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From foraging to farming: the 10,000-year revolution
Excavation of 19,000-year-old hunter-gatherer remains, including a vast camp site, is fuelling a reinterpretation of the greatest fundamental shift in human civilisation – the origins of agriculture.
Axiom-e secures £0.5m of equity finance for client
Axiom-e, the well-established Cambridge-based strategic financial management consultancy, has recently secured £551,000 of equity finance for a social enterprise client.
Andrew Lansley MP supports Dragonmobility, a world-leading Cambridge social enterprise
In the run-up to the final consideration of the Health and Social Care Bill in the House of Lords and last Wednesday's budget announcement, Andrew Lansley, MP for South Cambridgeshire, took time out from his busy governmental duties to see for himself the life-changing work being done by Dragonmobility, a Cambridge-based social enterprise.
Migration theme sparks students’ creativity
Jo Miller and Trudi Esberger have been named as the joint winners of the 2012 Searle Award for Creativity. Named in honour of the late artist Ronald Searle, the award recognises excellence across all artistic disciplines and is open to every student at Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge School of Art.
Design consultancy secures major funding and develops revolutionary respiratory humidifier
Innovative design and technology consultancy Cambridge Design Partnership today announces that it has developed a revolutionary respiratory humidifier using funding awarded by SBRI, the government programme to drive innovation within the public sector.
MP launches search for apprentice to join his city team
MP Julian Huppert has launched a search for an apprentice to join his team at his Cambridge constituency office.
One-stop shop website is ‘Welcome boost for business’
Business leaders have welcomed a new ‘one-stop shop’ website that has been launched to help make it easier to do business in South Cambridgeshire and to attract new firms to set up in the district.
Ideas by Eden secures new client
Cambridge design and marketing agency, Ideas by Eden, has been appointed by the Cyber Security Research Institute (CSRI) to lend a hand in its bid to protect hard drives, networks and identities around the world.
Faster security forensic analysis with announcement of new technology partnership
Real Status, an IT infrastructure modelling and data visualisation software company, has announced a partnership with Sourcefire, Inc., a leader in intelligent cybersecurity solutions, to reduce the time to complete security forensic analysis for faster, more informed decision-making.
Qi3 Accelerator launches High Value Manufacturing Bootcamp
Qi3 Accelerator’s HVM Bootcamp is the UK’s first Accelerator Programme to target the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) sector. The three-day residential programme will help accelerate capital-intensive HVM entrepreneurial ventures to investment and early revenues.
Social media does stack up, says seminar
A Cambridge Awards Week seminar that asked the question ‘Social business, does it stack up?’ came up with a resounding “yes”, but with a warning to companies to think about how they go about it.
Mixed messages on climate and energy policy
This week, there have been a number of interesting news items relating to what may or may not be happening to the climate. The Scientific Alliance considers some of them.
Carnivores of the world
An exhibition of beautiful, detailed paintings depicting all the world’s carnivores by top wildlife artist Priscilla Barrett will be on display at the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge from today (Friday March 23) until Thursday April 5 inclusive.
Who wants to be an engineer?
Some of our most brilliant inventions came about by mistake. Tomorrow (Saturday), the Institute for Manufacturing will open its doors to children aged five upwards - and show them just how exciting engineering can be.
Can a scientist believe in God?
Robert Asher addresses key questions at the intersection of religion and science in 'Evolution and Belief: Confessions of a Religious Paleontologist'.
Anglia Ruskin team retains BUCS judo crown
Anglia Ruskin University retained their men’s team title and topped the overall medal table at the British University and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Judo Championships in Sheffield.
Experience key as netXtra launches new website for Institution of Lighting Professionals
Following recent website launches for the Institute of Fundraising and Cambridge Network, netXtra has again consolidated its position as the membership and not-for-profit sector's first choice for member-focused online solutions. This latest in a long line of prestigious launches sees netXtra deliver a new dynamic website for the Institution of Lighting Professionals.
Orangeries or Lemons?
Be careful if planning an Orangery structure, as you could end up buying a 'Lemon'.
MBA startup Arcus Global wins 'Cambridge Graduate Business of the Year' Award
Arcus Global has been awarded the 'Cambridge Graduate Business of the Year' at Business Weekly’s Awards at Queens’ College. The award, which is sponsored by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL), is aimed at companies founded by Cambridge University alumni, and at least three years out of academia, that have demonstrated strong commercial progress.
RSP merits success
RSP Safety Services is delighted, as four of its delegates achieved a 100 per cent merit pass in the CIEH (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) Level 3 Health and Safety in the Workplace examination.
RSP expands into environmental and quality consulting
RSP Safety Services have expanded their consultants. Helen Cullen BA(Hons) Grad IOSH has joined the RSP family as the Environmental, Quality and Safety Consultant, bringing experience and knowledge gained from providing health and safety and environmental advice including developing policies and procedures, training, assessments and implementing Environmental Management Systems (ISO).
ViewRanger honoured with 2012 Appy Award
ViewRanger, the award-winning outdoor navigation app, developed by Cambridge company Augmentra is honoured to be the 2012 Appy Award winner for the Mapping/Location Based category.
Comment on the broadband investment in yesterday's budget
Commenting on the broadband investment in yesterday's (Wednesday's) budget, David Halstead, TMT Partner at Deloitte said: "The initiative announced in yesterday's budget is an exciting development for broadband users in the UK.
WAN optimisation is a key driver behind the increase in remote working
Dr Steven Turner, VP of IT optimisation at Intergence, has revealed that WAN (Wide Area Network) optimisation is one of the key drivers behind the increase in remote working, enabling networks to speed up bandwidth-hungry applications, relieve traffic congestion and reduce latency across remote branch offices.
Voyage Manager tweets
Voyage Manager can now automatically tweet travellers’ current travel status.