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Williams Advanced Engineering signs strategic collaboration with Nyobolt for next generation of battery powered automotive powertrains
Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and niobium-based battery start-up, Nyobolt, announce an engineering and systems integration partnership designed to support and advance an additional solution for the next generation of high power battery systems.
Biological ‘fingerprints’ of long COVID in blood could lead to diagnostic test, say Cambridge scientists
Markers in our blood – ‘fingerprints’ of infection – could help identify individuals who have been infected by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, several months after infection even if the individual had only mild symptoms or showed no symptoms at all, say Cambridge researchers.
Cambridge alumna wins prestigious award from the Royal Academy of Engineering
Lucy Cavendish College alumna Gita Khalili Moghaddam (PhD Biotechnology, 2017) is one of five winners of the RAEng Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year competition.
New UK scheme to drive trade with developing countries and boost jobs and growth
The Government has launched a consultation on new trading rules that will help countries out of poverty – and help British businesses and consumers at the same time.
SPT Labtech announces leadership transformation
SPT Labtech, a laboratory automation solutions company for the life sciences industry, is pleased to announce an evolution in its leadership team to further capitalise on its outstanding organic and acquisition-led growth.
Pandemic accelerates adoption of electronic skin patches, reports IDTechEx
Electronic skin patches represent one wearable technology product type that is well suited for physiological monitoring. Placing a connected electronic device onto the skin via an adhesive provides a platform which can house many different types of sensor, most prominently for medical monitoring of the wearer.
Careers in construction: Scaffolding
With the announcement in March 2021 by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) that there would be 350,000 construction jobs created by 2028, many might look to turn to scaffolding as a rewarding career option. With currently 36,000 employees in the scaffolding industry, this is set to increase over the next five years.
Councils’ new housing policies to create mixed communities and provide more affordable homes
Following consultation in the spring of 2021, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire District councils have approved three new housing policies.
Cambridge Index falls 2.1%
The Cambridge Index dropped 615.7 points or 2.1% to close at 28296.8, as eight of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share prices.
Xaar rewrites the rules with innovative additive research firm
The reliability and performance of Xaar’s printheads are proving key for cutting edge jetting provider, Meta Additive, as they revolutionise additive manufacturing in volume metal and ceramic 3D printing (M3DP).
Kleinwort Hambros announces senior appointments to Group and Channel Islands business
Kleinwort Hambros has announced several senior appointments in the UK and Channel Islands (CI Bank) to continue strengthening the execution of the Bank’s business and growth strategy.
Dotmatics announces support for AWS for Health initiative
Dotmatics, a scientific informatics software and services company that is driving the automation of laboratory data workflows for scientific discovery and innovation research, announced support for the AWS for Health initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve laboratory efficiency and accelerate the pace of scientific innovation by facilitating more rapid data access, analysis and…
St Mary’s School wins prestigious national award
St Mary’s School, Cambridge, has received national award recognition for delivering outstanding excellence in the visual arts after winning the ‘Art and Craft’ category in the 2021 Education Business Awards.
ARU students go global for their final exhibition
Final year students from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) are showcasing their major projects on the Present website this summer, helping to give their work truly international reach.
The road to net zero: Kao Data becomes first UK data centre to transition from diesel to renewable HVO fuel
Partnership with Crown Oil sees Kao Data become UK’s first data centre operator to fuel all their back-up generators with HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel in place of traditional diesel.
University of Cambridge launches roadmap to support future growth of life sciences cluster
Connect: Health Tech, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Zone, has launched a roadmap, ‘Creating a University Enterprise Zone for Cambridge across the life and physical sciences’, that examines the challenges faced in futureproofing and sustaining the growth of the life sciences cluster to maintain Cambridge as a global centre of excellence for health tech.
Taylor Wessing: 'We stand with the Black community in our commitment against racism'
Taylor Wessing says: "We will not let hate suppress the success of others. We want to recognise the incredible achievements of the England #football team, and the hard work and strength they've inspired. They should be celebrated.
Taylor Wessing 2020 – 2021 financial results
Today Taylor Wessing announces its results for the financial year to 30 April 2021. The firm has seen a 12% increase in UK revenue to £175.5m and a 23% increase in UK profit to £71m. UK profit per equity partner is 18% up on last year.
New COVID-19 saliva test makes testing far easier for all ages
Cambridge company Intelligent Fingerprinting, manufacturers of the world’s first and only fingerprint sweat drug test, has now developed an easy-to-use saliva-based lateral flow test for the rapid detection of the COVID-19 antigen.
How to start and grow your own consulting business
Everyone’s a consultant these days, or so it seems…If you're interested in becoming a consultant, please check out the latest Cambridge Network blog.
Mologic to become a ‘social enterprise’ after acquisition by social impact funders and investors
A group of philanthropic funds and investors led by the Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is today announcing the launch of Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise that will seek to expand access to affordable state-of-the-art medical technology through decentralized research, development, and manufacturing in and for the…
Smashtag launches a range of temperature data loggers
Smashtag has launched a range of wireless Bluetooth temperature data loggers to complement its low cost temperature logger ‘Chill’ and now offers devices suited to more applications and environments. Smashtag Chill is still its leading product and this has also been enhanced by updated Apps for both Android and iOS which provide a full service system to users.
MP visits lab of Cambridge University spin-out turning peas into next generation plastic
Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner visited the lab of University of Cambridge spin-out Xampla last week to see its science in action as the firm turns plant proteins into next generation plastic.
Anthias Consulting exhibits at Lab Innovations in November
Anthias Consulting is exhibiting at Lab Innovations on 3 - 4 November at the NEC in Birmingham.
Granite 5 launches continuous improvement programmes to grow your website and digital presence
The latest ways to deliver new websites and applications focus on the needs of the user and business. The modern approach is to evolve the site as you learn, adding new features and improving existing features based on real data of how your users interact and engage with your site. This allows businesses to spread their investment across the project and have a much more effective site live in a…