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Stocks in Focus: Rolls-Royce
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at Rolls-Royce, the British engineering giant focused predominantly on the production of aircraft and marine engines.
Stocks in Focus: Kier
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at property, construction and engineering firm Kier Group, which announced preliminary full year results this week. It is the first full year results since the company’s acquisition of Mouchel in June 2015.
Phillips Profile celebrates 20 years of distinctive PR in Cambridge
Margaret Phillips, the owner and founder of Phillips Profile, says: "As we head into our 21st year as a PR consultancy, I find myself reflecting on why we have lasted so long as an independent consultancy when the industry norm is to burn brightly for a few years and then fade away, change ownership and personnel, or be absorbed into a larger concern."
Venturing forth: Prison Voicemail – helping prisoners maintain family ties
A social startup supported by the Cambridge Social Ventures programme at Cambridge Judge Business School helps prisoners communicate with friends and families – and hopefully cut reoffending rates.
Horizon Discovery and CareDx enter into OEM agreement to develop transplant testing
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today announces it has entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement with CareDx®, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on the discovery, development and commercialisation of clinically differentiated, high-value, diagnostic surveillance solutions for transplant patients.
Arthur Rank Hospice’s staff bid farewell to Mill Road, with lantern lit walk to new home
A hundred staff and volunteers representing the Arthur Rank Hospice, walked from the Hospice’s old site at 351 Mill Road, to their new home in Shelford Bottom last night (Monday).
REACTOR ready to solve society’s problems
Anglia Ruskin University has launched a new initiative called REACTOR to help grow the applied games sector across the Cambridgeshire region.
City Council plans: Council Leader invites you to a business briefing
The Leader of Cambridge City Council, Councillor Lewis Herbert, invites Cambridge Network members to a business briefing on the budgetary situation and future plans at the City Council to 2020 and beyond, by which time the Council will be operating without core Government grant.
Cambridge round table insights with Claire Ruskin
Money Mover held a Cambridge round table at its offices in Milton last month. Afterwards, attendees talked to Marketing Manger, Susan Curtis, about a variety of topics relevant to many businesses in Cambridge and across the UK.
Cambridge Index slides 3.2%
The Cambridge Index dropped 3.2% or 741.6 points to close at 22,219.8, as most of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses.
Deadline looms for project applications: could your business use some help?
Could your business benefit from analysis from a bright and resourceful team of MPhil students? If your company is considering a new venture, developing a new product, treatment or technology, or expanding into a new market, Cambridge Judge Business School would like to hear from you. But hurry - the deadline for applications is less than a week away.
Free events at Cambridge International Jazz Festival 2016
The Cambridge International Jazz Festival, which launches next week, not only boasts an exciting programme of international jazz icons, up-and-coming new artists and unique festival performances, the Festival also presents a series of free performances at venues across the city.
Business votes in favour of devolution
Businesses have voted firmly in favour of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Devolution Deal following a meeting of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough LEP Board this week.
Impact of Agri-Tech East recognised with Knowledge Catalyst Award
Innovation starts with understanding the problem. By creating opportunities to get farmers involved earlier in agri-tech developments – in both the lab and the workshop – Agri-Tech East has stimulated a range of exciting collaborative projects. Now its work as a ‘Knowledge Catalyst’ has been recognised with an award at the EDP Business Awards.
CIC commits £19 million to six recent investments
Cambridge Innovation Capital plc has committed £19 million to six investments since raising £75 million in August 2016. The £75 million funding round increased CIC’s funds under management to £125 million. CIC has provided funding to three existing portfolio companies, Imagen, PragmatIC Printing and Undo, and three new businesses, Carrick Therapeutics, Fluidic Analytics and PervasID.
Ectoplasm, spirit trumpets and paintings from Pompeii: 600 years of Curious Objects
Why does one of the world’s great research libraries have ‘ectoplasm’, a spirit trumpet and beard hair posted to Charles Darwin among its eight million books, manuscripts and digital collections?
WaveFX sets new live streaming record with Marvel's Dr Strange
Cambridge based webcasting company WaveFX hit the “What’s Trending” list on Facebook by streaming an interview with Benedict Cumberbatch about his role in Dr Strange, the latest Marvel film.
Opinion: How the UK and India can lead the development of ecologically smart cities
Bhaskar Vira and Eszter Kovacs (Department of Geography and University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute) discuss how lessons learned about water management in Nepal and India can guide how cities can be made "ecologically smart".
Bulgin to launch M Series interconnects at electronica 2016
Bulgin will be unveiling a new range of industrial automation components on stand B2.271 at this year’s electronica exhibition.
Argon360
Argon360 is an IP core building block offering sophisticated real time stitching of high resolution video from multiple sensors. Argon360 technology is designed for incorporation into an ASIC, offering ultimate performance and is also available as an FPGA implementation, suitable for lower volume products.
Five ways to engage your remote workers
With the rise of digital working and with 85% of Fortune 500 companies using at least one Microsoft Cloud service, remote working is becoming more and more common, and companies often use remote associates around the world so that they can offer their services seamlessly 24/7.
Bidwells stays top of the Cambridge Market League Table for the 10th year in a row
Bidwells' Cambridge Business Space Agency Team has been named top of a league table compiled by a leading online news, research and information service for the commercial property market.
Electronic Product Design Services
Argon Design's engineers have created hundreds of embedded product designs for a wide range of industries such as medical, bio-technology, military, aerospace, retail, computing and mobile, automotive, white goods, industrial control, image processing, image analysis and networking systems.
Mentoring partnership hailed as innovative
AstraZeneca highlights its mentoring collaboration with the Entrepreneurship Centre at Cambridge Judge as ‘a different type of partnership’.
Johnson Matthey wins top prize at IChemE Global Awards 2016
Johnson Matthey's innovative process technology for methanol production scoops Outstanding Achievement in Chemical and Process Engineering Award – the top title at the IChemE Global Awards