Graduates

Thread

Thread – web design

Thread is an integrated agency with proven expertise and outstanding credentials in Strategy, Marketing and Technology. Using a mix of best practices and innovative thinking from each of these three areas, we work to improve your business success.

Loadsofoffers.com

Loadsofoffers.com – discounted e-vouchers

We offer discounted e-Vouchers direct to your mobile phone or downloaded to your computer ready to print out and use in many of the leading high street stores. All you need to do is register and start saving today on your purchases and at your regular high street store.

Intercytex

Intercytex – tissue regeneration

Intercytex is a healthcare company developing and commercialising innovative cell therapy products to restore and regenerate skin and hair. Intercytex is using its fully integrated proprietary cell therapy platform to develop products that harness the innate ability of human cells to regenerate and repair the body.

Syngenta

Syngenta – sustainable agriculture solutions

Syngenta is a world-leading agribusiness committed to sustainable agriculture through innovative research and technology. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in the high-value commercial seeds market. Sales in 2006 were approximately $8.1 billion. Syngenta employs around 19,500 people in over 90 countries

Motac

Motac Neuroscience – brain function diagnostic development

Motac provides services to clients in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry to aid the discovery and development of diagnostics and therapeutics to treat disorders of higher brain function (eg movement disorders, Parkinson’s). These services include the progression of novel therapeutics through preclinical and clinical trials.

UK Biobank

UK Biobank – providing resources for medical researchers

UK Biobank is a long-term project aimed at building a comprehensive resource for medical researchers. The full project will get underway in 2006, when it will begin to gather information on the health and lifestyle of 500,000 volunteers aged between 40 and 69. Following consent, each participant will be asked to donate a blood and urine sample, have some standard measurements (such as blood pressure) and complete a confidential lifestyle questionnaire. Over the next 20 to 30 years UK Biobank will allow fully approved researchers to use these resources to study the progression of illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. From this they hope to develop new and better ways of preventing, diagnosing and treating such problems. Data and samples will only be used for ethically and scientifically approved research. Issues such as consent, confidentiality, and security of the data are guided by an Ethics and Governance Framework overseen by an independent council chaired by Professor Alastair V. Campbell of Bristol University.

UK Cord Blood Bank

Commercial Cord Blood Bank

The UK Cord Blood Bank (UKCBB) recevies and processes cord blood samples from throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East, to support parents who have chosen to collect their baby’s stem cells for possible future use. As part of the world renowned New England Cryogenic Center which was founded in Boston USA in 1982, UKCBB was the first private cord blood bank in the UK and has provided cord blood processing and storage services to thousands of clients throughout Europe since 2000.