Global Marketing Director for Microsoft joins the panel for Bailey Fisher event
Bailey Fisher Executive Search is partnering with content marketing agency Adjust Your Set to host an event on the Future of Content Marketing. Keynote speakers are Nickie Smith (Global Marketing Director - Microsoft), Angel Gambino (ex-BBC, MTV & Bebo) and Inma Martinez (Red Herring Top 40 influential women in tech).
Cambridge companies gear up for 2013 Karting Challenge
Local companies that get revved up by a bit of healthy competition are being encouraged to take part in the annual Friends of Addenbrooke’s Karting Challenge – an event that’s been held for the past six years and has raised more than £10,000 for good causes at the city’s hospital.
eg technology fuels growth through recruitment partnership with DP Connect
Cambridge-based product design consultancy, eg technology Ltd, and specialist IT recruitment company, DP Connect, have signed an exclusive recruitment deal. The deal has made DP Connect the sole recruitment agency for a business development manager and three software and electronics roles, representing a significant expansion for the electronics and software groups.
'Mad' March offer from Ely Golf Club : 18 holes & food - £15 only!
If you’re itching to get out on the lush fairways of a top golf course this spring then you’ll be jumping for joy at this amazing deal from one of the region’s best courses.
Carter Jonas rural team braves cold to help CambridgePPF
A team from Carter Jonas kicked January off in virtuous style with a sub-zero volunteering session for local charity Cambridge Past Present & Future (CambridgePPF) at the edge of its Coton Countryside Reserve – located just west of the city.
ionscope SICM User Meeting is a success
ionscope welcomed 34 international attendees to its first Scanning Ion Conductance Microscope (SICM) User Group Meeting held in Cambridge (UK).
E-Luminate Festival shines light on Cambridge technology and landmarks
Later this month (20-24 February), Cambridge city centre will be lit up with a series of displays in a unique collaboration between CleanTech innovators and artists working with Light.
Jo Riches Ltd joins forces with Blue Warthog Marketing
Marketing, Events and PR consultancy Jo Riches Ltd is merging with telemarketing experts Blue Warthog. From 1st Feb 2013 the two companies have formed a new, united consultancy in a move the owners are sure will optimise the service they can offer to clients old and new.
Strong ARM delivers revenue and earnings growth
ARM Holdings plc has announced its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 31 December 2012.
New sensor system and app deliver peace of mind
Keeping track of dropped and damaged parcels has just got easier – with a new sensor system and app developed by innovative product development firm Cambridge Consultants.
New talent joins Somersault Productions
Leading video communications agency, Somersault Productions, have added new talent to their team on the back of a record-breaking 2012.
Commerzbank and Cronto launch photoTAN for secure online banking transactions
Cronto's visual transaction signing solution CrontoSign is deployed by Commerzbank AG, the second largest bank in Germany, as the next-generation protection for their online banking customers. Starting from February 2013, the CrontoSign solution is helping to keep online customers secure from most advanced attacks poised by Trojan malware specifically targeting online banking.
Research suggests meerkat predator-scanning behaviour is altruistic
Meerkats are more likely to scan for predators from high vantage points or guard on their hind legs when young pups are present in the group.
New local company launches bespoke tours of Cambridge tailored to business clients
SeeCambridgeDifferently has been founded by experienced local guides to provide businesses with engaging and memorable walking or coach tours of Cambridge for guests or event delegates. SeeCambridgeDifferently aims to remove the organisational burden of business entertainment by taking care of all the arrangements, including collection and drop off of guests. Tours of Cambridge are the perfect…
Measles outbreaks in the UK, reports The Travel Clinic Ltd
There has been much publicity in the press at the moment about measles outbreaks in the UK, says The Travel Clinic. The majority of cases (confirmed and suspected) are in unvaccinated schoolchildren and young adults, with over half the cases aged between 10 and 30 years of age. Furthermore, a quarter of cases have required hospital treatment.
DEM Solutions implements EDEM® simulation software onto SGI® UV™
DEM Solutions ports EDEM Simulation Software onto SGI® UV™, the ’Big Brain’ computer, to deliver the industry’s first large-scale bulk particle simulation using commercially-available DEM software.
How to create a PPC Campaign for digital marketing success
Are you looking to drive traffic to your website, but not getting enough traffic from your social media campaigns or organically from Google or other search engines? Then PPC (Pay Per Click) advertising may be for you.
Cambridge site chosen for innovative University Technical College
Plans for a ground-breaking new University Technical College for Cambridge – which will teach specialist science subjects to 14 to 19 year-olds – are due to be put before planners in the next few weeks.
BIFM awards judges announced
Workplace Law’s Managing Director, David Sharp, will be a support judge for the Learning and Career Development Award at the 2013 BIFM Awards, taking place in October.
Marshall apprentice achieves silver at national awards
David Firth, a Marshall Aerospace Defence Group Apprentice, has just been awarded the Silver Award as the runner-up at the recent National Engineering Employers Federation Manufacturing Awards for 2012 held in London. David, who lives in Cambridge, was selected as a finalist, having won the Regional Award for the South East last November.
Cambridge trauma charity granted Big Lottery Fund award
A partnership award from the Big Lottery Fund will help the Foundation train charity workers in an effective evidence-based method called Traumatic Incident Reduction, or TIR.
Growing agency signs quarter of talent
A Cambridge brand communications agency has almost doubled its workforce after securing new business from a global soft drinks brand.
Sleeping sickness by stealth
New research is helping to unveil how the parasite that causes sleeping sickness uses stealth tactics to escape detection by the human immune system.
Cambridge uncovers the mysteries of science – with a little help from Sherlock Holmes
Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon will be one of the star attractions at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival – which features Sherlock Holmes star Benedict Cumberbatch as its Guest Director.
Everything you do should be customer focused, says Telemarketing Matters
Is everything you do inside your business focused on your clients? This is a question which all company owners and directors should ask themselves, and be very honest when they answer.