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Cambridge Index rises 1.7%
The Cambridge Index advanced 1.7% or 412.5 points to end at 25244.9, as seven of the top ten Index heavyweights posted weekly gains to their share prices.
PredictImmune announces new strategic partnership to commercialise its PredictSURE IBD™ prognostic test across North America
PredictImmune, developers of pioneering prognostic tools for guiding treatment options and improving patient outcomes in immune-mediated diseases, today confirmed that it has entered into an exclusive commercial partnership with KSL Biomedical (KSL), to commercialise and provide PredictImmune’s prognostic test for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), PredictSURE IBD™, throughout North America.
Full programme announced: two weeks to 5th HVM New Materials & Graphene 2019 Cambridge
CIR is delighted to announce the exciting full programme for the 5th HVM New Materials & Graphene 2019which takes place in Cambridge in just two weeks (6th and 7th November). It includes excellent talks from Versarien, Darktrace, William Blythe, NVIDIA AI, Pragmatic, BioBit, Astra Zeneca, Graphene@Manchester, Cambridge Graphene Centre, Cranfield, Imperial Grantham, UKBIC, Airbus Space,…
Arecor and JDRF sign a joint research, development and commercialisation agreement
Arecor Ltd, the biopharmaceutical company advancing today’s therapies to enable healthier lives, announces that it has signed a Research, Development and Commercialisation agreement with JDRF, the leading global organisation funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.
Cambridge companies are top of the UK for accuracy levels
Perhaps we have local accuracy skills development training company Scott Bradbury to thank! With almost 1,000 participants successfully trained in accuracy skills, research by Scott Bradbury reveals that the firm's most accurate participants are those from the East of England.
Business Lecture explores the interfaces between science and engineering
Cambridge Network’s popular business lecture series returns on Wednesday 6 November with a talk by Professor Nigel Slater from the University of Cambridge Department for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. This multidisciplinary department works at the interfaces between engineering, chemistry, biology and physics, forming collaborations which one day will have a beneficial effect on…
CDC Events strengthens college venue finding and event management service with new appointment
Leading Cambridge based Catering and Event Management Company CDC Events is excited to announce that Anita MacDonald from MEET Cambridge joins as Corporate Event Co-ordinator to continue to develop the team's growing Cambridge Event Management service.
Speechmatics raises £6.35 million to fund global expansion
Speechmatics, the leader in machine learning and automatic speech recognition, has raised £6.35m in Series A funding led by AlbionVC; IQ Capital followed on in this round along with several angel investors.
Anglia Ruskin student hunts down grandad’s sculptures
An Anglia Ruskin University student who is the granddaughter of a famous Chilean sculptor has launched a fundraising drive to rescue and repair his works and display them in Cambridge.
Cambridge joins new transatlantic research alliance to detect cancer at its earliest stage
Cambridge scientists are set to benefit from a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK and partners to develop radical new strategies and technologies to detect cancer at its earliest stage.
Prevention better than cure at keeping young users from getting involved in cybercrime
Highly-targeted messaging campaigns from law enforcement can be surprisingly effective at dissuading young gamers from getting involved in cybercrime, a new study has suggested.
Could an arthritis drug help fight against depression?
Researchers in Cambridge are investigating whether a drug commonly used to treat arthritis could help some of the millions of people who suffer from depression.
Hello autumn, farewell summer
Things show no sign of slowing down for cofinitive as we head into the final few months of 2019...
How to feed the world well? One Agriculture could be the answer
Agri-Tech East's REAP 2019 conference will bring together tech developers from different sectors and millenial farmers to discuss how the changing conversation about food systems can present mutual opportunities.
Fourth annual careers fair sparks potential in Greater Cambridge students
Form the Future’s annual flagship careers fair, Opportunities Ahead, welcomed over 550 students for another successful year connecting young people with their future careers.
Metro Bank offers free pumpkin decorating workshops for kids
Metro Bank will be holding its annual Halloween family day this Sunday (27 October), where kids will be able to decorate a pumpkin ahead of Halloween.
Tame your computer - keep on tracking
In her regular series for Cambridge Network members, software training expert Karen Roem offers handy tips to help you 'Tame your computer'. This week she explains how you can quickly spot whether change tracking is on or off (Microsoft Word)...
Regional appeal launched for missing hospital pumps
An appeal for missing hospital equipment has been launched by Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH).
UK government backs University of Cambridge and Microsoft mission to build better AI
A new research programme launched by the University of Cambridge and Microsoft to help improve artificial intelligence (AI) and transform sectors such as healthcare, is being supported by the UK government.
Economic volatility prompts profit warning high in East Anglia
In the nine months to the end of September, quoted companies in East Anglia issued seven profit warnings, the highest year to date total since 2016 (7), according to EY’s latest Profit Warnings Report.
CBI responds to the new UK-EU agreement
The CBI has responded to the publication of the Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.
The Cambridge Building Society announces partnership with Liquid Expat
The Cambridge Building Society has announced that it will be taking its comprehensive Expat lending proposition to a wider audience, by partnering with Liquid Expat.
Deloitte boosts senior Cambridge team
As well as investing and recruiting 25 graduates and school-leavers at its Cambridge office, Deloitte has also recently welcomed partner, Fran Cousins to the local Cambridge team.
Study explores pre-modern derivative trading
A study of actual interwar commodity trades by John Maynard Keynes finds that pricing was as efficient as modern derivative trading using the Nobel Prize-winning BSM model developed a half-century later.
Cambridge Festival of Ideas prepares for week 2
Care of the elderly, hate crime, diversity and inclusion in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and a year of Google news headlines, these are just a few of the many topics covered during week 2 of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas, which draws to a close on Sunday 27th October.