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Scheme provides a healthy boost for people in East Barnwell
A scheme to improve people’s health by boosting access to advice on benefits and a range of other issues is being extended thanks to its resounding success.
Documentation toolkits reduce costs by streamlining ISMS implementation, says IT Governance
IT Governance, the leading provider of information security expertise and solutions, is encouraging everyone involved in information security management system (ISMS) implementation projects to take advantage of the ISO 27001 ISMS Documentation Toolkit to reduce costs and time spent.
Stocks in Focus: GKN
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown looks at GKN, following its third quarter update announced last week. The engineering firm published positive numbers, with sales up 21% helped by the acquisition of Fokker Technologies last year.
IT Governance’s CEO, Alan Calder to participate at IMCA’s Hold Maritime Security debate
IT Governance, the international provider of cyber security expertise and solutions is excited to announce that Alan Calder, the founder and chief executive officer of IT Governance will participate at IMCA’s Hold Maritime Security Seminar debate taking place on Thursday, 10 November in London.
Organisations should update policies and procedures to ensure GDPR compliance
IT Governance, the leading provider of compliance documentation toolkits, is encouraging organisations to update and review current policies and procedures to ensure EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance before the Regulation comes into force in May 2018.
Elephant poaching costs African economies US $25 million per year in lost tourism revenue
New research shows investing in elephant conservation is smart economic policy for many African countries.
Owlstone Medical and Imperial College to study underlying causes of asthma exacerbations
Owlstone Medical, a diagnostics company, today announced it has entered into collaboration with Imperial College London, the world leading science-based research institution and university. The company’s breath analysis technology will be deployed in an ongoing study led by Imperial College to evaluate underlying causes of exacerbations in severe asthma patients.
Cambridge Index eases 2.0%
The Cambridge Index declined 2.0% or 459.2 points to end at 22,961.4, as nine of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses.
Qualcomm to acquire NXP
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) and NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, under which Qualcomm will acquire NXP.
Innovation for an agricultural revolution: REAP 2016
How can technology from other industries help transform agriculture? That's one of the big questions to be discussed by technologists, agronomists and producers at the annual Agri-Tech East conference, REAP, on 9th November at the Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre.
'e' is for excitement at e-Go aeroplanes
e-Go aeroplanes is still looking for a buyer to take its amazing ‘fun flying machine’ into full production, and is excited to have had contact from a number of interested parties over the past few weeks.
Opinion: Brexit and the importance of languages for Britain
Dr John Gallagher, Cambridge historian of early modern Europe, argues that Britain should look to its past to rediscover the importance of language learning.
UK’s first sake brewery blessed in traditional Jichinsai ceremony
A ground breaking ceremony like no other has been held at the construction site of the UK’s first sake brewery in East Cambridgeshire.
Saving lives in intensive care: Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s 20th annual lecture
‘Critical care: at the sharp end of saving lives’ is the subject of Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s (ACT) forthcoming Annual Lecture and Reception on Thursday 17 November.
Windows operating systems vs non-Windows applications – contrasting vulnerability risk
The percentage of unpatched Microsoft Windows operating systems on private PCs seems to be stabilising after a year of steady decline. But the level of unpatched non-Windows applications on private PCs continues to rise.
Government £1.9bn plan to fight cyber crime
Automatic defences to stop hackers hijacking websites or spoofing official domains will get a boost from a £1.9bn government cybersecurity strategy.
How managers undermine free (workplace) speech
Many company leaders want workers to ‘speak up’ but their efforts are thwarted by abusive retribution waged by middle managers, says a Harvard Business Review article authored at Cambridge Judge Business School.
Aluminium car ports prove popular
Admiral Homespace is literally 'covering' Cambridgeshire and the surrounding counties.
Charities and social enterprise specialist lawyer joins Birketts
Liz Brownsell has joined Birketts as a Senior Associate in the Corporate Services division and will specialise in three core areas: charities, education and social enterprise.
Remembrance Sunday at IWM Duxford
This Remembrance Sunday (13 November), IWM Duxford is hosting a day of commemorative activities to honour all who have lost their lives in conflict.
Beating the odds: Enterprise Tuesday with Tim Jones, Allia CEO
Tim Jones, CEO of Allia and space pioneer Professor Monica Grady CBE will be talking at Enterprise Tuesday next week (8th November) about what entrepreneurs and innovators can learn about beating the odds from the Rosetta space project to land Philae on a comet.
Compact chilled mirror hygrometer measures down to -90°C with no external cooling
The S8000RS from Michell Instruments has proved itself as a ‘workhorse’ in many calibration laboratories and industrial settings.
New managing partner for Marks & Clerk’s Cambridge office
Marks & Clerk, the UK’s largest firm of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, has appointed Dr Kirsteen Gordon as the new Managing Partner of its Cambridge office, promoted two of its Patent Attorneys and recruited three new Trainee Patent Attorneys.
8power wins Cambridge Wireless Discovering Startups 2016
8power Limited, a University of Cambridge start up developing smart sensors for industrial applications, has won the 7th CW Discovering Startups Competition.
Horizon Discovery: progress update on its high-throughput molecular screening platform
Horizon Discovery Group plc, the world leader in the application of gene editing technologies, today provides an update on the operation of its high-throughput molecular screening platform, which includes drug combination and immuno-oncology screening. Horizon announces the signing of more than £800,000 of new drug combination and immuno-oncology service agreements with revenue to be recognised…