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Business confidence holds steady in East of England, says ICAEW
Business confidence in the East of England is holding steady, as more favourable market place conditions have helped maintain business confidence. The latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) indicates an improvement in financial performance for the region over the past 12 months.
Hewitsons and Moorhead James to merge
Hewitsons and Moorhead James announce the two law firms will merge to create Hewitson Moorhead.
StartUp Britain bus tour arrives in Cambridge
StartUp Britain's Summer Bus tour - which aims to unleash entrepreneurship across the country by providing inspiration, resources and advice to aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs - arrives in Cambridge on Wednesday (24th June) on Sydney Street.
AstraZeneca reveals findings of archaeological dig as build gets underway at Cambridge
AstraZeneca has announced the findings of archaeological excavations on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, which will be home to the company’s new, purpose-built global R&D centre and corporate headquarters from the end of 2016.
Signagelive and IntuiLab deliver digital signage solutions for Google Chrome OS devices
Signagelive, global suppliers of cloud-based digital signage technology, announced it is working in collaboration with IntuiLab, leading suppliers of a content creation platform for interactive applications, to expand the reach and functionality of Google Chromeboxes for digital signage usage.
Glass Solutions the key to landmark sculptural lighting commissions
Haberdashery, a London-based design consultancy, relies on Glass Solutions to produce top quality, custom-made glassware for its landmark sculptural lighting commissions.
Race Night supporting ACT is a huge success
Cambridge digital marketing agency, Digital Clicks, last week hosted the second annual Race Night in support of Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, which was a huge success with £1,000 raised.
Brazil’s Descomplica attracts $7m growth capital led by Amadeus
Amadeus Capital Partners’ global Digital Prosperity Fund has led a Series C funding of $7m in Descomplica, Brazil’s largest online classroom. Existing investors in the company, including The Social+Capital Partnership, Valor Capital Group, and Valar Ventures, participated in the financing.
High tech collar brings the wearables revolution to cows
Cambridge Industrial Design has created a GPS device to track movement of livestock and improve milk production.
Part 2 - Is cloud based ERP an extremely risky project for SMBs?
Anderson Yates consultants have been asked to rescue three ERP projects in the past two months, all involving companies that employ less than 250 employees - deploying cloud based ERP. What went wrong for them and what lessons can be learned that will ensure your company doesn’t fall into the same traps? (Part 2)
How fair is £550,000 a year service charge?
Brian Hall of Woodfines Solicitors writes:"When the report of the Supreme Court’s decision in Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36 landed on my desk, I was not surprised by its content. The decision upheld the ruling of the Court of Appeal that Service Charge provisions are no different from any others in their interpretation; namely that the law will not help you escape a bad bargain.
Report highlights a new era in pharma growth
Innovation and technology are key to the growth of pharma companies in emerging markets, says a new report from Cambridge Consultants.
Increase pollination, reduce blackgrass - is clover the answer?
Fresh thinking to combat the loss of pollinators and boost yields is promised at this afternoon's (Tuesday's) Agri-Tech East event.
Sign up for Apprenticeship Jobs Fair for the chance to win an Apple Watch!
Students who sign up for this afternoon's (Tuesday's) Cambridge Network Apprenticeship Jobs Fair at The Hauser Forum have the opportunity to win an Apple Watch.
Expanding the DNA alphabet: ‘extra’ DNA base found to be stable in mammals
A rare DNA base, previously thought to be a temporary modification, has been shown to be stable in mammalian DNA, suggesting that it plays a key role in cellular function.
ICE President visits Ipswich
The President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Professor David Balmforth visited Ipswich last week to see the town’s flood risk management improvement works and the new energy-from-waste facility at Great Blakenham.
Historic England poll revealed on eve of East of England launch event
The East of England’s spectacular historic environment will receive a boost today. Duncan Wilson, the new Chief Executive and Sir Laurie Magnus, Chairman of Historic England, are in Cambridge to unveil Historic England’s plans for their work in the East of England in the year ahead.
President makes Peterborough detour to receive book
The President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Professor David Balmforth made a detour to Peterborough last Thursday to receive a special book.
Silent flights: How owls could help make wind turbines and planes quieter
A newly-designed material, which mimics the wing structure of owls, could help make wind turbines, computer fans and even planes much quieter. Early wind tunnel tests of the coating have shown a substantial reduction in noise without any noticeable effect on aerodynamics.
New technique for ‘seeing’ ions at work in a supercapacitor
A new technique which enables researchers to visualise the activity of individual ions inside battery-like devices called supercapacitors, could enable greater control over their properties and improve their performance in high-power applications.
Lycotec launches new website
Lycotec, the Cambridge-based company focusing on development and commercialisation of technologies based on lycopene and high carotenoids, has launched a brand new and refreshed website.
BUDGET: Engineers urge caution over cuts affecting infrastructure and UK resilience
Leading engineers have urged Government to “act with caution” when making spending cuts in areas such as flood risk management, that could impact on the resilience of the UK and its infrastructure networks.
Seven steps to attracting and recruiting women in technology
Capability Jane says they often hear clients saying; “there are no women out there” but how true is this? To find out why employers are struggling to recruit women, they've conducted some research.
Extremis delivers much needed classrooms to Nepal
Extremis Technology has been approached by Los Angeles-based film director Nani Sahra Walker to develop shelters for cloud learning centres in Nepal. Following the recent earthquakes Extremis is helping to modify shelters to create classrooms to help replace 3000 schools that have been destroyed.
Ashton KCJ Charitable Trust is launched
Ashton KCJ is very pleased to launch officially the Ashton KCJ Charitable Trust.