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Leaders are often stuck in the past, says study
New CEOs and other leaders transfer culture from their previous jobs and this can ‘blindside’ them into proposing obsolete solutions to new problems, says a study authored at Cambridge Judge Business School, published in the Academy of Management Journal.
Three-hour Cambridge courses target adult learners’ appetite for bite-sized study
Academics at the University of Cambridge are to lead a new series of low-cost, bite-sized courses, aimed, in particular, at adults who are missing out on opportunities for further study because they struggle to find the time.
Play specialists study day is first in region
Cambridge is to host what is thought to be the first ever study day in the east of the region dedicated to healthcare play specialists who help children with cancer.
'Lovely day' hosted by charities introduces young people and their families to adult services
A collaborative event, designed to introduce young people approaching the age of 18, and their families, to the care and services available to them, took place at Arthur Rank Hospice in Shelford Bottom last week.
Leaders versus managers
Is there much difference between a manager and a leader? You bet there is...
Autumn classes at Cambridge TV Training
Evening classes, Saturday sessions, half day and one day workshops and one term tuition can teach you new skills including filming, editing, lighting, sound, presenting and podcasting.
New trainees show Hewitsons ‘trains to retain’
Seven of the next generation of solicitors have started their two-year traineeship at Hewitsons - the legal practice with offices in Cambridge, London, Northampton and Milton Keynes, which places absolute focus on its clients.
CyanConnode reports good progress in interim results; on track to hit market expectations for the full year
CyanConnode Holdings (AIM: CYAN), a world leader in narrowband radio frequency (RF) mesh networks, announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2019.
Madingley Road travel plans published for autumn Joint Assembly
Plans for better cycling and walking routes for people travelling along Madingley Road have been published this week.
Birketts advises Cambridgeshire County Council on major acquisitions
Top 100 law firm Birketts has advised Cambridgeshire County Council on its acquisition of a Tesco Superstore at Cheddar's Lane off Newmarket Road in Cambridge and that of a a ten acre industrial estate in Peterborough for £11.57m.
Cambridge researchers awarded major European starter grants
Eight Cambridge researchers are among the latest recipients of European Union awards given to early-career researchers from over 50 countries.
Jenna raises over £500 for Action Medical Research
Jenna Keightley from Price Bailey Chartered Accountants recently worked with Action Medical Research to raise over £500 for the charity.
Cambridge Science Park to open Renewable Energy Centre
Cambridge Science Park is currently establishing an Energy and Renewables Centre on its campus, and is looking for innovative energy companies and start-ups to locate to the new site. To that end, it has teamed up with Cambridge Cleantech to host a day-long conference about renewable energy in Cambridge on Tuesday 17th September.
Speechmatics and Limecraft partner to help producers and distributors expand their target audiences
Speechmatics, leaders in machine learning and automatic speech recognition (ASR), is partnering with cloud-based video production workflow provider, Limecraft, to automatically produce same-language and translated subtitles for audio-visual material. The partnership leads to significant cost-savings for producers and distributors, and dramatically increases the value of their content.
Batavia Biosciences to deploy Horizon Discovery’s CHO cell technology to develop anti-Zika biotherapeutic
Batavia Biosciences announced that the company has signed a licence agreement to utilise Horizon Discovery’s GS knockout CHO K1 cell line expression system for the development of high yield antibody-expressing cell lines. Initially, Batavia will deploy the system for production of a potent Zika virus neutralizing antibody, working in collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)…
Be nominated by Babel for VIP Entry at World of Learning Exhibition 2019
If you are a senior L&D executive, Babel Language and Cultural Consultants could nominate you for VIP Entry to the World of Learning Exhibition, NEC Birmingham on 15th & 16th October 2019.
‘Every little helps’ as Council diversifies its commercial portfolio to support frontline services
Two major investments have been announced by Cambridgeshire County Council as it moves to further diversify its commercial portfolio, making healthy returns to invest in essential frontline services.
Stocks in Focus: Greene King
This week Harry Tyler of NW Brown Wealth Management looks at Greene King.
Baby hearing loss test is a team effort
A team effort to quickly detect and treat a virus which is the leading cause of hearing loss in babies has been launched in Cambridge following a team effort by NHS experts.
Could digestate save you £110 per hectare on fertiliser inputs?
Could cover crops be used to stabilise nutrients provided by digestate and improve its use as an alternative to chemical fertiliser for the following crop? An innovative farmers’ digestate project will discuss findings at an Agri-Tech East event next week ( 12 September).
Foresight launches £100 million East of England Fund
Foresight Group LLP, a leading independent infrastructure and small cap private equity investment manager, is pleased to announce the launch of its fifth regional private equity fund, which will focus on companies in the thriving SME sector in the East of England.
Cambridge Sensotec provides food for thought
Everyone remembers the saying ‘the proof is in the pudding’. However, in 2019 the proof is very much in the packaging.
Featurespace announces HSBC as the latest global bank using its ARIC™ Platform to combat AML and fraud
Featurespace announces that the ARIC (TM) platform has been selected by HSBC to support efforts to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and fraud efforts in the insurance and retail fields respectively. HSBC joins a number of other prominent financial institutions in using Featurespace’s ARIC platform, including Worldpay, ClearBank and TSYS, among others.
Registration opens for Cambridge IP Summit 2019
Registration is now open for the Cambridge IP Summit 2019.
CBI writes to every MP in the East of England urging MPs find Brexit deal
Today (Tuesday) the CBI Director-General Carolyn Fairbairn has written to every MP in the region, urging them to find a Brexit deal that works for the East of England. The letter is released as MPs go back to Westminster and re-start the Brexit debates in Parliament.