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Always be aware of contractual obligations and potential risks under contract
A recent case highlights the importance of understanding your contractual obligations and the potential risks you may be exposed to if you fail to comply with trigger dates in an agreement. Sophia Jack of Hewitsons explains.
Anglian Water and partners celebrate winning bid in the Ofwat Innovation in Water Challenge
Anglian Water is celebrating following its successful bid in Ofwat’s Innovation in Water Challenge along with Welsh Water, the @one Alliance (which includes Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, MMB, Sweco, Skanska and MWH Treatment) and lead partners Sweco and Skanska for their innovative project ‘Enabling Whole Life Carbon Design’.
Ten-point export Policy Platform launched to help UK maximise ‘once in a generation' international trade opportunity
A ten-point action plan, which includes the creation of a new UK trade committee chaired by the Prime Minister, has been launched as part of a major new report.
Settled status: are your EU workers ready or at risk?
PAB Languages offers tips to help HR and Immigration consultants, HR professionals and employers understand and navigate the EU Settlement Scheme.
Medovate Silver Sponsors of the RA-UK Annual Scientific Meeting 2021
Medovate is delighted to be a Silver Sponsor of the RA-UK Annual Scientific Meeting 2021, which is taking place on Wednesday 5th – Thursday 6th May 2021.
ARU among world’s best for health and wellbeing
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has been named in the top 40 higher education institutions in the world and second in the UK for its achievements in health and wellbeing in the ‘Times Higher Education (THE)’ Impact Rankings.
Marshall wins contract to modernise NATO’s secure communication systems
Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (MADG) has been awarded a contract by the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency for upgrades to the NATO Deployable Air Command and Control Component's (DACCC) communications systems.
The importance of context and perspective
John Cockburn-Evans of Aspire2BLean and Matthew Emerson of BlackmoreFour discuss the importance of context and perspective when leading any change programme in an insightful podcast.
How your business can play a part in improving disability inclusion
Becoming a Disability Confident employer is one way of helping to reduce the disability employment gap in the UK.
Highly accurate physicochemical characterisation of small nanoparticles
Analytik Ltd reports how a multidisciplinary collaborative research effort including researchers at University College Dublin, University of Salford and Royal College of Surgeons have used a DC24000 ultra high-resolution particle size analyser for accurate physicochemical characterisation of small-sized nanoparticles, particularly for the analysis of the particles in the presence of complex…
Jaynic buys 20-acre surplus land site for major warehousing and industrial scheme
Property developer Jaynic has bought Karro Food Limited’s redundant 20-acre southern site opposite its retained plant at Little Wratting on the A143 between Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Jewellery, Silver & Watches Sale grosses over £210,000 at Cheffins as antique examples continue to be flavour of the month
Cheffins’ first Jewellery, Silver and Watches Sale of 2021 grossed over £210,000 at the firm’s salerooms in Cambridge last week.
Redefining system and structural resilience with Impact Women’s Network
If the past year has taught us anything, it is how to use and find new levels of agility. The Impact Women’s Network 2021/22 programme is therefore focused on redefining this new-found agility as ‘inter-resilience’ – both in who we are and what we do as well as across technology and systems.
Thinking landing pages differently
Landing pages are for one off campaigns, right...? Stripped back, with a form at the top and no menu - use and throw away. But what if they aren't...what if they are an important cog in your digital marketing wheel?
From extravagant to achievable - pushing the boundaries of research to find life beyond Earth
The University of Cambridge is creating a new research initiative, bringing together physicists, chemists, biologists, mathematicians, and earth scientists to answer fundamental questions on the origin and nature of life in the Universe.
BVCA welcomes IQ Capital’s Kerry Baldwin as new Chair
The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is pleased to announce Kerry Baldwin has been appointed as Chair of its Council for the next year to 31st March 2022.
Differing immune responses discovered in asymptomatic cases versus those with severe COVID-19
The largest study of its type in the UK has identified differences in the immune response to COVID-19, between people with no symptoms, compared to those suffering a more serious reaction to the virus.
Camcycle calls on region to support new campaign for Zero Carbon Streets
Tomorrow (Thursday 22 April) is Earth Day and local charity Camcycle is calling for people across Cambridgeshire to get involved in a new campaign to tackle carbon emissions from transport. Zero Carbon Streets, which launches as part of the Big Give Green Match Fund, aims to empower more local groups to achieve walking and cycling improvements in their neighbourhoods.
‘Avalanche’ of innovation
Higher education faces shakeup over the next 20 years due to technological, demographic and social shifts, Dean Christoph Loch of Cambridge Judge says in the latest China Report from the China Advisory Council of Cambridge Judge.
Are you at the point where you need an IT Audit?
If Covid-19 lockdown has highlighted issues with the current setup of your IT, or you are planning project work with the summer holidays ahead, it may be the perfect time for an audit.
Time for an IT Network Audit?
Has Covid-19 lockdown highlighted issues with the current setup of your IT?
Do you have a restrictive covenant on your title that is ruining your dreams to develop your property?
You have found the perfect site to develop. You have instructed your solicitor to commence the due diligence and they quickly discover that there is a restrictive covenant on the title, limiting or even prohibiting development of the land. Your plans for the site appear to be in ruins – but is there anything that can be done to salvage your development?
Howes Percival crowned ‘Corporate Law Firm of the Year’ in Dealmakers Awards
Howes Percival is celebrating being named Corporate Law Firm of the Year in Insider Media’s Central & East Dealmakers Awards 2020. Howes Percival was also shortlisted for two deals in the ‘Deal of the Year (above £10m)’ category and for another two deals in the ‘Deal of the Year (below £10m)’ category.
New Girton almshouses welcome first residents
A Cambridgeshire Town Charity is celebrating the completion of three new almshouses and opening the doors to their first occupants.
Avacta receives clinical validation of AffiDX SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test
Avacta Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of diagnostics and innovative cancer therapies based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms, is pleased to announce positive data from the clinical validation of its AffiDX® SARS-CoV-2 antigen lateral flow test. Data from the clinical study conducted in Europe on 98 positive COVID-19 samples demonstrate excellent performance in…