The Fast 50’s were presented to the top 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Manchester area based on annual growth over a three year period. The event was held at Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United Football Club. Torsten Schanze, Operations Manager of Nanoco Technologies, received the award on behalf of the company. [...]

Manchester-based water treatment company Arvia Technology has won the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) North West Innovation Award. The University of Manchester spin-out offers a low carbon, chemical and waste free process for the onsite treatment and recycling of industrial waste water. The technology captures pollutants using Nyex, Arvia’s patented material and then destroys [...]

UMIC are celebrating ten years of successful biotechnology incubation and growth with a major event involving industry, government and investor delegates on Wednesday 23rd September 2009. Speakers include Sir William Castell, Chairman of the Wellcome Trust and ex-CEO of Amersham plc . The event will also celebrate the 5th anniversary of UMIP and UMIC. Roundtable [...]

Manchester, England, 6th July 2009 – F2G Limited, the Manchester UK based antifungal drug discovery and development company, today announced the initiation of a Phase I clinical study of FG3622, the company’s lead antifungal drug candidate. The Phase 1 trial is a randomised, placebo-controlled study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of [...]

Paul Strzelecki has been appointed Honorary Visiting Professor at The University of Manchester, at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Paul is an alumnus of the School, a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Paul will have an enterprise focus to his role. [...]