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Living Wage Week - Council celebrates businesses which have helped tackle poverty during coronavirus
Cambridge City Council is using Living Wage Week this week (9-15 November) as an opportunity to thank businesses in Cambridge helping tackle issues related to poverty which have been exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Mill Road survey launches
A survey launched yesterday (Monday 9 November), to find out what people think of the trial closure of Cambridge's Mill Road Bridge to all traffic except for buses, cyclists and pedestrians.
Research and Innovation Highlights from ARU
Anglia Ruskin Univeristy (ARU) is pleased to share the latest issue of its annual publication Research and Innovation Highlights.
UK hub for research into security threats awarded £5.3m funding
The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) has been awarded a further £5.3 million to continue its behavioural and social science research into security threats to the UK.
InnClusive launches across UK and Ireland
The way we consume has changed. Renting property is not exempt from this. A problem still exists for the modern consumer. The process: of sourcing, viewing, securing, furnishing, setting up utility bills, creating council tax accounts, credit checks and references is a lengthy, multichannel, and arduous one. This is not inline with the demands of the modern world and the requirements of the…
COEL team operates a full service during lockdown#2
COEL and its subsidiary companies CPMS and CMS Cambridge will remain open and will continue to deliver offices and laboratories throughout the duration of the new lockdown.
Cambridge Index rises 1.7%
The Cambridge Index advanced 406.7 points or 1.7% to close at 23954.4, as nine of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
Pfizer and BioNTech announce vaccine candidate against COVID-19 successful in first interim analysis from Phase 3 study
Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis.
The medical device regulatory regime in Great Britain and Northern Ireland after 31 December 2020
The UK exited the European Union (EU) on 31 January 2020. A transition period exists until 31 December 2020, during which time medical devices continue to be regulated as if the UK is still a part of the EU.
Taylor Wessing discusses the use of the NHS COVID-19 App
The NHS COVID-19 App was introduced in the UK on 24 September. Many welcome its arrival as another step to contain the spread of COVID-19, while others are concerned about using the app for data and privacy reasons.
Effectiveness and efficiency – how to strike the right balance
Do you know how to strike the right balance between effectiveness and efficiency? It's easier than you think, but first, you must let go of the illusion that you can always be efficient and effective at the same time in everything that you do.
Working from home in Lockdown 2.0
With the shift towards working at home looking like it will be with us for the long-term, employees need to remain vigilant to protect their organisation from potential breaches and attacks.
Ditch the plough, increase diversity, grow cover crops - three achievable steps toward 'Net Zero'?
Agri-tech offers ‘soil up’ approach to restoring environmental balance and farm incomes...
Science Comms – a how-to guide for times like these
One odd silver lining these days is that the amorphous topic of ‘science’ and its value in our lives is much more discussed!
Garden office company builds success during pandemic
A Cambridge garden room builder has seen orders go through the roof as more and more people decide to make working from home permanent.
Birketts recruits top lawyer to Property Litigation Team
Top 100 UK law firm Birketts has strengthened its experienced Property Litigation Team with the arrival of Legal Director, Lynsey Ellard.
Tame your computer - stop the traffic again
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 how to delete meeting responses that don't contain comments, automatically (Microsoft Outlook).
Your subject isn't boring
You might think it is, but communication coach (and very interesting speaker) Jon Torrens reckons you just haven't discovered it yet.
Cell Guidance Systems introduces Exo-spin 96 exosome purification kit
Cell Guidance Systems Ltd, a specialist in exosome research reagents and services, today announced the launch of a new product for the purification of exosomes from blood and other samples. The Exo-spin™ 96 exosome purification kit allows researchers to purify exosome samples in the standard 96 well plate format.
Last chance to enter Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards
This is the final call for entries to the Cambridge Independent SME Cambridgeshire Business Awards.
Congenica completes $50m Series C funding round to advance clinical genomic analysis software and data platform
Congenica, the digital health company enabling rapid and accurate analysis of complex genomic data to transform people’s lives, is pleased to announce the completion of its Series C funding round, raising US$50m (£39m).
PA Consulting supports unique collaboration to develop a new generation of sensor technologies
Plans for a new generation of sensors – technology that underpins the UK economy – are to be prepared in a unique industrial, academic and Government collaboration announced today.
PhoreMost and Oxford Biomedica enter gene therapy discovery collaboration
PhoreMost Limited, the UK-based biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing drugs against intractable disease targets, and Oxford Biomedica plc, a leading gene and cell therapy group, today announced that they have entered into a discovery collaboration to develop next-generation CAR-T cell therapies. Financial details of the agreement are not disclosed.
Lockdown learning
Learning is a great way to help you stay sane during lockdown, which can also bring some very welcome extra income, writes Simon Hall, from experience...
The UK's oldest ISP becomes a ‘B certified organisation'
The Lancashire-based ISP Zen has become the second internet service provider in the UK to become a ‘B certified organisation’.