His Royal Highness The Earl of Wessex KG GCVO is coming to Cambridge in January in his role as Chair of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award and International charities. He seeks your support – as businesses and as individuals – to help transform young lives in our local area.
Tech Nation on Tour 2017: Cambridge as a Tech City
Cambridge Network are proud supporters of work of Tech City UK. Most recently we have helped them gather data for the Tech Nation 2017 report which provides an overview of digital innovation across the UK. The findings have been shared through a series of roadshow events “Tech Nation on Tour” which came to Cambridge on…
‘From Small to Medium’ – an organisation development challenge
By Liz Mercer, Perla Development As someone who has spent a significant proportion of their working life in medium to large Pharma and biotech companies, I was drawn to participate in the recent Cambridge Network event run by Janice Steed of Steed Consulting. ‘From small to medium’ was an energetic and engaging talk, delivered from…
Autism, neurodiversity and employment
One in a hundred people in the UK has autism. Jon Spiers, CEO of Autistica, shares information about the condition and how you can support those in your workplace directly or indirectly affected.
Cybercrime is a honeypot – rise of the red team
By Tony McDonald As an Ambassador for Cambridge Online, a charity aiding people to acquire new digital skills I attended the Cambridge Network event on cybercrime. Cyber security is a hot topic in everybody’s world. There are so many ways that security can be breached and with new technology and the IoT criminals can find…
Cambridge Network’s ‘School for Scale-Ups’ case study: Raspberry Pi
Our first video added to the blog is all about our School for Scale Ups. Liz Upton of Raspberry Pi speaks about her experiences on the programme and the business benefits it has brought. From Liz: “I’ve already started applying a lot of what we’ve been learning and doing things differently… If your company is…
Two women learning to protect their computer against hackers
Two bold reporters, Julia and Ruth, armed only with basic computer know-how and a thirst for knowledge went along to the Cambridge Network “Keeping your computer safe, at home or in the workplace” with Michael Yardley. He is the IT and systems manager at Cambridge Enterprise Ltd, University of Cambridge, so had some fascinating insight…
The New World of Work: Flexible and Part-Time
On the 28th April, Cambridge Network held a breakfast networking event, with a presentation from Sara Hill of Capability Jane. It feels like every feminist article I read challenges the conventional idea that work or family is an either/or choice, promoting that you can have it all, balancing family and business success. Despite this I…
My year at Cambridge Network
I have been employed since I was 16. During that time I have never taken a temporary role, as I have always wanted the security of permanent positions. But after my redundancy from OnMobile, I decided I wanted to get back to basics and take the time to decide what I wanted to do. The…
My first weeks at Cambridge Network
Joining Cambridge Network has felt like the start of a new adventure. As a Cambridge local I’ve been aware of the organisation. My first interaction with it was through a graduate jobs fair in London and I’ve regularly check out the Recruitment Gateway in times of career doubt since then. For the past few years…
Good, Old Fashioned Customer Feedback in the Digital Age
Sieve Creative Guest Blog Honest customer feedback is a fundamental tool every business can use to grow and improve their services, products, customer experience and day-to-day running of the business. Listening to feedback during product or service development, allows you to provide solutions to existing problems that your customers may have, exceeding expectations along the…
Introduction to Workplace Mindfulness
Mindfulness is a word that I seem to be hearing everywhere at the moment, and yet my ability to define the term has been lacking. I knew it had something to do with living in the moment. Beyond that I could only grasp at a confusing concept of stress busting colouring books or cool people…
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