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Webcast: Twitter in the Embedded Marketplace - ARM, Intel & Synopsys

When hired last May, I only heard about Twitter and how people felt about it. But shortly after, I was handed the keys of @ARMCommunity. This Twitter handle is used by ARM Connected Community to inform readers about ARM Pa

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Added by Alban Rampon on October 13, 2009 at 7:13pm — No Comments

You Could Lose Control of Your Business TOMORROW, Without Business Protection Insurance

Car Insured! PC Insured ! Have You Covered Your Most Important Asset, Your People? You’re covered for Your Office Window Being Broken and Your Company Car Being Stolen, But Have You Covered Your Most Important Asset, Your People? You Could Lose Control of Your Business TOMORROW, Without Business Pr… Continue

Added by Simone Gilks on August 29, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Enhancing your work and home environment

Many workplaces have plant and floral displays which soften any space and set the tone of a company thus enhancing an attractive and relaxed ambience for staff and highlighting business professionalism toward customer care. Floral Displays by Sarah Jane offers a long lasting cost-effective alternative to real flowers from as little as £25 per month to hire. Alternatively arrangements can be purchased upon request. Creating a package to fit your needs and budget Floral Displays by Sarah Jane wi… Continue

Added by Sarah on August 3, 2009 at 8:30pm — No Comments

LIFE INSURANCE, CRITICAL ILLNESS & INCOME PROTECTION

Do you already have cover in place? If you already have life cover in place, we may be able to save you money or give you more cover than you presently have - for the same price. Planning for the future to protect you and your family We offer a range of insurance poli… Continue

Added by Simone Gilks on July 26, 2009 at 11:07am — No Comments

Business Protection, Have you got it covered?

Business protection could help business owers continue to trade in the event of a key person, partner or director falling terminally or critically ill or dying. What is business protection? Arranging business protection is often thought to be lengthy and complicated. But ac… Continue

Added by Simone Gilks on July 26, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Would you like me to cover you for accident and sickness benefit to pay for your bills?

Accident and Sickness Cover Because this is a unique product there is nothing to compare it with. It is a short term 1 or 2 year cover with a 4 week deferred period. It pays anything between £500.00 and £1000.00 per month in the event that you are sick or suffer a disability.… Continue

Added by Simone Gilks on July 26, 2009 at 10:46am — No Comments

Do you need Debt Help?

Debt problems? Need Help? Debt problems? Need Help? Let us help put your finances in order................. Many of us feel the pinch financially from time to time, with the constant stream of bills and reminders dropping through the letterbox, along with final demands and insurance re… Continue

Added by Simone Gilks on July 26, 2009 at 10:41am — No Comments

CNSN Digest: Injecting buzz into Cambridge

How can we inject more buzz into the Cambridge scene? That's one of the unspoken missions of the Cambridge Network. Here are two things we can do: firstly, promote high energy events of our own; and secondly, publicise similar events organised by others. Bring smart, passionate people together and good things will happen. It's the random conversations over beers between colleagues, and chance interactions between strangers soon to become friends that create the sparks that will light tomorrow's… Continue

Added by Neil Davidson on May 26, 2009 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Entrepreneurship & Innovation Exchange

Those of you immersed in supporting early stage business and innovation - err, that's probably everyone in the Cambridge Network, might like to have a look (and even join, you would be most welcome) the fairly new Entrepreneurship & Innovation Exchange. It's a Ning powered site, like this one, with around 250 members from over 40 countries that is focused on the themes of business incubation, ICT clustering and entrepreneurial start ups. Like this site it has movies, Discussion groups, Blogs… Continue

Added by Paul Ormerod on May 15, 2009 at 8:20am — No Comments

What are Penny Stocks and its growth in the market?

Penny stocks are widely supposed to be risky investment instruments among investors because of the many drawbacks associated with them. One those usually cited is that penny stocks hardly change hands due to lack of market support and so selling them might not be that easy for investors. Since a confidence investor wants to be sure about the liquidity of his potential investment, he thinks twice before buying penny stocks. This is precisely because… Continue

Added by Allen Mass on April 27, 2009 at 5:37am — No Comments

Why Cash is Your Best benefit with Penny Stocks

When you start Penny stocks trading career you first need to decide how much you are wiling to invest. You need to remember that this is not a “sure-fire” income opportunity and that it is possible that you may lose everything, so be sure not to invest more than you can afford to lose. If you have invested all of you cash and your present collection is flat, the only way to buy into rising penny stocks market and get a piece of the action is to eith… Continue

Added by Allen Mass on April 27, 2009 at 5:33am — No Comments

Open Meeting Cambridge Ideas that Change the World

The meeting was excellent. The speakers were fascinating and managed to explain comlex concpets in a simple manner. This reminded me how lucky we were to work in cambridge and get the chance to share some of these great ideas early on. I wanted to find out more and I have spent the last few hours sharing my enthusiasm with everyone interested.... Thanks for a great meeting! Continue

Added by Natacha Wilson on March 31, 2009 at 10:50am — 1 Comment

TRUST It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust

It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust Samuel Johnson in The Rambler (1750) I went to a very interesting lecture recently by Prof. Madan Pillutla of the London Business School; he invited the class to consider the situation as set out below. A game with two players Initiator starts off with a sum of money, say £100. They can send some or all of it to the responder. Any money that is sent will be tripled on its way to them. E.g., if the initiator sends them £1, the responder w… Continue

Added by Sean Murphy on March 16, 2009 at 12:19pm — No Comments

Rummy Was Right

Rummy Was Right We all remember first hearing the then Secretary Of State for Defence Donald Rumsfeld proclaim ‘There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But then there are also unknown unknowns. These are things that we do not know we don’t know’ Rummy was widely ridiculed and lampooned for a while. There was a great sport collecting his sayings and ranking them… Continue

Added by Sean Murphy on March 1, 2009 at 8:35pm — 1 Comment

Cambridge Food and Drink Festival Quiz

If you know where the City of Cambridge Brewery is, what Gloucester Old Spots are and who dined on mince and slices of quince, you could be just the sort of person whose team could murder this year’s quiz. www.camfoodfest.co.uk CamFoodFest is a not for profit organisation celebrating and exploring local food and drink through various events throughout the year. The quiz is the first event of 2009. The Quiz questions are set by local food expert Kate Paterson who writes for Local Secrets and t… Continue

Added by Ann Hawkins on February 26, 2009 at 8:25am — No Comments

Today at SAMIAN, the home of business SOLUTIONS

Managing Electronic and IT Plastic waste at SAMIAN, the home of business SOLUTIONS. http://www.samian.co.uk Continue

Added by Ian Broughall on February 23, 2009 at 8:36am — No Comments

Never Apologise Never Explain

Never Apologise Never Explain Last week we had a couple of contrasts. Four Masters of the Universe competed with each other in abject grovelling and Gordon Brown pursuing his ‘Leith Laundry List’ style of argument interspersed with continuing claims of messianic abilities. You could argue that the former Masters of the Universe had no option with the tumbrils rolling to the door of the Thatcher room and the assembled gawkers taking up knitting. This was a ritual in which everyone knew th… Continue

Added by Sean Murphy on February 16, 2009 at 8:15pm — 1 Comment

If I am too old to work, then teach me how to start my own business.

In the past 20 or 30 years, western companies have benefited from the two big labour market trends: globalization, which has allowed them to take advantage of cheaper labour costs in other countries, and rapid technological progress, which has allowed them to replace humans with machines. Corporate profits have soared but human casualties have been heavy. Millions of people have lost their jobs and, lacking the skills that employers are ready to pay for, have unwillingly joined the hidden army o… Continue

Added by KRISTINA JULIN-STRINGER on February 15, 2009 at 12:07am — No Comments

Reality checked.

Do your rumpled clothes and lank hair point to a life that has failed to live up to your high expectations? Do you think that the compromises you have made in your career have filled your life soullessness, and hopeless emptiness? Do you feel that whatever dreams you had in your life are now only self-destructive delusions which are choking on you? Would you say that you are on the brink of suffocating your unfulfilled hopes of early retirement and easy life? When asked: “Where is your compass… Continue

Added by KRISTINA JULIN-STRINGER on February 11, 2009 at 11:19am — 2 Comments

The Tipping Point: When does enough mean enough?

How frustrated do you have to be before you consider working for yourself? Only you know the answer to that question. Perhaps the pain of where you are at the moment, and the agonising truth that doing nothing changes nothing, forces you to at least look at the surrounding world differently. Think about what is grinding your gear in your current situation. If it has something to do with your employment, then the good news is that you can do something about it. You might be underpaid and your t… Continue

Added by KRISTINA JULIN-STRINGER on February 1, 2009 at 3:18pm — No Comments