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Companies 'level up' and grow with Guardtech
Cleanroom specialists Guardtech Cleanrooms are helping to re-energise firms by repurposing, upscaling and relocating their controlled environments.
New competition launches to transform foundation industries
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is looking for original ideas to help improve industrial processes for manufacturing core materials.
Council's 2021 budget set to tackle inequality and climate change in face of unprecedented challenges
Cambridge City Council’s budget for 2021-22 sets out its commitment to tackling poverty and inequality, leading Cambridge’s response to the climate change emergency and continuing to provide quality services for residents while transforming the council. This comes despite the ongoing costs and challenges of protecting the city through the coronavirus pandemic.
Toxic sludge is good for you! Busting 3 big PR myths
Emma Drake, founder of Henbe Communications, writes: PR is one of my big passions. In this short blog I bust some of the biggest myths I still come across today.
US2U Consulting Director joins Open University diversity & inclusion webinar panel
US2U Consulting Director Rachel Blackburn was on the panel for the Open University's webinar asking "How can business schools help create more racially diverse businesses?" last month.
An unexpected outcome
By software training expert Karen Roem
Cambridge Index rises 0.3%
The Cambridge Index rose 77.9 points or 0.3% to close at 24692.7, as four of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share price.
Tame your computer - Happy N(ew) Year
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members - now in its 15th year - software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she describes six productive things to do with CTRL + N(ew).
2020: Our year in review - Layrd Design
Happy New Year from Layrd Design.
Discover the wonderful world of proteins: first virtual PDB Art exhibition
All living things are made of proteins, and each of the millions of proteins out there has its own unique shape. Although we don’t know what the majority of proteins look like, over 170,000 3D structures are stored in the Protein Data Bank in Europe (PDBe), a database hosted at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI).
Arm commits to achieving net-zero carbon by 2030
Arm has committed to achieving net-zero carbon by 2030, 20 years ahead of the target outlined in the United Nations' Paris Climate Agreement.
Babraham Bioscience Technologies welcomes three new board members
Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT), the organisation which oversees the development and day-to-day management of the Babraham Research Campus, is pleased to welcome three new members to its board.
The Winning Way
Do you have a project you want your company to adopt, an idea for a business you’d like to start, or just an argument you need to win?
Would you like to present your proposal in a way that’s sure to succeed?
Graphcore raises $222 million in Series E funding round
Graphcore – maker of the Intelligence Processing Unit which is a new type of microprocessor specifically designed to support artificial intelligence workloads – announced that it has raised $222 million in a Series E funding round that values the company at $2.77 billion post-money.
Lord Ashcroft steps down as ARU’s Chancellor
Lord Michael Ashcroft KCMG PC is stepping down after nearly 20 years as Chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), with Lord Bernard Ribeiro CBE FRCS appointed as his successor.
Cambridge academics recognised in 2021 New Year Honours
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have been recognised in the 2021 New Year Honours, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to society.
Cambridge COVID-19 Testing Centre passes 2 million tests milestone
The Cambridge COVID-19 Testing Centre, set up in April in response to the urgent need to boost the UK’s testing capabilities, has processed two million tests.
How to win big by thinking small
A sobering thought for New Year 2021: 80% of New Year's resolutions will fail!
Join 'Reinventing Work Cambridge', a group about reinventing how we work
Have you wondered how work could be organised differently, how you can promote remote working and still have a sense of togetherness, how high quality standards and performance levels are achieved without overbearing managerial control?
Dr Sally Ann Forsyth CEO Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst awarded OBE
Dr Sally Ann Forsyth, CEO of Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst (SBC), thanks her colleagues and collaborators after being honoured in the 2021 New Year Honours list. Sally Ann has been awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to business and science.
Why have lawyers been slow to embrace AI technology?
With the General Counsel’s team under pressure from all sides to deliver more with less, smart automated technology can provide a solution – but it needs to be approached in the right way.
Adapting to adversity: Maintaining deal velocity amidst disruption
The ability to guarantee a particular volume of successfully closed deals in any given quarter has always been an inexact science for companies. This is important because growth is a universal metric of success for businesses across all industries. It is also a core business goal that should align different functions within an organisation, with all teams pulling together to attract new customers…
Adapting to adversity: Understanding force majeure
A phrase on the lips of many companies’ legal and management teams over the past few weeks has been ‘force majeure’, or ‘FM’. As the Covid-19 pandemic affects supply chains around the world, businesses are quite rightly keen to know where their contractual liabilities lie; FM is a contractual clause which gives parties the right to withdraw penalty-free from their agreements if unforeseen…
SMEs in East of England remain committed to sustainability despite Covid-19
The majority of SMEs in the East of England remain focused on improving their environmental sustainability despite Covid-19, according to Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking’s Business Barometer.
Cambridge Index surges 11.7%
The Cambridge Index jumped 2568.1 points or 11.7% to close at 24614.9.