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GW Pharmaceuticals
Inzpire Limited
Inzpire has been recognised for excellence in innovation for the second time for its next generation GECOmilitary mission planning system. Designed by ex-military aviators and industry-leading engineers, Inzpire’s GECOmission support system enhances safety and effectiveness for military aircraft operations. Consisting of ground-basedmission planning tools and a ruggedised tablet, which is used in-flight to assist aircrew during complex military operations, the systemhas been in use with the UK Ministry of Defence for over a decade and is used by a number of international armed forces. Inzpire won its first Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Innovation in 2014 for the tablet alone. Since then, the company’s mission systems experts have been working tirelessly to enhance the capability, allowing aircrew to plan,
GWPharmaceuticals is a UK-based global biopharmaceutical company that has established a world-leading position in cannabinoid science and medicine. Throughout its history, GW has successfully unlocked the potential of the cannabis plant, leading to the development and regulatory approval of world- first, potentially life improving, cannabis-based medicines. GW’s work has resulted in the treatment of thousands of patients with its medicines around the world, and it remains committed to leveraging its experience, expertise and extensive body of research in cannabinoid science to treat other diseases where significant unmet need exists. Dr GeoffreyWGuy, GW
fly and debrief missions from beginning to end. The system can now be used by multiple aircraft at once, and allows communications between aircraft during flight using an instant messaging tool. INZPIRE LIMITED Landmark House West, Unit 1B Alpha Court, Kingsley Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN6 3TA Tel: +44 (0)1522 688231 info@inzpire.com PAC Group design, manufacture and install carbon composite preformers and resin transfer infusion systems, which have been purchased by globally leading automotive and aerospace companies, such as McLaren, Bombardier and Spirit AeroSystems. The Group holds 42 patents on the hardware and software, which is used in the production PAC Group
Founder and Chairman, says: “We are honoured to receive such a prestigious award for British businesses. When Dr BrianWhittle and I founded GW 23 years ago our mission was to improve the lives of seriously ill patients by unlocking the potential of the cannabis plant through rigorous scientific investigations and extensive clinical trials.”
GW preparing its medicines for patients.
GW PHARMACEUTICALS Sovereign House Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge CB24 9BZ Tel: +44 (0)1980 557000 • www.gwpharm.com
Inzpire’s mission planning system allows aircrew to plan and rehearse a mission before take-off. Photo Credit: MOD Crown Copyright 2016, SAC Connor Payne
The Letting Partnership
With a mission to raise industry standards, The
Letting Partnership delivers outsourced client accounting and client money protection services to letting agents. They are proud to have developed the Client Money HealthCheck, a proprietary web-based system and analytical programme. Designed to automatically identify irregularities and discrepancies
in client money handling and areas of non-compliance, it protects the funds of landlords and tenants and removes the need for on-site audits. Client Money HealthChecks are recognised and accepted as a convenient and trusted alternative to conventional audits. They are used by agents of all sizes nationwide, puttingThe Letting Partnership at the forefront of industry innovation. With a team of specialist advisors, and a background working in the letting industry, the company understand agents’ needs from the ground up. The business will continue in its mission to improve standards and public perception of the letting industry for the benefit of all stakeholders. THE LETTING PARTNERSHIP Second Floor, 3 Liverpool Gardens, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1TF Tel: 01903 477900 • enquiries@thelettingpartnership.co.uk www.thelettingpartnership.co.uk @LettingPartner the-letting-partnership
of carbon composite structures and components – reducing the number of component parts, overall manufacture time, and energy consumption during manufacture in comparison to traditional techniques. The machines are an integral part of the manufacture process of the Airbus A220 wings, the first time a certified commercial aircraft wing has been made using resin transfer infusion. The composite wings are 10% lighter than their metal counterpart, which reduces fuel use in flight and contributes to a reduction in carbon emissions. PAC GROUP Units 35-37 Somerton Industrial Estate, Dargan Crescent, Belfast BT3 9JB Tel: +44 (0)28 9336 4600 • info@pacgroup.co.uk • www.pacgroup.co.uk
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