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Further £191m support package unveiled to help innovative businesses bounce back from COVID-19 impact
Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, has launched a new fund to help cutting-edge companies of all sizes recover, grow, and drive a re-building economy.
Cambridge spin-out PharmEnable raises £1.8m for drug discovery expansion
PharmEnable, a Cambridge-based drug discovery company using advanced medicinal chemistry and AI-enabled approaches to design the next generation of highly complex and specific drug candidate molecules, announces it has closed a £1.8 million seed financing to support its transition into a drug development company.
Times of crisis call for more than an updated CV!
It’s hard for any of us to ignore that the world is in the grips of a crisis. It is in times like this of mass uncertainty and economic instability that many Cambridge companies have to make difficult decisions, often leading to redundancies.
CMR Surgical reports strong progress
CMR Surgical Ltd, the company behind the next-generation surgical robotic system Versius®, today announces a mid-year business update.
La Playa Insurance joins forces with Partners&
La Playa insurance, the Cambridge based boutique specialist insurance adviser, has joined forces with four other firms nationally as a founding member of Partners&, creating a new advisory business in the insurance marketplace.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams remembered
By Luciana Scrofani Green of One Stop Language SolutionsDuring my professional career, I have had, and still have, the privilege of working alongside -in the literal sense of the term - personalities of international stature from the world of politics, institutions, and entertainment.
How do we build trust within teams now?
By Kelly Drewery, Business Psychologist at Talent GlueWe really are currently in a peculiar social place aren't we? For the many of us who have been lucky to remain well, we have created a little life bubble for ourselves.
Science, policy and pandemics: Vaccines
What do we know about covid-19 vaccine candidates under development? What is involved in the vaccine development, trial and innovation process? How will a successful vaccine be distributed?
Council works to get city back on its feet despite financial challenges
As Cambridge City Council works to support the recovery of the city after the impact of Covid-19, a report on council finances suggests the impact on the council could add up to losses of £10m in the current year.
CPFT joins national research network to improve mental health care
People using mental health services, including children and young people across the country, are set to benefit from a new national research network leading projects to improve practice and care.
New artificial heart valve could transform open-heart surgery
A new type of artificial heart valve, made of long-lived polymers, could mean that millions of patients with diseased heart valves will no longer require lifelong blood-thinning medication after valve replacement surgery.
How do AI, video conferencing and other technologies affect the workplace?
The latest podcast from Cambridge Judge Business School focuses on technology at work at a time when many people are working at home. The podcast, which was recorded remotely, looks at the roles of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other automation, and their short- and long-term effects on the workplace and skills development.
Cambridge Index falls 0.8%
The Cambridge Index dropped 190.7 points or 0.8% to close at 23,169.0, as eight of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly losses to their share price.
Fuz produces documents for the Milner Therapeutics Symposium 2020
This year, the Milner Symposium 'Building Collaborations to Transform Therapies' had to change tack and move from a physical to a virtual format. So did the documentation.
Tame your computer - no half measures!
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 round a number up or down to the nearest half (Microsoft Excel).
AWS Cloud IoT projects advanced by Cambridge team
Cambridge-based professional services consultancy Green Custard joins an elite group of just 35 companies to achieve AWS CloudFormation Service Delivery Partner status. This award-winning company drives value through creative software solutions and this new AWS CloudFormation Delivery Partner status is recognition of their expertise by the architects at Amazon Web Services. It is Amazon's highest…
What business development is and isn't
Few would dispute that business development is vital for your company's long term success. But ask 10 people in your company what business development is and, more importantly, how you do it, and you're likely to get 10 different answers.
Extensions to planning permissions expiring during pandemic
In response to the development sector, the Government has published the Business and Planning Bill to extend planning permissions and listed building consents until 1 April 2021. Gemma Dudley of Hewitsons provides the details.
Birketts advises tech recruitment heavyweight on management buy-out
Birketts has advised high-tech recruitment expert firm ECM Selection on the successful management buy-out by the new directors, Mr Dan Archer and Dr Keith Tan.
Taylor Wessing advises on complex public M&A transaction for Boku Inc.
Taylor Wessing has advised Boku Inc., a leading global mobile payment and mobile identity company, on its conditional acquisition of Fortumo Holdings, a transaction valued at a maximum enterprise value of $41 million. The acquisition will cement the Group's positioning as a leading mobile payment and mobile identity solutions company.
Government to protect UK research jobs with major support package
Two support packages will give greater job protection to thousands of researchers, scientists and technicians working at UK universities during coronavirus (COVID-19).
ARU builds partnerships to help region recover
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has announced measures to collaborate with business, public sector and community organisations to help the region recover from COVID-19 and to stimulate further economic growth.
AVEVA positioned as 2020 Asset Performance Management leader
Independent research firm recognises AVEVA as a market leader among the 11 most prominent global APM solution providers.
Existing drugs can prevent SARS-CoV-2 from hijacking cells
Researchers evaluate how the new coronavirus rewires human proteins for its own replication, and identify several antiviral drugs ready for clinical trials.