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AstraZeneca to invest £330M in new R&D centre and global HQ in Cambridge
Global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca today announced its intention to invest around £330 million ($500 million) to establish a new global R&D centre and corporate headquarters in Cambridge by 2016, which will bring up to 2,000 jobs to the city.
Abcam donates an additional £45,000 to local charities
Abcam Plc, producer and distributor of high quality protein research tools, today announced its support for local good causes by donating an additional £45,000 to three local charities (£15,000 each). The three charities are: Red Balloon, a charity to support the recovery of bullied children; Winter Comfort, a social initiative to help the homeless; and Cambridge Community Foundation, a local…
Mantracourt sponsors Formula SAE team for 2013 season
Electronic instrumentation specialists Mantracourt Electronics has announced that it will be providing further sponsorship to Formula SAE ÉTS, a student racing car team based out of École de Technologie Supérieure in Montréal, Canada.
Eagle and HB Technologies AG sign distribution deal for Central Europe
Eagle, the UK’s leading bioinformatics consultancy, and HB Technologies AG, a Germany-based software and hardware manufacturer, have signed a deal appointing HB Technologies as exclusive distributor for Eagle’s products and services throughout Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Luxembourg,
Jesus College Choir in Mumbai to sing with slum children
Jesus College Choir will be travelling to Mumbai this week to perform for and work with slum children as part of an ongoing project with the music outreach charity Songbound, which aims to change the lives of deprived Mumbai children through music.
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Dame Barbara Stocking DBE announced as fifth President of Murray Edwards College
Murray Edwards College, founded as New Hall, in the University of Cambridge has announced the election of Dame Barbara Stocking DBE as its fifth President.
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Cambridge companies on the lookout for experienced professionals
Attention experienced engineers, technologists and software developers! Cambridge Network member companies are looking for you – with a wealth of interesting job opportunities available via the Network's popular Recruitment Gateway. More and more positions are being filled every week, so don’t miss out. Come and search the hundreds of opportunities live on the site and find your perfect job...
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So what is PR?
Let’s face it – most people don’t really “get” PR. It’s often a bit unclear what it actually is, what’s involved, and what the results look like. Jo Riches Ltd writes: Since we do quite a bit of it, we thought we’d try to demystify the whole thing for you.
Business Unit 09
A modern building on two floors, with a large room downstairs, a spacious meeting room and comms room upstairs.
Business Unit 12
A listed Victorian building on one floor with a single wood beamed room.
Cambridge Index falls 0.4%
The Cambridge Index fell 0.4% or 61.6 points to 14,685.8, following modest losses in index heavyweight stocks such as ARM Holdings and Johnson Matthey.
MathWorks hosts student robot challenge
With growing calls from the UK’s engineering and technology industries to encourage more STEM students to learn hands-on programming skills and to leave university better prepared to solve real world engineering problems, a robot contest in Cambridge last Friday was a fun example of how MathWorks, together with University of Cambridge students, are teaming up to help enhance the academic…
Abcodia appoints industry expert to accelerate commercialisation of its cancer screening
Abcodia, the award-winning biomarker validation company with a focus on cancer screening, has appointed Olle Nilsson as its consultant to provide industry-related expertise.
Designer of Ford’s latest Ecoboost engine explains engine downsizing
Ford engineer, Andrew Fraser, one of the team that designed the new Ford Ecoboost 1.0 litre three cylinder turbocharged engine, will be coming to Cambridge to explain how engine downsizing can achieve better performance, fuel efficiency and lower CO2 emissions for cars of the future.
DEM Solutions releases EDEM® 2.5 software with extended scale and capability
DEM Solutions releases EDEM 2.5 Software with increased scalability and performance to simulate complex bulk particle processes required by the global equipment manufacturing and process industries.
Integrating touch screen technology explored at UK Device Developers' Conference
Specialist display technology company, Intelligent Embedded Solutions will be giving a presentation on applying Touch Screen Technology at the Device Developers' Conference in May.
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CAP seeks businesses to partner with local schools
Aiming to improve the employability of young people across the region, CAP plans to strengthen employer-education links by creating Employer Champions. These are companies that establish a close partnership with one of the state secondary schools or colleges in Cambridge, East Cambridgeshire and South Cambridgeshire.
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Free advice available through new Network service
Could your start-up business benefit from free advice from a seasoned professional? A local expert, with 30 years of experience in the product management and international marketing of software and hardware solutions, is offering his assistance through Cambridge Network's new 'Would like to meet' service.
Ancient worm provides unexpected evolutionary link in our early history
Fossils of a creature that lived on the ocean floor 505 million years ago have been identified by scientists as those of a previously-unknown marine worm, now named as Spartobranchus tenuis.