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Anglia Business Solutions is a 25-year-old software and IT consultancy organisation with extensive supply chain expertise. The company is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner, holding Microsoft Competencies in Mobility Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Information Worker Solutions.

Anglia serves a national customer base from its offices at Harston Mill, near Cambridge. The company is organised into four specialist business units each targeted at specific technology sectors. Integration Services facilitate the provision and configuration of a stable and secure networking and communications infrastructure. Business Management Solutions design and implement core financial, CRM, manufacturing and distribution solutions based upon the Microsoft Dynamics™ NAV ERP solution. The Software Development Team design and develop client specific applications and implement e-commerce solutions based on Microsoft .NET technologies.

Anglia Ruskin University is the university of choice for students and employers in the East of England and operates principally from campuses in Cambridge and Chelmsford

ARM designs and licenses high performance, low cost, power efficient RISC microprocessors, related technology and software in order to enhance performance, cost-effectiveness and power-efficiency in an extensive range of applications.

Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT) is the wholly owned trading company of the and is the pro-active vehicle through which all commercial opportunities on the Babraham Research Campus are planned and delivered.

The Institute is an independent charitable life sciences institute, sponsored by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. It undertakes world-leading innovative research and advanced training with relevance to the biomedical, biotechnological, pharmaceutical and healthcare communities.

The commercialisation of the Institute's research is managed by its wholly-owned trading subsidiary, Babraham Bioscience Technologies Ltd (BBT), a knowledge transfer company, which also manages a BioIncubator facility for small biotech companies. The Babraham Institute, BBT and a number of independent biomedical and biotechnology companies are situated on the Babraham Research Campus, located six miles south-east of Cambridge. Set in the picturesque parkland estate of Babraham Hall, the campus provides an environment that promotes innovation in the biomedical sector and has key role in the development of the Eastern region's biotechnology community.

The District Council for Cambridge. Activities include: building planning and control, leisure services, housing, environmental health, community development, cleansing, car parking, property letting, the market, and local tax and benefit administration.

Cambridge Consultants is a leading technology design, development and consulting company. Since 1960, our focus has been to deliver significant competitive advantage to our clients through the innovative use of technology.

The Commerce & Employment Department is a government department within Guernsey that has, amongst other responsibilities, the mandate to promote, facilitate, and support e-business, manufacturing and financial services in Guernsey.

A leading global provider of personal wireless technology whose product portfolio covers Bluetooth, GPS, FM and Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11). CSR offers developed hardware/software solutions, based around its silicon platforms, that incorporate fully integrated radio, baseband and microcontroller elements.

About Ernst & Young

Ernst & Young, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to senior executives. With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, the global Ernst & Young organisation can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance and manage risk - anywhere in the world. Its 130,000 people serve as trusted business advisors in more than 140 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance and transaction services across all industries to many of today's leading global corporations as well as emerging growth companies. We are strong supporters of entrepreneurship as evidenced by our Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards programme. Founded and championed by the firm, this annual programme identifies and celebrates the achievements of outstanding entrepreneurs who head growing, dynamic business.

A collection of Ernst & Young's views on a variety of business issues can be found at www.ey.com/perspectives.

Leading law firm Hewitsons has an extensive company and commercial practice and acts for clients ranging from those with a stock market listing to entrepreneurial owner-managed businesses.

Founded in 1909 as an automobile company in Cambridge, Marshall entered the aviation business in 1929. The Marshall Group, still a privately owned company, is chaired by Michael Marshall, the third generation of the Marshall family, and has a turnover approaching £650M per annum.

Marshall Aerospace enjoys an international reputation, particularly in 'high technology circles', for its Aircraft Design and Engineering skills, which includes a maintenance and modification centre supporting major airlines and air forces on a worldwide basis. Marshall Aerospace`s complete in-house capability includes Civil and Military Flight Test and Certification. Marshall SV is, today, a world leader in the design and supply of Mobile Military Equipment, Medical Systems,and Homeland Security Vehicles. The Marshall Motor Group is one of the largest motor dealer groups in the UK, and was a pioneer of multi- franchise dealerships. Today, The Marshall Motor Group represents 16 different motor manufacturers through 42 showrooms.

The Group of Companies currently has an employment approaching 4000 working in the fields of Aerospace Engineering, Specialist Vehicle Design and manufacture, Engineering Consutancy Skills for Military Rapid Mobility Solutions and Hospitals, Motor Car Sales and Service, Truck and Refrigerated Transport Sales and Service, and Property Ownership and Management.

Marshall Aerospace runs Cambridge City Airport, one of the best equipped Regional Airports in the UK.

Marshall is very active in the Training arena, and in addition to providing spare capacity to local companies, The Marshall Group provides direct sponsorship of three local schools (Teversham C of E Primary School, Coleridge Community College, and Bottisham Village College) and support to other schools. The company is also the sponsor of The Sir Arthur Marshall Institute of Aeronautics within Cambridge University Engineering Department.

(Formerly TTPCom Ltd)

Nokia Research Centre

Philips Research Laboratories (PRL) is part of one of the world's biggest private research organisations with other laboratories in the Netherlands, Germany, USA and China.

Sagentia Group, formed as Generics Group in 1986, is an integrated technology consulting, development and investment company, with an international reputation for successfully commercialising emerging science and technology.

Taylor Wessing offers a comprehensive range of legal services to a broad spectrum of clients world wide.

Trinamo works with exciting technology companies to achieve greater effectiveness in sales management, sales execution, board dynamics, financial planning and recruitment processes.

Building a global category leader demands accurate financial planning to forecast numbers you can hit, the ability to hire and retain the best people and great sales and sales management.

Established in 1987, TTP Group is the Queen’s Award winning technology and product development company based near Cambridge. We work in partnership with our clients to bring new products to market, creating new business from advances in technology. The technologies and products we develop cover a diverse range of market sectors including cleantech, communications, consumer products, digital printing, drug discovery, instrumentation, medical products, micro devices, optics and vision, and software. TTP incubates new companies and manages a Venture Capital fund which invests in early stage technology start-ups.

Ideas are the oxygen of a thriving company and none more so than WL Gore & Associates. Since its inception in 1958, Gore has grown from a wire and cable insulation business, into a $1.5bn a year diverse product leadership company with interests ranging from heart bypass valves, fuel cells, super capacitors, to guitar strings and of course, GORE-TEX®.

What makes Gore successful is its long-term commitment to fostering the creativity and the passion to succeed of all its 6,000+ associates across the globe. That this is more than just an empty boast is evidenced by the impressive record of bringing thousands of ptfe based products to market during the last 45 years. More than 2,000 active patents still protect Gore's manifold applications long after the expiry of the original patent. At the heart of the commitment to new ideas is Gore's lattice structure. An enviably flat management structure and a worldwide five digit communications system allow people of different skill sets to link up quickly and easily. A network of dedicated product specialists and new venture teams are structured to deal positively with the disruption of new ideas, and to ensure that the most promising are commercialised quickly. Remarkable as it may seem, for Gore Associates, this is an everyday adventure.

Gore's primary venturing team of 10 people is based in Munich, though it draws on the company's strengths from across Europe and the US. Its remit is to identify and invest in the acquisition or joint development of complimentary technologies that have the potential to reshape markets and people's expectations of what's possible. The technical and business knowledge available to Gore, accompanied by its global reach, make it possible to quickly explore the potential of business concepts that fall both inside and outside of its current spheres of core competence. These are broadly centred around electronic signal integrity and EMI shielding, medical devices and implants, industrial filtration and controlled permeation systems, and protective fabrics from tip to toe.

Nothing in Gore is shoehorned into a one-size fits all model. Ideas that challenge the status quo are encouraged to find their own size and shape, whatever their origin. Commercial best practice is never overlooked, just because a new idea has the potential to create its own excitement. All of which is summed up in Gore's modus operandi, make money and have fun.

If you want to know more about WL Gore's support for new ideas, we can be contacted through The Cambridge Network, or by ringing Silke Kemmerling-Schoeps in Germany on +49 89 4612 2590, or by e-mail at skemmerl@wlgore.com. For a short summary of Gore's primary business interests, see our web site at www.gore.com or call the number above to receive additional information.

Creative Technologies Worldwide

Xaar's ink jet printing technology enables high quality printing on all kinds of surfaces including paper, plastic, textiles, metal and glass. Xaar licences its technology and also manufactures high performance printheads for industrial applications.

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