Freya Hine and Ben Jones are the latest members of the AdamsonJones team to pass the European qualifying examinations (EQE) for patent attorneys, bringing the firm’s total number of qualified European Patent Attorneys into double figures for the first time since the business was founded in 2000. The EQE took...
Fresh Logistics launches ‘Road to Class’ scheme
Fresh Logistics, a temperature controlled logistics company based at the EMLC Building in Derby, is putting together a scheme aimed at developing drivers who have passed their test prior to the 1st of January 1997. Drivers who hold this licence have what is known as ‘Grandfather rights’. Since the new...
Hospital Aids have extended into a larger manufacturing unit
Hospital Aids are delighted to announce that the extension to their manufacturing area in Northampton is now complete and this will allow for much greater capacity over the course of the next few months. The Company are best known for the manufacture of Ski Sheets & Ski Pads & other...
Franklands Insurance & Risk Management: Information Theft
We all take time to protect our homes and workplaces from damage or loss by making sure windows are closed, locks are fitted, and the alarm is on. The difficulty with technology is that points of access are unseen and the means at a thief’s disposal vary. Greater consideration needs...
Ministerial Portfolios Confirmed at Department for International Trade
Following the creation of the new Department for International Trade and the appointment of Rt. Hon Liam Fox MP as Secretary of State, the full list of ministerial responsibilities for the department has now been confirmed. The below Ministerial portfolios reflect the key priorities of the integral new department charged...
Innovate UK appoints director for health and life sciences
Innovate UK has appointed its first director for health and life sciences, with Ian Campbell taking up the role in Autumn 2016. In his new position, Campbell will drive the development and delivery of the UK government-sponsored agency's life sciences and health sector. Campbell currently serves as chief executive officer...
IDMP update from Pure Drug Safety
A TEAM approach is needed for IDMP! With the inevitable (eventual) implementation of IDMP across industry, it’s essential that business units embrace the need to cooperate and become accountable for their share of the workload. The mandatory introduction of xEVMPD in 2012 highlighted that many business units outside of Pharmacovigilance...
How to fund future innovation
Despite a degree of post-Brexit-vote uncertainty, we should remind ourselves that business resilience comes about through sound forward planning, firm leadership and a knowledge of the financial landscape. So what are the certainties, especially for continuing funding of innovation, and what should you do next? Sam Stephens, founding director of...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies acquires Analab in market growth plan
Nottingham-based Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s largest independent provider of laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables, has today announced the acquisition of Irish company Analab. This is as part of an ambitious expansion plan to service the growing life sciences, state-funded research, food and beverage, and medical technology sectors across...
Dominique Dutscher (DD) and Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) join forces
French-based Dominique Dutscher (DD) and Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd (SLS) in the UK are the leading independent distributors of laboratory products in their respective territories. Both companies are pleased to announce today that they have joined forces to better serve their customers across Europe. The combined operation will create the...
