Appleyard Lees is a leading UK intellectual property (IP) law firm serving international companies through expertise in patents, trademarks, intellectual property, etc. The data-driven report creation and media relations activity we undertook with the firm won the Gold award for Corporate and Business Communications Campaign at the 2022 CIPR North West Awards.

XCellr8 is a GLP-accredited laboratory committed to animal-free safety and efficacy tests for the cosmetics, personal case and chemical industries. Its clients include high street retail brands, large ingredient manufacturers and fast-growth SMEs.

Zurich is one of the UK’s leading insurance companies and one of the world’s largest insurance groups.

ApconiX – founded by former, senior drug safety professionals from AstraZeneca, provides non-clinical safety expertise in drug discovery and drug development.

Fitfactory provides MRP software to support manufacturers’ digital transformation programmes – helping them work smarter, become more agile and productive.

G2O Water Technologies (G2O) is a company using patented graphene innovation and technology for water treatment and filtration applications. Its scientific process reduces the cost of treating wastewater by applying a coating of graphene oxide to water filter membranes.

Cogent Skills, The North West-based science sector skills body, is tasked with increasing the level of skills across the UK science sectors (including pharmaceuticals and chemicals) and the take-up of available match-funding that was available for training and talent development (including apprenticeships, internships and placements) through the Government-funded Science Industry Partnership.