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Noodles for breakfast? Local insights matter
I love a big hotel breakfast buffet. The spread is amazing, and while I'm tucking into my fruit and porridge I watch people eat not just the full English but noodles, curry or dried fish and rice. It's just normal to them, it’s what they do every morning – but it’s a great wakeup call to remind me that norms can be fundamentally different in a new market.
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BETT 2019: Account Director Jane discusses her day at the world’s biggest education technology event
I recently spent the day at BETT 2019 looking at and talking all things education. Two minutes in and it was pretty clear that school life and learning has been revolutionised by tech. So what were my highlights?
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Real-life use cases behind the bonded internet hype
You’ve heard about bonded internet and its benefits, so check out these real-life use cases that prove how essential it is for your customers. This article gives some examples of how bonded internet has been successfully utilised across different sectors, making it easier for you as a Reseller, Value-Added Reseller (VAR) or Channel Partner to understand the wide range of bonded internet use cases and the benefits you could bring to your clients.
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Focus groups – improve your qualitative research and inform your strategic thinking
I first realised how valuable focus groups could be for gathering high-quality data when I was doing my PhD. I was doing research into attitudes towards alcohol among first-year university students and, in combination with other research methods, I found focus groups really valuable. I was trained by a professor who was well-known in the field of methodology for social research.
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Ipswich maker community to benefit from new partnership with Coderus
Software design engineering company Coderus, part of the Innovation Martlesham cluster, has announced a sponsorship deal with the Ipswich Makerspace which will see staff from the firm get involved with the community tech and making hub. In return for their support, employees from Coderus will be invited to make use of the equipment and facilities available at the Makerspace’s Dove Street facility.
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Agriculture and AI: improving food security for the future
A major 2016 McKinsey report ranked the ‘Agriculture and hunting’ sector the least-digitised of all sectors, 22nd of 22 behind all other sectors including construction. Clearly advances in all kinds of technology – from sensors and drones to new ways markets aggregate and do deals – can help the agri sector as a whole to achieving greater profits and higher productivity… Here at KISS we were very surprised at this ranking given the advancements in drone technology and data analysis that we’ve witnessed in the industry in recent years. So we were intrigued to hear about a recent ‘AI and Agri Frenzy’ and investigated some of the ideas presented.
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Event focuses on fascinating future of flexible electronics
Don't miss the opportunity to hear the fascinating story behind flexible electronics technology - and the potential it holds for the future - at an open evening lecture this Thursday (31 January).
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The Apprentice: From Admin Trainee to E-comms Expert
When KISS Senior Account Executive Lacey Thornton was a teenager, she dreamed of a career in acting or singing. But a BTEC in Performing Arts soon put paid to that.“I lost the love for it,” Lacey admits. “I decided not to go to university after sixth form, because it wasn’t for me. So I looked around for something that was going to open doors for me.”
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5 Things You Need to Know About Bonded Internet
As a Reseller, Value Added Reseller (VAR) or Channel Partner, you will know that your customers rely on their internet connection to benefit from the solutions that you provide to carry out their usual business. However, according to the Office for National Statistics, over 20% of UK businesses have an internet connection that is slower than 10 Mbps, and only 16.1% have a connection that can deliver 100 Mbps or above*. Internet performance could therefore be a problem for a large number of your customers.
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Project announced to make trade a force for good
A multi-million pound project led by UNEP-WCMC is announced today, aiming to make trade a positive force for both marginalised people and nature conservation.
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Making the most of apprenticeships
As an employer, we have explored a number of routes for our entry-level positions. Graduates are the standard candidates for these roles, but we’re interested in people who have followed different educational routes too.
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Using influencers to increase a brand’s exposure
The marketing landscape has changed considerably in the digital age, leaving brands turning to new avenues to gain the attention of target audiences.
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Five in five for Cambridge-based Communications Company, Cofinitive
What a way to start our 5th year, being named one of Business Weekly’s Top Image Makers 2019 in their New Year Honours, for the second year running.
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CommAgility and Aricent Collaborate to Create LTE Macro eNodeB Solutions for Network Equipment Providers
CommAgility’s LTE PHY software licensed for pre-integration with Aricent LTE Layer 3, Layer 2 Software and BBU design
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Chronos becomes a Member of Power Networks Demonstration Centre
Chronos Technology, a leading international authority on resilient sync and timing solutions, has become a member of the Power Networks Demonstration Centre (PNDC), a venture founded by government, industrial and academic partners with the aim of accelerating the adoption of innovative research and technologies from early stage research into business as usual adoption by the electricity industry.
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Green Custard become Select Partner for AWS
The Green Custard team are at the next stage of their AWS Partner Network journey as they achieve Select Partner accreditation.
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Newcomers are shaking up traditional insurance and banking practices
New players are disrupting key assumptions about how a sector works, and offering something a bit novel to customers.
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Toby Young rejoins Bailey Fisher to lead the Technology Practice
Bailey Fisher Executive Search is pleased to welcome Toby Young back to the business as Head of the Technology Practice, following 18 months in an operational role with a growth technology company. Toby previously led Bailey Fisher’s Technology practice from 2012 – 2017, building leadership teams for disruptive technology companies in Cambridge and the UK market, before joining CUBE, a growing fintech company, to support the business across their talent and partnership strategy.
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How research can help brands reconnect with their customers
Surveys can provide some thought-provoking statistics and focus groups can really draw out some interesting opinions from different types of customers or user groups.
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Dyslexia and me: how being ‘wired’ differently has made me more creative
KISS’s Senior Digital Designer Shaun Ramsey explains how dyslexia has made him more creative
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Humanise your tech: UX specialist to talk killer design strategy
St John’s Innovation Centre is hosting the fifth in a series of Merlin ICT interactive workshops aimed at researchers, post-docs, early-stage founders and SMEs to accelerate the growth of their ventures on their way to successful commercialization.
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Blogging to boost business: don’t be last to join the party
Having a blog is a great way to drive new traffic to your company website, as well as positioning your staff as experts in their field.
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Taymount Clinic media campaign nets KISS a CIPR PRide Award
KISS has won the Silver Award in the Consumer Relations Campaign category of the Anglia Thames and Chiltern CIPR PRide Awards 2018. The awards recognise outstanding PR campaigns across the UK by agencies and in-house teams.
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Distilling human truths: why marketing benefits from high-quality research
When KISS’s Senior Planner Matt Higgs went off to Lancaster University as a teenager to study law, he didn’t expect to end up with a PhD in geography and a career in marketing.
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Disrupting the energy market
Are you an innovator or a disruptor? Or are you pissing in the wind? The simple fact is, with the world’s markets as they are today, you have to be one of these. 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.
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KISS creative team grows in strength with the appointment of new designers
KISS has appointed a designer and an illustrator, as demand for its creative services continues to increase.
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Ten ways to increase SEO and drive traffic to your website
Search engine optimisation (SEO) has become such an important focus in PR and marketing that everyone from hobbyist website owners to web teams for the largest media groups spend a lot of time focusing on how Google will view their content.
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Blurring the lines: PR and social trends for 2019
While no one can predict what the big stories of 2019 will be, there are a few emerging trends that give a few clues as to what to look out for over the next 12 months.
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Establishing the foundation for 5G: a 2018 retrospective report
2018 saw new advances in technology, new merger & acquisition activity, and new pilots in 5G deployment. Though this past year saw a lot of progress, there’s much more to come in 2019. In order to make 5G a reality in 2019 and beyond, 2018 laid the groundwork in fiber, small cells, and determined the standards for other 5G technologies. This past year has provided the foundation for 5G organizational and industry standardization, through physical, regulatory, and operational infrastructure groundwork. To succeed in the future, carriers and their service providers will need to build new infrastructure to make 5G a reality. This report from Sitetracker outlines what infrastructure is necessary, how to build it efficiently, and what tools are needed. The bottom line: network densification requires operational excellence to succeed, so companies must innovate or be left behind.
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Green Custard supports Fortune 500 company with 1st UK Hackathon
Cambridge-based software consultancy, Green Custard, has supported JLL’s employees through their first UK hackathon, resulting in real-world solutions for this global organisation.
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Best-kept secret Kynesim has a top 2018
What a year 2018 has been! After a decade of working ‘under the radar’ on ground-breaking projects, this year Kynesim have certainly elevated their position in the field of technology and product development.
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The Next Frontier: From Communications Service Provider to Digital Service
The Next Frontier: From Communications Service Provider to Digital Service Provider research report in association with Ovum, observes how digital transformation has become a core priority for communications services providers (CSPs), underpinning an increasing proportion of their investment decisions as they seek to shift to more digitally focused operating models.
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New workshop to help entrepreneurs create experiences turning users into customers
Building on the success of the MERLIN ICT Cambridge workshop ‘Entrepreneurial Mindset’ with David Gill as a guest speaker exploring principles of effectuation as an approach to entrepreneurship, the team at St John’s Innovation Centre is inviting researchers, post-docs, SMEs and start-ups to the fifth event in a series, ‘Interpreting the Customer and UX’ on 22nd January 2019.
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Comms365 Blog - In the News
As Christmas approaches and the end of 2018 is in sight we thought it would be a perfect time to share some highlights from what has been another eventful few months here at Comms365!
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’Tis the season to be discussing Christmas ads
The build-up to Christmas starts earlier every year… Who hasn’t been guilty of saying that when Christmas displays start appearing in supermarket isles in October?
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Swap shop: visiting another agency to share best practice
KISS’s Senior Web Developer Barrie Calver has just visited Jackson Spalding, an agency in Atlanta similar to KISS. Find out about the similarities, and the differences, to doing PR stateside.
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Recipe for success: how New Covent Garden disrupted the soup market
All of a sudden it’s soup weather!
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Recruitment event holds promise for jobseekers and employers alike
Cambridge Network's highly successful run of recruitment events, where potential candidates have the opportunity to meet leading local employers, continues on the evening of Tuesday 27th November 2018.
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Spend Friday 14 December learning about and discussing drug-free antibacterial technology for medical applications with Lucideon
Infection has become one of the toughest problems in the medical world, with bacteria increasingly resistant to drugs. Can infection be controlled and managed using materials and surfaces instead? This question will be explored at a one-day Cambridge Network event next month.
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Breakthrough for treatment of fibrotic diseases
Drug combination has potential to halt a process responsible for large numbers of deaths.
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No company owner is an island: talking business with other MDs
Being a business owner can be a lonely existence. Sharing ideas and experiences with other business leaders can bring a fresh perspective to your most pressing problems.
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Celebrating dedicated teachers around the world
There are an estimated 264 million children and young people out of education in developing countries. This month has seen a number of events held and initiatives launched in recognition of World Teachers' Day.
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Recruitment event holds promise for jobseekers and employers alike
Cambridge Network's highly successful run of recruitment events, where potential candidates have the opportunity to meet leading local employers, continues on the evening of Tuesday 27 November 2018.
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Cofinitive achieves status as one of Cambridge’s 130 Most Influential Businesses
In less than four years of trading, Corporate Communications Company Cofinitive has been recognised as one of the Cambridge News ‘130 Most Influential Businesses’.
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Learn how to break down silos in your business
On Thursday 1 November join an interactive mini-workshop, over breakfast with Turning Factor to learn more about behavioural barriers and explores how silos can prevent people working together hashtag
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AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY – HOW IS THE SECTOR EVOLVING AND WHAT IS ITS FUTURE?
The XR Industry Survey 2018, based on a survey of 595 AR/VR professionals, reveals some interesting trends for the industry, some of them expected, others more surprising.
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Why not wearables? Insight from entrepreneur Shamus Husheer
What does it take to start tech companies, raise funds and make them successful? Come along to hear from entrepreneur Shamus Husheer, technologist and inventor turned CEO/CTO, at Cambridge Network's Open Talk tomorrow (Wednesday 24 October).
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Launch party for the first Invested Investor Book
Want a short cut to becoming a successful entrepreneur or angel investor? A new and groundbreaking book distils decades of experience, both good and bad, into an easy to read guide. Founded by Peter and Alan Cowley, The Invested Investor is designed to increase the success rate for entrepreneurs and early investors by detailing the big do’s and don’ts.
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Green GB Week sees businesses focus on their carbon footprint
It’s day two of Green GB Week. Find out what’s been going on and why it presents a good comms opportunity.
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Event focuses on corporate wellbeing: mental health in the workplace
The heavy cost of mental health issues – to individuals, employers and the wider UK economy – cannot be ignored, and there is no quick fix, a Cambridge Network audience was told yesterday (Weds), World Mental Health Day.
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Holiday? What holiday? Refocusing on work after a spell in the sun
Getting back into 'work mode' after a holiday can be tough. Why not invest in a workshop to help your team refocus? KISS Managing Director Sarah Reakes explains.
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How will Nike’s Kaepernick ad impact brand perception?
Anthea Hughes, KISS's Head of Account Services, considers what the long-term implications of the controversial Colin Kaepernick ad might be for the Nike brand.
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Why proofreading is like goalkeeping
KISS Communications Copywriter Katie Silvester believes that proofreaders don't always get enough credit for the near disasters they prevent – a bit like goalkeepers.
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11 things I’ve learnt in 11 years of running an agency
KISS CEO Simon Fryer shares some of the secrets of KISS Communications' success.
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Can the humble press release keep up with the digital world?
KISS Account Director Jane Kroese considers whether the press release is dead in the face of more targeted digital marketing tools
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KISS sponsors major Cambridge healthcare conference
KISS is sponsoring a Cambridge-based international health conference hosted by the Innovation Forum and the Milner Therapeutics Institute
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17 million people think they use their smartphones too much: will measurement be the answer?
Deloitte research of 4,150 reveals UK smartphone owners’ device usage habits; 39% of respondents believe they use their phone too much. Of these, 83% would like to do something about it – representative of 14 million people in the UK; Of the 42.5m people who own or have access to a smartphone, 7.6m (18%) feel the need to constantly check their device; 32% of phones in the UK are on a SIM-only contract, up from 19% in 2015; 55-75-year-olds are among the fastest-growing adopters of voice-assisted speakers. Thirty-nine percent of smartphone users in the UK - the equivalent of 17 million people - believe they use their smartphone too much, according to the latest research from Deloitte. Generation Z smartphone users (16-24 years-old) are particularly concerned about their usage habits, with 61% (4.3m young people) believing they use their device too much.
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Intellegens to deliver speaker paper on using AI to design advanced materials at Engineering Materials Live
Using artificial intelligence (AI) and harnessing the power of deep learning to guide the design of new advanced materials, is the topic of a speaker paper that will be delivered at Engineering Materials Live later this week, by Cambridge-based company Intellegens.
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Peer learning will benefit new managers
Are you new to a management role or about to take on management responsibilities? Boost your confidence through collaboration with like-minded people in Cambridge Network's New Managers peer learning group - the newest cohort begins on Wednesday 3rd October.
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James Cotton joins prestigious list of UK’s top business developers
Onespacemedia’s founder and MD, James Cotton, has been voted one of the UK’s most influential people in business development by the BD100.
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Covnetics Limited becomes a Member of the Xilinx Alliance program
Covnetics Limited becomes a Member of the Xilinx Alliance program
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UX strategist to share how to find customers for innovative technologies
St John’s Innovation Centre is delighted to welcome Dr Anna Mieczakowski as a guest speaker to their Customer Discovery event and a networking lunch taking place at the Centre on 24th September 2018.
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Suffolk coastal gets first The Things Network LoRaWAN Gateway
Innovation Martlesham companies Coderus and Comms Unite team up to deliver a long-range wide area network, enabling businesses to benefit from the Internet of Things.
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We’re looking for our next proven Account Manager!
As 2018 goes on, we are going from strength to strength and now find ourselves with buckets of work (those pesky clients as our Founder cheekily says)! Which means we are looking for the right person to join us as our company expands. People who know us know that we are an articulate chameleon, with its “pants on fire”. We are a feisty corporate communications consultancy that packs a punch.
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Will you be a Top 21 #OnetoWatch?
The Top 21 #OnetoWatch will be announced at an invitation-only event in March 2019, where each winner will get a bespoke accolade to mark their recognition
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3D printing: a world of possibilities
The technology behind 3D printing has a huge range of applications, from enthusiasts printing small plastic objects at home to industrial engineering projects creating parts for aeroplanes. At KISS, we have dabbled in offering 3D printing as a service for clients to produce mock-ups of new products.
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Mood boards: a picture tells 1,000 words
Cutting and pasting: using mood boards to help crack that key
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Style guides: if content is king, consistency must be queen
Your organisation could benefit from having a style guide to ensure consistency across all your content. If content is king, consistency must be queen.
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Micro-targeting: the good, the bad and the unethical
Micro-targeting can be a legitimate next-generation marketing tool or a deeply unethical practice, depending on who’s using it.
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Arkessa, the leading IoT managed services provider, backed by ECI Partners
London, 24 July 2018: Arkessa, the leading Internet-of-Things (“IoT”) managed services provider announced today that it has completed a management buyout backed by ECI Partners. Arkessa enables Enterprises to develop and optimise their businesses by helping them adopt, integrate and scale IoT enabled services.
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