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My Business 1st offers resources for SMEs
My Business 1st is the new free business resource for small and medium businesses in Hospitality, Tourism, Travel and Passenger Transport created by People 1st, the sector skills council for those sectors.
TTP and Atlas Genetics development partnership creates ultra-rapid point-of-care instrument
TTP is delighted to announce that it has completed development of the Atlas io™ Reader instrument for Atlas Genetics. The Atlas io™ system enables healthcare professionals to ‘test and treat’ infectious diseases within 30 minutes in their own offices and clinics.
XJTAG returns for Embedded World 2014
Visitors to stand 4-603 at this year’s Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany (25-27 February), can win a Raspberry Pi by guessing the code to the XJTAG safe.
Cambridge Regional College reaches record 10,000th apprentice
A teenager who found her perfect job - without leaving school - has become Cambridge Regional College’s 10,000th apprentice since it began offering apprenticeship programmes.
SureFlap is Vorsprung Durch Technik
British company SureFlap produces microchip-operated pet doors and are a favourite in Germany. SureFlap has been awarded the ‘most innovative product of the year for cats’ in a poll of readers from the publication PETonline for its Microchip Pet Door.
The world’s largest SAFe implementation and what Travis Perkins did
Software East Kicks off its 2014 Calendar of Events with an Agile Evening Event lead by Sallyann Freudenberg next Wednesday (January 22) from 6pm.
Molecular nano-spies to make light work of disease detection
A world of cloak-and-dagger pharmaceuticals has come a step closer with the development of stealth compounds programmed to spring into action when they receive the signal.
Procarta advances antibiotic development on Norwich Research Park
A novel approach that will shorten development times for new antibiotics has received over £1m of funding to scale up production and enter clinical trials. Procarta Biosystems, based on the Norwich Research Park, has been awarded two substantial EU grants to focus on ‘superbugs’ – MRSA, Clostridium difficile and the causative agent of tuberculosis.
VirtualStudio.TV appoints Peter Wilson as Videographer
Cambridge-based video production agency, VirtualStudio.TV has strengthened its team with the appointment of Peter Wilson to the position of Videographer and Video Editor.
ViewRanger Outdoors Adventure GPS launches on Amazon's Kindle Fire tablets
ViewRanger, the award-winning mapping and navigation app, is now available from the Amazon Apps Store to download for Amazon Kindle Fire and other Android smart phones and tablets. ViewRanger helps outdoor enthusiasts to plan, navigate, and share their walking, cycling, skiing and riding outdoor adventures.
Green Energy Options enables wholesale provision of home energy management services
Fully integrated, scaleable and affordable in-home energy management systems are now available for service providers to adopt, tailor and roll-out to their own retail customers.
Cleantech SMEs - are you interested in Pitching for Growth?
Does your company offer a genuinely great product/service, yet clients are sceptical when you present it to them? The Pitching for Growth Programme offers each of 10 clean technology small and medium sized businesses based in the East of England access to intensive one-to-one coaching worth £3,500.
KISS sponsors Inspiring Hertfordshire 2014 Awards for third year
The Inspiring Hertfordshire Awards 2014, run by Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce, is now open for entry and is being supported, for the third consecutive year, by creative marketing agency, KISS.
Captured on film: footage of Cambridge student life during WWII
Previously unseen archive footage has been made available online which shows student life in Cambridge at the start of the Second World War.
Marshall ADG wins contract to sustain Royal Netherlands Air Force’s fleet of modified C-130s
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (Marshall ADG) has been awarded a long-term contract by the Netherlands Defence Material Organisation (DMO) to sustain the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s fleet of Hercules C-130s, which have recently received extensive Cockpit Upgrade (CUP) and Cabin Safety Improvements (CSIMP) modifications.
Donate Your Dusty Devices and support Cambridge Open Device Labs
Open Device Labs (ODLs) are shared community pools of internet-connected devices such as smartphones, tablets or consoles, and are open for developers to test their websites and smartphone apps free of charge. In order for this global collaborative project to be viable, ODL is calling on Cambridgeshire organisations to “Donate Your Dusty Device".
Local businesses receive CEDAR windfall
Three fledgling Cambridgeshire businesses are starting 2014 with a welcome boost after receiving funding from the Centre for Enterprise Development and Research (CEDAR) at Anglia Ruskin University.
Talk to Tecan @ SLAS2014
Join Tecan on booth #405 at this year’s SLAS Conference and Exhibition in San Diego, California, to discover the latest developments in automated liquid handling.
SonoSite embarks on a new era in training and education
SonoSite continues to lead the way in ultrasound education and training, opening a new UK Education Centre at Great Marlings, Luton, in October 2013.
Government launches Cyber Streetwise campaign
A new campaign to change the way people protect themselves while shopping or banking online in order to avoid falling victim to cyber criminals has been launched by the government.
Rubber Cheese designs a new website for the Chivas Brothers International Graduate Programme
Rubber Cheese is very excited to be working with Chivas Brothers on their latest website, which will target graduates to apply for their International Graduate Programme. Chivas Brothers is the Scotch whisky and premium gin business of Pernod Ricard - the world's co-leader in wine and spirits.
Cambridge Regional College offers fully-funded training to boost workplace skills
Cambridge Regional College is offering fully-funded training to small and medium-sized companies as part of a £2million European Union support package to improve professional skills at work.
Six ways to get noticed at work!
Finding your voice without treading on toes may take effort, but it’s the sensible alternative to becoming the human version of a flashing neon sign. Let your talents glow and persuade, rather than dazzle and daze. It’s time to get out there and show them what you’re made of!
Tommee Tippee® and Cambridge Design Partnership develop novel nappy disposal system
Innovative technology and design consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announces that it has been working with internationally renowned, award-winning baby products manufacturer, Tommee Tippee® to develop a breakthrough nappy disposal system.
KISS helps rekindle the nation’s love for celery
Cambridge-based KISS Creative has been appointed by G’s Fresh LTD, growers of salads and vegetables and supplier to all major UK and many European retailers, to develop a strategic, digital and social media campaign to rekindle the nation’s love for celery and engage with a younger and more health conscious generation.