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Travel for Cambridgeshire: climb on for the summer Cycle Challenge
Travel for Cambridgeshire (TfC) is supporting a two-wheeled celebration with a summer Cycle Challenge following on from its winter warm-up back in January.
‘I admire Robin Saxby and James Dyson’, says Rupert Baines, CEO of UltraSoC
St John's Innovation Centre is delighted to have had the opportunity to interview tenant Rupert Baines, the recently appointed CEO of UltraSoC, a rapidly growing company based in St John’s Innovation Centre, the regional Centre of excellence supporting high growth businesses.
Ten companies that prove Cambridge is a great place for tech start ups
Here are ten companies that demonstrate how Cambridge is at the forefront of the tech world and a prime location for prospective tech start ups.
'Reclaim quantitative easing for common good’ says report
After G7 leaders agreed a transition away from a fossil fuel economy at last week’s summit, Professor Victor Anderson of Anglia Ruskin University has produced a new report showing how ‘green money’ can help Europe move towards a sustainable economy.
Innovation Marketplace
If you are a Start-up, SME, University or company with leading edge solution getting your innovation out to a worldwide audience is one of your biggest challenges and one that we can help you solve - because potential clients seeking new technologies, products and services can't do business with you if they don't know your solution exists.
Get to know Cambridge BID with Chairman Ian Sandison
Cambridge Business Improvement District (BID) is hosting monthly 'Get to Know the Cambridge BID with Chairman Ian Sandison' sessions.
Charity events kick off with funtastic Father’s Day
Dads young and old have plenty to choose from at the Cambridge Roar this year! Father’s Day falls just as the famous Cambridge Roar kicks off – three weeks of fund raising for local charities and 18 mad-cap events including “man stuff”.
Selling Cambridge to the world - trade for investment
Jonathan Brech has been appointed Cambridge Development Director, with a mission to promote Cambridge business to the rest of the world.
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?
'28-day headset’ artist wins £30k Cambridge arts commission
Do we realise how easily our phones can be hacked into in a matter of minutes? That our income bracket, bank passwords, movements, and even home address can be found by anyone with basic coding skills, let alone by data mining companies? Are we controlling technology sufficiently to create the utopia it has the potential for, or is it tipping us into dystopia?
£100,000 funding on offer to small businesses in latest SBRI Healthcare Competition
SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England funded initiative to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs, today announced the launch of the latest SBRI Healthcare competition where up to 12 small business could each benefit from £100,000 Phase 1 product development funding.
Cambridge people named in the Queen's Birthday Honours list
Seven distinguished members of the University have been named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list announced at the weekend.
New Head appointed for Institute for Manufacturing
Professor Andy Neely has been appointed as the new Head of the University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) and Professor of Manufacturing on the retirement of Professor Sir Mike Gregory on 30 September.
Cambridge Index falls 1.1%
The Cambridge Index dropped 1.1% or 197.6 points to 18,396, led by losses in index heavyweights such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey.
Report shows vulnerability of global food system
The vulnerability of the global food system to sudden shocks, and the repercussions for communities, businesses and governments, is highlighted in a report just published by Lloyd’s, the specialist insurance and reinsurance market.
Cambridge residents speak up for the climate
Residents from Cambridge Carbon Footprint, Friends of the Earth, local churches, the Citizens Climate lobby, RSPB, and CAFOD will descend on Westminster for a day of action on climate change today (Wednesday 17 June).
Interactive Research Pods
Our pods work wherever we take them, the middle of a field to an exhibition, theme park, shopping centre, essentially wherever there are high volumes of people the pods can be positioned to collect data.
Qualitative Research
Getting under the surface of consumer behaviour requires qualitative research techniques. Qualitative research is designed to aid decision-making by focusing on understanding the nature of something and its meaning.
Quantitative Research
The value of quantitative research lies in numbers. Robust and representative samples can be used confidently to guide business decision-making.
Nemesis Bioscience raises £300,000 in seed funding and opens development facility in Wales
Nemesis Bioscience Ltd has raised £300,000 in seed funding from Angel investors and from Finance Wales to extend the application of its proprietary biological therapeutics – Nemesis Symbiotics that inactivate antibiotic resistance.
Picture this and win £100
Can you take a picture that illustrates what civil engineering is about? If you can, you could win £100 by entering it for the 2015 This is Civil Engineering competition run by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Preparing for AIM listing? Maximise your company’s value
Marketing is often considered an afterthought for science and technology companies preparing for an IPO, but according to Simon Fryer, CEO at KISS, sorting out a company’s brand proposition, marketing collateral and profile will help achieve a higher valuation.
Cresset to distribute COSMOlogic scientific software in North America
Cresset, innovative provider of software and services for small molecule discovery and design, is pleased to announce that they will be distributing COSMOlogic software in North America alongside the existing Cresset software range.
Making the decision to recruit as an SME – the options
Making the decision to take on a new member of staff is critical for any business. For SMEs this decision can hold even more importance given the financial ramifications to the business.
New MSc Marketing / CIM Diploma scheme launched
Students completing their MSc in Marketing can now benefit from a seamless pathway to gaining a professional qualification in addition to their academic one. The new scheme comes from Cambridge Marketing Colleges (CMC) and Nottingham University Business School (NUBS), and allows students to gain the Diploma in Professional Marketing from one of the world’s leading professional bodies for…