Be prepared for a humorous talk by Milton Contact's Alan James, Author of "A View from the Lodge" This Friday in Ely. all welcome - but come early as seats are first come first served!Ely Library, The Cloisters, Ely Friday 27th April (10.30am)All Welcome, £2.50 on the doorMore information at... [more]

As Alex Stemp's publisher, we are delighted to see that Alex has made an impression in the Ukraine with a news article on his travel book "The Ukraine Carpathians: Europe's last great wilderness". The article in Cyrillic can be seen here... [more]

Wanted: school leaver or retiree for post of Junior Web Developer. Location Cambridgeshire. Please circulate... [more]

Collaborative meeting with Dr Andrea Lorenz of Cambridge TEC - article at http://miltoncontact.blogspot.com/2011/10/helping-small-technology-companies.html... [more]

Chris Thomas of Milton Contact met with the HCR's (Huntingdon Community Radio) Bill Hensley for an interview from 11am to 12pm on Sunday 25th September 2011. The conversation,interspersed by music, covered Milton Contact, the Huntingdonshire Business Network, Huntingdonshire Speakers, how to write... [more]

LOCATION & DATE: London, Monday 8th AugAUDIENCE: Experts in renovation and restoration, owners of historic monuments and buildings, contractors and architects specialising in restoration and renovation.SUMMARY:Destroying a building can take place in a minute, but maintaining and restoring... [more]

Expert comment by Milton Contact on the EU Court ruling that you cannot put honey on the market if it contains “Products of GMOs” which have not been authorised for use in honey. ... [more]

Milton Contact's assisted in organising and advertising Delivery Management's Social media event, with ChrisThomas being one of the speakers on the use of social media in a business context.... [more]

FORENSIC scientists in Huntingdon facing losing their jobs when the Government closes the Forensic Science Service should grab the opportunity to set up on their own.>/p> Chris Thomas, chairman of Huntingdonshire Business Network (HBN), a molecular biologist with extensive experience... [more]

Had a positive call from Ulrich Heker of Teeth "R" Us confirming that the articles in the Dental Tribune that we had written had generated the first concrete contract for work!The articles had generated interest amongst the UK dental profession and patients, educating them in the high precision... [more]

Report on the role of Huntingdonshire in relation to business within the County of Cambridgeshire. Demonstrating that, whilst easily overlooked, Huntingdonshire actually plays a key role in the county, with a main emphasis on professional, scientific  nd technical businesses. One quarter of... [more]

The report with its associated slideshow demonstrates the clear divide between the northern 4/5 of Wales with the affluent South. see: ... [more]

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From oneandother For 100 days since the middle of July, members of the public have been occupying the plinth for 1 hour each, 24h a day, come rain or shine as part of Anthony Gormley's One&Other Project. They are chosen by a draw from those who had applied to be part of the project. What... [more]

From Potsdam and Berlin Aug09 Meeting with a group of German IT companies in Potsdam in preparation for the marketing assistance programme to the UK, I was again struck by the diversity and ingenuity of their ideas. As part of the afternoon they were supposed... [more]

From The Haven, Truro Five nights at The Haven, run by Michael and Lorna Marsh, revealed why they had been accorded the only AA Four Star rating for a B&B in Truro. It was the fantastic personal service that made one feel home from home, instead of just... [more]

A bus trip that turned sour due to poor service, was brightened by the kindness of strangers and resulted in helping a company improve its training of staff for better customer relations! Full article at... [more]

Chris won the Inspirational Speech  Club Competition with Huntingdonshire Speakers last week! Effective presentations are a vital component of any business development - fortunately, they can also be fun and Huntingdonshire Speakers has been a regular event in Chris's activities. Part of... [more]

I'm still on a high after receiving my mail from the Open University with the results of the assessment after the 10 week digital photography course. I passed with Excellent as the performance in visual Awareness, Technical Quality and the written component. I took the course because,... [more]

At around 5pm, a tweet (a message broadcast through Twitter) from Stephen Fry alerted all online at the time of a live Twitter session occuring to accompany the BBC Radio 4 programme  Analysis; Clever.Com, at 8:30pm. The programme looked at the pros and cons of the internet and social networking... [more]

A fortuitious meeting with Radio Cambridgeshire in Huntingdon, at which I invited them to HBN to hear some positive messages about the economy in this time of recession. Our comments made it to the Andie Harper Show the following week and I was invited to comment live over the phone and anser... [more]

I discovered Twiiter just over a fortnight ago, having resisted following it up, previously thinking that it was just one more of a myriad of networking tools. Once I tried it myself, I was totally convinced of its benefit because twitter has a very high value versus effort required.... [more]

What would you do if you turn your PC on - and nothing happens? you cannot access your data, your work, your contacts list! For an unprepared company, this means you are likely to be out of business - 98% of companies with more than 10 days total data loss fail within 1 year. Read my Five... [more]

It was a particulr pleasure to accompany Katrin Lestschinski on her trip to the UK and provide her company, Zahntechnik Lestschinski with support and assistance. We trained dentists - UK dentists consider using telescopes impressed dental technicians -  Bridging the (dental) gap... [more]

“Bon Dia” was the greeting on my lips as joined the ERBI companies meeting with the visiting Catalonian Bioregion Medtech and Biopharma companies in the Nucleus Centre of Chesterford Research Park. The 16 or so Catalonians had come hotfoot from London to meet with about 20 Cambridge... [more]

Most of the time, a bed is a welcome place of rest, which has it’s pleasurable and more energetic interludes too! for those who are bedridden through illness or old age, it can become a lethal last resting space. Prolonged pressure on parts of the body cuts off blood supplies and results in bed... [more]

I attended the Bench2Boardroom 2008 for the first time this year at short notice, representing some German Biotech companies, and enjoyed the benefits of five different and complementary aspects of the event. Coming in from the gloom of a rainy Wednesday morning, I entered the main hall at... [more]

Meeting Report 05.08.08 How would you feel if your landlord could come into your house and any time to search through all your belongings and use the information gained for their own benefit? That is what you are permitting when utilising some of the convenient sites provided by... [more]

for those of us with a research background, we know that the success of our work resides in attention to detail and rigourous recording of data, based on a keen knowledge of underlying principles. It was therefore with pleasure - and some trepidation when Heather Maunders, scientist turned artist... [more]

Arriving in the Cambridge tradition on a bike at the Trinity Centre proved a good choice as, by then, even a TATA economy car could not have found a parking space for the well attended Cambridge Network “THINKindia” Open Meeting after the start of registration. Over 100 delegates... [more]

It could only have been part of the plans by Bill Brogan (Conference and Catering Manager, St John’s College) and Kelly Vickers (Manager Conference Cambridge); the forty senior international and tourism related Cambridgeshire delegates arrived at St John’s College on a gloriously balmy May 8th... [more]

The 20 owner/managers of German dental laboratories discovered the benefits of personally visiting the British market and British Dental Association 2008 Exhibition in Manchester, exemplified by four key points. 1. How you describe yourself matters. In a situation not unlike a rabbit... [more]