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Personal tax: quick wins to save tax before the end of the tax year
On the run up to 5 April, there are always ways to make the best use of the various allowances to save tax and therefore enhance the return that you can achieve with your money, says Duncan Wilson of Price Bailey.
Birketts examines 'The finer points of construction law'
Birketts is holding its latest construction law seminar series in April at venues across the Eastern region.
Women in business: looking beyond corporate boards
Director term limits and corporate governance codes, but not quotas, help boost female representation in top executive positions, finds a new study from Cambridge Judge Business School and the 30% Club.
Cambridge Marketing College reports outstanding results
Cambridge Marketing College (CMC) has just received the results from the most recent (December 2015) CIM and CAM assessments and once again its results have been outstanding.
Buying a 16 plate? Beware changes down the road...
Tim Ridyard of Woodfines Cambridge explains the changes that will be made to car tax (Vehicle Excise Duty) from next year. If you are planning to purchase a new car between now and 1st April 2017, you may want to start planning the type of vehicle you intend buying as, in some cases, delaying your purchase until after 1st April 2017 could add significant cost.
Freedom to evolve with Tecan’s Freedom EVO® 75
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid are using directed evolution techniques to develop new enzymes for a variety of bioprocessing applications.
Multi-million pound boost to take Cambridgeshire fibre broadband rollout even further
The success of Cambridgeshire’s superfast broadband programme has brought a multi-million pound boost to help rollout high speed fibre technology to even more homes and businesses.
Cambridge Consultants works with Smart Drawer on novel retail technology
New intelligent cash drawer technology is set to help reduce retail fraud and streamline cash counting – at a fraction of the price of existing systems.
Cambridge Index soars 3.1%
The Cambridge index rose 3.1% or 514.7 points to settle at 17,216.7, as nine of the top ten index heavyweights posted weekly gains.
Cambridge venture is pitch perfect
JustMilk, a venture supported by the Accelerate Cambridge programme at Cambridge Judge Business School, won first prize yesterday (Monday) in the first biotech-themed Pitch@Palace event at St James’s Palace, convened by HRH The Duke of York, KG.
Pioneering John Bradfield Centre at Cambridge Science Park will boost tech sector
Construction is now underway on Trinity College’s £20 million technology centre at Cambridge Science Park, an innovative collaboration with the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills and Central Working.
Jobs shine bright in the east
Employers in the East of England are the most optimistic in the UK, according to Manpower, the world’s workforce experts. With an Outlook of +10%, up 1 percentage point from the first quarter of 2016, job prospects in the region stand above the national average for the 16th quarter running.
The new deal on personal data: Part 2
There has been a mixed response to Privacy Shield – a new mechanism for safeguarding the privacy of personal data transferred from the EU to the United States. Rhys Williams of Taylor Vinters explains.
Embedded Linux workshop offers quick start guide
The organisers of the 2016 UK Device Developers' Conference have announced that this year's event will include a half-day workshop entitled "The Embedded Linux Quick Start Guide", providing hands-on training for delegates wishing to explore Linux for embedded systems development.
Finite element analysis – predicting the real world
Alongside product design processes, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) can be used to model product structure and how it will respond to stress, and from this to predict any possibility of structural failure. Cambridge Design Technology explains.
The importance of controlling oxygen during combustion
Cambridge Sensotec explains the importance of controlling oxygen during Combustion.
Ambitious new public art will celebrate the River Cam
Plans for a major new public art commission, celebrating the story and importance to Cambridge of the River Cam, are to be discussed by councillors.
Abcam delivers sustained double digit revenue growth while investing in the future
Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, announces its interim results for the six-month period ended 31 December 2015 [1].
International Women's Day plea for more women in IT
The Open University (OU) has launched a video for International Women’s Day (8 March) to highlight a project that aims to explore the reasons for the shortage of women working in the UK IT industry.
T®ump: personality IP rights
One of the many unique features of this year's US presidential nominations campaign is that the most likely (at this point) Republican candidate is also unique in being the one candidate who owns any significant IP/trade mark rights.
Stocks in Focus: Bunzl
This week Oliver Phillips of NW Brown focuses on Bunzl.
Scientists develop very early stage human stem cell lines for first time
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time shown that it is possible to derive from a human embryo so-called ‘naïve’ pluripotent stem cells – one of the most flexible types of stem cell, which can develop into all human tissue other than the placenta.
AI crossword-solving application could make machines better at understanding language
A web-based machine language system solves crossword puzzles far better than commercially-available products, and may help machines better understand language.
Make a #PledgeForParity this International Women’s Day
Today (Tuesday 8 March) is International Women’s Day, a chance not only to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women worldwide but also to support this year’s theme by pledging to play a part in reducing gender inequality.
Zinwave’s UNItivity platform eliminates spectrum upgrade pain
Zinwave's unique wideband distributed antenna system (DAS) offers future-proof frequency support without hardware upgrades.