Kate Adie to speak at Cambridge Festival of Ideas
Veteran BBC journalist Kate Adie will be in conversation at the Festival of Ideas later this month.
Making science work for health: Translating Genomics 2012
The road of the genomic ‘revolution’ has perhaps been more winding path than superhighway. Nevertheless, the role genomics has to play in the future health of populations is becoming rapidly clearer.
Hundreds of new limited companies register each week
In West London 800-900 new limited companies register on Companies House each week. Tech City in East London has around 250-300 new limited companies, while Cambridge has about 25 on a weekly basis. Read on anyone involved in firms registering on Companies House.
Health and safety cost recovery scheme started on 1 October 2012
Under The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012, those who break health and safety laws are liable for recovery of HSE's related costs, including, inspection, investigation and taking enforcement action.
Norway Post selects CRedit360 to streamline sustainability data management
CRedit360 will be used within Norway Post to drive environmental performance improvement throughout their expanding and increasingly complex operational structure. The system will help the organisation meet ambitious performance targets like a CO2 reduction target of 30% of 2008 levels by 2015.
Innovators invited into ‘Dragons' Den’
Finding the solutions to the growing cost of Adult Social Care is no easy task. So Improvement East, the Improvement and Efficiency partnership for local government in the East of England, is embracing a new tactic to tackle the challenge – welcome the ‘Dragons’ Den’.
Pebble Bay to present key workshops at UK Device Developers' Conference
Pebble Bay to explain hardware interfacing and code portability at new UK event
"Ramblings" shortlisted for the Mind Media Awards
Stuart Jessup and Kate Atkin were the focus of the BBC Radio 4 Ramblings programme with Clare Balding in May this year, along with their springer spaniel Poppy. The episode about Stuart's walk around the coast of England raising awareness of mental health issues has been shortlisted for the Mind Media Awards, to be announced on 19 November 2012.
Breakfast networking series kicks off in style
Around 40 Cambridge Network members attended the first in a series of new breakfast networking sessions on 27th September at St John’s Innovation Centre. Devised in response to a survey of Cambridge Network member companies with less than 21 staff, the sessions hope to focus on core business issues over the year.
Support Cambridge in bid to win £25m in the Future Cities Demonstrator Programme
Cambridge is bidding to win £25m to spend next year to help move towards a “Future City”. Can we collaborate to beat other cities with a winning proposal submitted in a month? The bidding team would value your ideas and input now.
Idox invests in bespoke IVR solution from C3
Idox plc, a leading information management solutions provider, has chosen C3 as its telephony technology partner.
Breathing Buildings named in the 2012 Global Cleantech 100
Natural ventilation specialist, Breathing Buildings, announced in the prestigious Global Cleantech 100, a list of the top private companies in clean technology.
Innovation Barriers & Disruptive Innovation - '15 Minute Expert' Report
Examples of Disruptive innovation include the CD (usurping the cassette tape and vinyl), mobile phones and antibiotics. These innovations often encounter substantial barriers to market, for example requiring new equipment purchase and the set up of supply chains. This report examines the nature of these major challenges and how they might be overcome – which can provide strategy insight for…
Civil Engineers welcome appointment of Sir John Armitt
The Labour Party has appointed Sir John Armitt to look at the UK's long-term infrastructure needs and help build political consensus:
Qton Solutions appoints Technical Director
Qton Solutions has announced the appointment of Mark Butler as its new Technical Director.
A corporate party with a difference
It’s not every day you turn 21 and our client wanted to make sure their celebrations were remembered.
Endomagnetics announces quality certification and COO appointment
Endomagnetics, the company developing a portfolio of products to improve the standard of breast cancer management, has achieved certification to an international quality standard.
Smith deliver messaging, positioning and prospectus design for Long Road Sixth Form College
Long Road Sixth Form College commissioned Smith for a positioning and prospectus design project which has now seen the delivery of a new college prospectus for 2012/13.
Netflix Cloud Systems Architect Adrian Cockcroft to address Software East audience
In another coup for Software East, director of architecture for the Cloud Systems team at Netflix will speak at a free evening event in Cambridge on 15 October.
Inder's Kitchen announced as a finalist in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2012
Cambridge based Indian food delivery and catering company Inder’s Kitchen has been selected as one of the three finalists in the Best Street food / Takeaway category of this year’s BBC Food and Farming Awards.
2idesign design Parkside Sixth Form prospectus
Parkside Sixth is continuing to be a great success and 2idesign are proud to say we are continuing to play our part in that.
Bango brings Facebook into the Payforit community
Single-click billing is key to unlocking the business potential of the mobile web.
On your marks for the Grantchester Fun Run for the Rosie
10.30am - Sunday 21 October, Blue Ball Inn, Grantchester CB3 9NQ
Huppert welcomes new live music law which could save pubs
Cambridge pubs offering live amplified music to fewer than 200 customers will no longer need a licence following the success of a Lib Dem-led Bill backed by the city’s MP Julian Huppert.
The scale of our ambition
The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, delivered his annual address to the University in the Senate House today to mark the start of the new 2012 -13 academic year.