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Securing software patents through the EPO
In June 2014 the US Supreme Court provided its opinion in Alice Corporation v CLS Bank. This is the latest in a number of decisions from the higher US courts which confirm the considerable uncertainty which has existed in the United States in recent years as to the boundary between what is and is not patentable.
IWM Duxford offers unique development opportunity for teachers
The American Air Museum Summer Residency, supported by global defence and aerospace company Northrop Grumman, is a unique professional development opportunity run by IWM Duxford. It brings together teachers from the UK and the USA for two weeks to develop, together, a greater knowledge of Second World War history through primary evidence and science and technology.
New partnership delivers world-class tailored learning to business and governments
The Open University - the UK’s largest university and a global leader in distance-learning - and leading learning technologies firm, LEO, have launched a new partnership that will deliver online courses and platforms tailored specifically to the needs and goals of businesses and government organisations.
Cambridge academic helps to improve climate modelling
Dr Chris Hope, Reader in Policy Modelling at Cambridge Judge Business School, contributed a study which was included in the business case for a new £97m supercomputer to improve weather predictions and climate modelling by the Met Office.
MOVENTIG® approved in the European Union for opioid-induced constipation
First in class treatment approved for adult patients with opioid-induced constipation who have had an inadequate response to laxatives.
Chamber reacts to Autumn Statement and calls for ‘Pie in the sky’ rhetoric to become reality
Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce has responded to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement by calling for both certainty and delivery to be the reality – the only two conditions upon which the government’s investment plans can be measured.
Stone King lawyer elected head of international legal commission
Commercial lawyer, Gavin Llewellyn, of Cambridge law firm, Stone King, has been appointed president of the Intellectual Property Commission of the International Association of Lawyers (UIA) at the UIA’s recent Annual Congress in Florence, Italy.
Psyccess Voice: Trustworthy leadership
Thirty-one per cent of employees DO NOT TRUST their organisation's senior management; 58% of people DO NOT TRUST the government. These percentages are growing year on year, as is the growing demand for leaders, and people in influential positions of all types, to be more authentic and trustworthy.
Addenbrooke’s choir pays tribute to fallen soldiers
The Addenbrooke’s Hospital Choir is set to pay tribute to all those who’ve fallen in conflict since the start of the First World War.
Sandler Training celebrates first year at Milton Hall Cambridge
Serviced office provider proves ideal ‘training ground’ for Sandler’s world class sales and management programmes.
Profiles of leaders in salivary bioscience: Dr Evi Varamenti, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
Each month an expert from the Salimetrics saliva research community is featured. The community brings together university researchers around the world to encourage the sharing of ideas.
Riverbed SteelHead enables IAT employees to write policies 4x faster
SteelHead improves performance of critical, centralized insurance-specific software, increasing employee productivity.
WaveFX provides event production for Dassault Systèmes
Dassault Systèmes has become a world leader in 3D software. Its advanced design tools and solutions enable a large number of companies around the world to create new, innovative products in sectors ranging from car and aircraft manufacturing to boat building, architecture and mass consumer goods.
Cedar and TTP Group collaboration helps drive the Entrepreneurial University of the Year
In a glittering awards ceremony at the Grosvenor Hotel in London’s West End last Thursday, Anglia Ruskin University was named The Times Higher Education Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2014. Within the Lord Ashcroft International Business School, a strategic partnership between the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR) and TTP Group (TTP), one of Cambridge’s star…
The East is bouncing back
The quarterly Manpower Employment Outlook survey reveals that employers in the East of England are regaining their optimism about hiring.
‘Crash course’ for Anglia Ruskin students
Migrating seabirds have been given a helping hand on their journey to South America by two Anglia Ruskin University students.
Learn winter tree identification at Wandlebury
Have you ever struggled to spot a Spruce or overlooked an Oak? Maybe you can't tell the difference between conkers and roast chestnuts?
Is there a law on manual handling to protect employees?
Answer: Employers have a legal obligation under the Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992 to make a sufficient and suitable assessment of the risk to employees from the manual handling of loads. This is a legal requirement and the Regulations must be complied with.
Johnson Matthey wins the PwC Building Public Trust Award for People Reporting in the FTSE
"What made Johnson Matthey stand out was its honesty and authenticity.”
ZEISS sublicenses lattice light sheet microscopy to Intelligent Imaging Innovations
ZEISS announces the sublicensing of Lattice light sheet microscopy, also called Bessel beam plane illumination microscopy, to Intelligent Imaging Innovations (3i).
ZoBio & Domainex collaborate to support FORMA Therapeutics’ drug discovery programmes
ZoBio (Leiden, The Netherlands) and Domainex Ltd. (Cambridge, UK) announce a collaboration with FORMA Therapeutics (Watertown, MA, USA) to provide NMR-based structural biology services for a substantial panel of FORMA drug targets.
AVEVA’s Progressive Handover Solution implemented at Norway’s largest independent oil company
AVEVA will support Det norske to improve quality and cut project time
Hospice shops help shoppers on a budget this Christmas
With Christmas shoppers out in force along high streets across the region East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices shops are calling out for people who are not looking to stretch their Christmas budget.
80% of jobs found through networking
Networking. It’s a seemingly harmless 10-letter word that somehow manages to drive fear into many of us. However, it’s also proven to be one of the most powerful tools in the world of business and could mean the difference between great success and total failure.
The Leadership Business recognised with Adair Strategic Leadership Level accreditation
Mike Udin has been awarded Strategic Leadership Level for Adair Accredited ACL Trainers by Adair International, meaning that that Mike is now part of an elite group of only eight trainers in the UK qualified to deliver training at this level.