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Mum and daughter’s tuneful top ten turn for homeless charity
A mother and daughter from The Cambridge Building Society feature on a Band Aid-style single released last week to raise money for a homeless charity.
KISS creative team grows in strength with the appointment of new designers
Graphic Artist Andy McLaughlin and Senior Designer Matt Sanderman both bring years of experience to KISS, as well as impressive portfolios of work for prestigious clients.
Disrupting the energy market
Once a goal is defined, innovators improve the route that already exists, while disruptors have a clear goal, but get there in a new way.
Distilling human truths: why marketing benefits from high-quality research
Matt Higgs joined KISS in the spring of 2018, bringing with him years of experience in research into brand strategy, based on stakeholder interviews and focus groups.
Taymount Clinic media campaign nets KISS a CIPR PRide Award
KISS wins the Silver Award in the Consumer Relations Campaign category of the Anglia Thames and Chiltern CIPR PRide Awards 2018.
Hewitsons donates winter foodbank collection
Law firm Hewitsons has donated a large collection of food and other essentials to a Cambridge charity to help those most in need this winter.
From eye drops to potential leukaemia treatment
An active ingredient in eye drops that were being developed for the treatment of a form of eye disease has shown promise for treating an aggressive form of blood cancer. Scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge, University of Nottingham and their collaborators have found that this compound, which targets an essential cancer gene, could kill leukaemia cells without…
Bird migration and conservation clues in robin and turtle dove genomes
The European robin and Turtle dove have had their genetic codes sequenced and assembled for the first time by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators.
Charlene’s viral video is sign it’s Christmas
Move over Rudolph – when it comes to Christmas it’s staff at Addenbrooke’s Hospital who have it in hand.
Evonetix establishes scientific advisory board
Evonetix Ltd, the Cambridge-based company pioneering an innovative approach to scalable and high-fidelity gene synthesis, today announces the formation of its scientific advisory board (SAB).
Digital Learning - top 10 takeaways from 2018
Over the past 12 months International Workplace has talked to a good number of senior managers responsible for managing people and workplaces, and the vast majority are either unaware of just how much of a transformation learning technologies can bring; or else they are fearful of it. So we thought we’d end the year by sharing our top ten takeaways from what has become the year of digital…
Comment on 'Homes for our future: The Greater Cambridge housing strategy'
A new vision for housing across Greater Cambridge, an area of national and international economic importance, aims to bring forward homes that are affordable to live in, close to jobs and energy efficient.
Morphogen-IX raises £18.4m in a Series B financing
Morphogen-IX Ltd, a University of Cambridge spin-out biotechnology company focused on the development of bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), has announced completion of a £18.4 million ($23.2m) round of financing.
Six months since GDPR
As tomorrow marks six months since the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), please find below commentary from security experts in relation to GDPR.
Do new technologies create more security challenges than they solve?
As tech gets ever more clever, it opens possibilities – not just for business but for cybercriminals, too. Companies are being kept on their toes to find the most up-to-date security. We asked four experts whether the benefits still justify the security demands
Flexible working – is the bubble about to burst?
For organisations seeking to attract the best young talent, the ability to work flexibly can be a magnet. Yet many business leaders believe the idea is stalling, even though companies are still investing in technology to make it happen. So does this indicate an about-turn in business thinking or are working practices in many cases merely proving too slow to change?
What next for the work-life balance?
For flexible working to be genuinely effective, we need to make it the cultural norm. Lesley Giles, Director of The Work Foundation and Jon Cook, Director of Enterprise Sales at Citrix, look at the barriers which are standing in the way.
Daniel Zeichner MP presents petition against selling arms to Saudi Arabia in Parliament
Daniel Zeichner, the MP for Cambridge, presented a petition on behalf of Cambridge residents to the House of Commons last night (Tues). The petition, set up by Cambridge University Oxfam Society, calls for the Government to suspend all arms transfers to members of the Saudi coalition carrying out attacks in Yemen.
HEE partners with University Hospital Southampton to support SME medtech innovators
Health Enterprise East (HEE) is pleased to announce it has entered into a unique partnership with University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) that will provide medtech companies with access to the combined expertise of HEE’s Medtech CONSULTING services plus specialist commercial and clinical advisory services from UHS to support the development, evaluation and adoption of…
A few words from Justin Pringle on Formnext 2018
Justin Pringle of Prototype Projects recently attended Formnext 2018, probably the world’s largest trade show for the 3D Printing industry. He says: "What a trade show it was."
Vans and volunteers needed to collaborate with hospice’s annual Christmas tree collection
Help Arthur Rank Hospice Charity collect pre-loved Christmas trees and support those living with life-limiting illnesses.
There will be snow in King’s Lynn this Christmastime
As weather forecasters across the country predict no snow at Christmas, the port town of King’s Lynn in Norfolk is set to be hit with a blast of snow this Sunday, 23rd December.
GoCompare partners with Featurespace to strengthen fraud detection and prevention
GoCompare, one of the UK’s most established and popular comparison and switching websites, has partnered with Featurespace, the world’s leading provider of adaptive behavioural analytics for fraud detection and risk management, to strengthen its front-end fraud prevention and detection abilities.
Businesses identify over £1m of savings with help from Business Energy Efficiency programme
Small and medium sized businesses across the region have identified over £1million of potential cost savings which could be made by improving their energy efficiency.
KPMG comments on Brexit with 100 days to go
James Stewart, Head of Brexit at KPMG UK said: “We’ve seen some pretty intense client activity around Brexit over the last few weeks as smaller businesses scramble to get their no-deal plans in place and larger businesses continue to activate their Brexit strategies.