said: “While Philip Hammond’s announcement today will no doubt attract headlines, it does not alter the underlying need for a root-and-branch review of the way in which the UK taxes work in the 21st Century.
GIS brings latest innovations to inaugural InPrint USA Event
Global Inkjet Systems (GIS), key partner for industrial OEMs, integrators and system builders, is showcasing its latest innovations at the inaugural InPrint USA show - April 25-27, Orlando, Florida. As a company with over 10 years of innovation in software, electronics and machine control for industrial inkjet, GIS will be demonstrating its powerful Atlas® platform and Ink System Components on…
Latest names announced for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017
The latest names have been announced for Cambridge Folk Festival 2017, including legendary folk singer and respected song collector Shirley Collins, who recently returned to recording and performing after 38 years; a Festival exclusive from multi-platinum selling Indigo Girls, whose celebrated and influential career spans almost four decades and chart-topping, and English country twin-sister duo…
Learn how to get PR at every stage of your business
Would you like to understand more about PR? Come along to a free talk by Cambridge Startup Help at Eagle Labs Soaring Minds Breakfast, where attendees will learn how to write an effective press release to get press coverage.
New Trumpington Community College building wins Commendation at Civic Trust Awards 2017
City of Cambridge Education Foundation, an education charity based in Cambridge, was commissioned by Cambridgeshire County Council to procure a design team and manage the build of the first new secondary school to be built in Cambridge City for 50 years. Now the Trumpington Community College building has been commended in the Civic Trust Awards 2017.
Domino Printing wins award and launches seven apprenticeship opportunities for 2017
Following the successful launch of its formal Apprenticeship Scheme last year – recognised by winning an Employer of the Year Award from Cambridge Regional College earlier this month – Domino Printing is announcing further opportunities for 2017.
Sponsor an adventure for a child in care this school holiday
School holidays should be a time of long, fun-filled days spent having fun. However, the reality for thousands of children and young people from underprivileged families or those in care is often very different.
Mills & Reeve appoints new head of asset management
Mills & Reeve has appointed principal associate Dominic Hordern to the newly created role of Head of Asset Management.
Stands selling fast for Huntingdonshire Business Fair 2017
Stands are still available as businesses prepare to showcase their products and services at this year’s Huntingdonshire Business Fair next month.
Cambridgeshire companies given opportunity to gain awareness of Iranian market
Exporters will benefit from an insight into the Iranian market at a special event taking place in Cambridge this month.
Stocks in Focus: Murray International
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at Murray International, an investment trust that recently released its full year results for the year to 31 December 2016. The fund aims to achieve capital growth while also providing an above average dividend yield, predominantly through investment in worldwide equities.
Become a superhero with a #MegaMinds quiz for autism research
Autistica, the UK’s leading autism research charity, invites you to join forces this April for World Autism Awareness Month to celebrate the millions of people and families affected by autism around the world who desperately need more answers and better support.
Do you know what your problem is?
Identify your customer’s pains to establish direction for your brand, advises Sarah Reakes, Managing Director at KISS.
Jobs feast in the East
The latest Manpowergroup Employment Outlook survey reveals the East of England is the most upbeat region in the UK for the second consecutive quarter.
Cambridge Index eases 1.6%
The Cambridge Index dropped 1.6% or 367.4 points to settle at 22,679.6, as the top three Index heavyweights posted weekly losses.
£1m project aims to promote innovative teaching
Anglia Ruskin University is participating in a £1million project to show how innovative active learning and teaching methods can be used by universities on a large scale to benefit students and break down some of the barriers to their success.
Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences aims to create industry-academia collaborations
The Cambridge Academy of Therapeutic Sciences (CATS), a new initiative that aims to establish a world-leading platform for collaboration between academia and industry in the development of therapeutics, has been launched by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The tale of the Campus: from test tube to treatment
Find out why the Cambridge Biomedical Campus is so important to developing the treatments and healthcare of the future as the Cambridge Science Festival comes to the site on Sunday 26 March.
Tackling climate change: whose responsibility is it?
What changes need to be made if we are to avoid climate chaos and meet the aspirations of the Paris Climate Agreement? And whose responsibility is it to make these changes: individuals, companies, nations or all three?
New drop-in sessions to help young people in Peterborough and Huntingdon
Young people in Peterborough and Huntington who need to talk to someone confidentially about problems at home, school or in their relationships can now visit new drop-in sessions called HERE:NOW.
Largest UK study of mid-life risk factors for dementia comes to Cambridgeshire
A study to identify factors in middle age that put a person at the greatest risk of developing dementia has just opened at the University of Cambridge.
Birketts hosts EWIF East regional meeting
Leading law firm Birketts has announced that it will be hosting the next ‘Encouraging Women Into Franchising’ (EWIF) East regional meeting at its Cambridge office on 9 May 2017.
Fiddler crabs are masters of the dating world
A new study shows that the elaborate courtship displays of the male fiddler crab help to advertise both their physical fitness and the size of their home.