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BlinkPipe appoints KISS Public Relations
BlinkPipe, a Cambridge-based company has appointed KISS Public Relations to handle the media launch of its product, PhoneCamHD.
New AVEVA Automated Plate Nesting optimises material use in ship and offshore construction
AVEVA today announced the release of the new AVEVA Automated Plate Nesting, a plug-in module to AVEVA Hull Detailed Design software. It automatically and efficiently nests parts into raw steel plates, maximising the usage of the material and drastically reducing the scrap ratio associated with this process.
Cresset announces release of forgeV10.1
Cresset, innovative provider of chemistry software and services, announces the release of a new version of its computational chemistry workbench forgeV10.
New jobs to boost innovation
Product development firm Cambridge Consultants today announced it is creating 50 new jobs in 2013. Having grown year on year over the past decade, the company is now accelerating its expansion – with plans to double its 380-strong UK and US workforce over the next four years. The firm is also expanding into the Asian market, with the opening of an office in Singapore.
Cambridge Consultants announced as 'Employer of the Year'
Product development firm Cambridge Consultants has been named Employer of the Year. The accolade was the culmination of Cambridge Business Week – a celebration of the city’s multi-billion-pound enterprises.
Inventor of Star Wars-style ‘Jedi’ bike at Nerve
Sci-fi fans buzzing at the development of a Star Wars-style speeder bike that lets you fly like a Jedi can rub shoulders with the inventor at the Nerve disruptive technology summit in Cambridge this summer.
New research suggests animal-to-human transmission of MRSA
Cambridge scientists have linked two human cases of infection with the antibiotic-resistant superbug MRSA to farms in Denmark. The results of the study, published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine, suggest the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria was transmitted from the livestock to the farmers.
Making Cambridge the best place in the world to do business: Network latest from the CEO
As the community came together last week for Cambridge Business Week - and Business Secretary Vince Cable described the region as "the most successful cluster of entrepreneurial business in Britain" - the spotlight was turned on the city again. Claire Ruskin, Cambridge Network's CEO, comments: "Joining up to put on 2013’s Cambridge Business Week showed us what we can do when we get together as…
Featurespace wins CfEL-sponsored Graduate Business of the Year Award
Featurespace, the enterprise founded by Cambridge alumni and using technology developed at the University, was awarded the 'Graduate Business of the Year' Award at the annual Business Weekly Awards champagne gala dinner last week at Queens’ College.
Hills Road Sixth Form College uses video to attract new students
Somersault Video Productions recently produced a series of subject testimonial videos for Hills Road Sixth Form College.
CRC student is keynote speaker on apprenticeships
Apprentice Courtney Anderson took centre stage when he delivered a talk on the benefits of apprenticeships to construction industry experts at Cambridge Regional College.
Creactive designs StarLeaf Touch
The StarLeaf Touch controller is the latest product from StarLeaf, manufacturer of video calling and conferencing hardware and software solutions that are all managed from the StarLeaf cloud. This new addition joins a comprehensive line up of mobile, personal and room systems designed by Creactive Design.
Ithaka Life Sciences' client ProteinLogic wins Med Tech award
Ithaka is pleased to announce that ProteinLogic, the biomarker discovery and exploitation company, was judged to have presented the strongest proposal in the Med Tech category to the Innovators’ Den at the NHS Healthcare Innovation Expo 2013 in London. Ithaka’s founder and Managing Director, Dr Paul Rodgers, is Executive Chairman of ProteinLogic.
Simple '10 step' test could detect knee osteoarthritis
A '10 step' test to monitor people's walking pattern could be a simple and low-cost way of spotting the early symptoms of knee osteoarthritis, according to an Anglia Ruskin University expert, the author of a new study.
Lessons from history: how Europe did (and didn’t) grow rich
The Industrial Revolution is seen as the spark that lit Europe’s economic prosperity. In her analysis of markets over many hundreds of years, University of Cambridge economist Dr Victoria Bateman presents a compelling argument for a broader global perspective.
Anglia Ruskin wins Drawing Inspiration Award
Anglia Ruskin University has won the Campaign for Drawing’s prestigious Drawing Inspiration Award. The prize, sponsored by NADFAS (the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies), is awarded annually to the event that most successfully engages young people in creative activities.
Ensuring health for travellers and voluntary workers
The Travel Clinic, Cambridge and Ipswich, offers more advice for travellers and people who may be going to do voluntary work in developing countries.
Could a sophisticated crowd help a Business Angel validate an investment decision?
A new model of finance was unveiled at the Great British Private Investor Summit last week: syndicate funding 2.0. Based on the concept of allowing crowdfunders to co-invest alongside Business Angels, the model is supported by an online platform called Syndicate Room, which has just launched.
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Does the water in Cambridge make you a better entrepreneur?
What aspects of the Cambridge ecosystem make it such a successful place for entrepreneurship? That's the question to be tackled during a webinar next week, presented by the University of Cambridge Judge Business School’s Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL).
AVEVA honoured at 'Cambridge News' Business Excellence Awards
AVEVA announced today that it has been named Business of the Year 2013 at the Cambridge News Business Excellence awards which took place last night (Thursday ) at Kings College, Cambridge. Chosen from a list of prestigious Cambridgeshire companies, the award recognises an organisation that has led the way in 2012 in terms of growth, diversification or consolidation.
What is your ultimate measure of Customer Satisfaction?
How do you measure Customer Satisfaction in your organisation? It’s a very easy measurement for the team at Great Guns Marketing, who say: We simply measure the number of clients that come back to us for more telemarketing.
Cambridge spin-outs among 'Business Weekly' award winners
Two University of Cambridge spin-outs were among the winners at the annual Business Weekly awards, held earlier this week at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
Ubisense picks up TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets
Pioneers in Real Time Location Systems technology, Ubisense picked up last night’s 2013 TWI Award for Technology Engineering in International Markets at the Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards at King’s College, Cambridge.