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Points of View: UK interest rates
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown focuses on the Bank of England's decision to keep interest rates on hold.
Successful IT company MD shares three things he's doing to prepare his business post Brexit
Paul Oggelsby heads up the very successful UK-based IT services company Riverlite. As a business leader, Paul was keen to seek the views of directors from other businesses, academics, colleagues and friends on how Brexit will impact the UK in order to prepare for potential changes to the business landscape.
Are your negotiation tactics ethical?
Are your negotiation tactics ethical? Cambridge Judge Professor David De Cremer says it can depend on your nationality and that of the other party.
Big hearted solicitors help raise over £12,500 for Addenbrooke's
Local solicitors and Will writers who took part in Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s fourth annual Make a Will Week have helped raise over £12,500 for Addenbrooke’s during the hospital’s 250th anniversary year.
Spin-out Breathing Buildings develops natural building ventilation technology
A Cambridge spin-out has developed a completely new way of ventilating buildings that has the potential to reduce heating bills by as much as 50 percent while drastically reducing energy consumption. The natural ventilation technology concept exploits the heat produced by people, lights, IT and even sunlight, avoiding the wasteful use of radiators.
ESD Workstations by PAF Systems
PAF Systems are highly experienced in the supply of ESD compliant workbenches, assembly cells, seating and ESD flooring. We’ve been providing great solutions to the biggest names in the industry since 1972!
PAF Tektiles ESD flooring supplied for numerous server rooms
Loose-lay interlocking pvc ESD floor tiles (PAF Tektiles) were selected for a roll-out server room multi-location project.
CIIPM hosts an IP event with a difference
Extract Information and PSIM successfully hosted their inaugural Cambridge Information and Intellectual Property Meeting (CIIPM), bringing together people with a shared interest in IP, information and technology commercialisation for knowledge sharing and discussions.
RPC Consulting expands at Chesterford Research Park
Insurance sector specialists RPC Consulting take on further space within the Mansion House to support growing actuarial software team.
Cambridge children invent health solutions for the future NHS
Dozens of children took up the challenge to invent solutions to improve the health of local people in a competition organised by the Eastern Academic Health Science Network as part of the Health and Wellbeing Village at Cambridge Big Weekend.
Spotlight falls on the PR industry as CIPR PRide award shortlist is released
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) has announced the shortlist for the Annual CIPR PRide Awards and regional agencies Mobas and Cirkle lead the pack with five nominations each.
Advanced Leadership Programme
This three-week general management and leadership programme gives seasoned general managers and senior executives the opportunity to step back from their professional and personal lives and dedicate time to themselves in a learning environment second to none.
Creating Cambridge Big Summer BBQ benefits EACH
When Cambridge creatives and networkers get together this Friday (22 July) for the Creating Cambridge BIG Summer BBQ, they'll be raising valuable funds for East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH) - 15% of the ticket price goes to the charity partner for this event.
Do you understand what motivates your clients to buy?
Many sales gurus will talk to you endlessly about closing the sale. Closing the sale is now a very old fashioned concept, and all of the world’s leading sales people have now realised that the real secret to continued business growth is not in the sales close, it’s how you open.
Saving lives by empowering communities to tackle air pollution
Each year, seven million deaths worldwide are attributed to air pollution. ¹In the UK alone, air pollution contributes to 44,000 deaths annually. ²Drayson Technologies believes that people should have the tools to see what’s in the air they breathe, and empowered with this information be able to reduce their own exposure to, and impact on, air pollution.
Combustion engine era goes up in smoke as tech revolution shapes tomorrow's cars
PA’s Tim Lawrence, manufacturing expert, is quoted in the Financial Times’ special report on the future of the car. The article talks about a technology revolution in the automotive industry which carmakers need to bear in mind in order to move forward.
Putting innovation at the heart of the RAF
PA Consulting helped the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) understand how it could unlock the full potential of its intellectual capital and ensure innovation remains at the heart of its culture.
Designing and manufacturing truly personalised eyewear products
Additive manufacturing or 3D printing not only has the potential to deliver truly personalised products and flexible manufacturing systems, but new design freedoms and business models.
Are your innovations taking off?
PA Consulting explains how to drive sustainable innovation in manufacturing – the six key levers.
UK businesses in strong position to face challenging period ahead, says KPMG
New analysis from KPMG Restructuring shows that whilst the run up to the EU Referendum created a period of uncertainty for British business, the number of companies entering insolvency across England and Wales in the second quarter of 2016 actually fell.
More council homes made available thanks to fraud investigators
Investigations by fraud officers at Cambridge City Council have meant that 11 families have been able to move in to council properties that were found to have been illegally sub-let or abandoned.
Policing Institute aims to make region safer
Anglia Ruskin University has launched a Policing Institute for the Eastern Region (PIER), to work in partnership with police forces and other agencies across the East of England.
Brexit: Looking ahead for Cambridge’s technologies and enterprises
Cambridge Network members can join the Cambridge Enterprise and Technology Club (CETC) on 28 July for presentations, debate and Q&A on Brexit and Cambridge for the special rate of £15.
Stone King appoints business property lawyer to growing team
Cambridge law firm Stone King has bolstered its commercial team with the appointment of experienced business property lawyer Philip Lawrence.
Greenwoods sponsors Cambridgeshire Rowing Association Town Bumps
Greenwoods Solicitors LLP is delighted to be sponsoring the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association Town Bumps again this year.