One of the UK’s best kept manufacturing secrets has been named as the Medium Business of the Year at the Business Desk Masters Awards last night. Brandauer, which produces millions of high tolerance metal pressings and stampings every week for customers in 25 different countries, beat off competition from...
Highly Praised BEAMS System Wins Another Major Award
The Bedside Equipment Alarm Monitoring System (BEAMS) from Tutum Medical Ltd has been highly praised after winning the Building Better Healthcare Award for Best Communications System 2022. The BEAMS monitoring system for single-bed patient rooms and four to six bay wards enables nurses to significantly improve response times to critical...
MHRA Announcement – 12-month Extension to UKCA Standstill Period
Whilst not totally unexpected, it was a major relief to hear the announcement from the MHRA, of a 12-month extension to the current standstill period, with legislation on the future UK Medical Device regime now due to come into force a year later, in July 2024. You can find a...
Entries open for annual Medilink Midlands Business Awards
Entries are now open for the 2023 Medilink Midlands Business Awards – the annual event celebrating the achievements, innovations, and breakthroughs of life sciences companies across the East and West Midlands. Medilink Midlands is the Midlands life sciences industry association with a vision to stimulate the growth of the Midlands...
Major reforms to NHS tech agenda accelerated
Plans to merge NHS Digital with NHS England accelerated to early January 2023 to support Our plan for patients. Move will streamline data sharing processes across the NHS – benefitting patients while ensuring rigorous data protection safeguards remain in place Improved data sharing will ensure patients get more streamlined care...
HMRC R&D Statistics Update
Twice a year HMRC releases their latest stats about the R&D relief schemes, with September’s release showing continued growth in the SME Scheme. In addition, HMRC reported a 7% increase in the number of companies claiming to 89,300 for 2020/21, which will continue to climb as claims can still be submitted...
Birmingham: The emerging medical technology hotbed
Professor Gino Martini, CEO of the Precision Health Technologies Accelerator (PHTA Ltd), explains why Birmingham is the emerging hotbed of medtech innovation and development. Before taking this role, I knew that Birmingham and the West Midlands had the largest medtech cluster in the UK – with 1,000 businesses and a...
Healthtech start-up BlueSkeye AI raises £3.4m to transform mental health diagnoses
Award winning, early stage Healthtech company, BlueSkeye AI Ltd, has secured £3.4m in funding to pursue its mission to improve people’s quality of life through the use of its proprietary face and voice analysis technology. The round was led by XTX Ventures, which invested alongside Foresight Group (through The Midlands...
Six new trainees join Forresters
Forresters has recruited six trainees across its London, Birmingham and Munich offices, as part of the firm’s commitment to developing talent and expertise for the future. Joining the firm are Elliot Farrell, Timothy Bone, Jacob Tyszka, Benjamin Page, Niama Knapp and Katarina Stefkova. In the Birmingham office, Jacob Tyszka and...
The rising cost of a data breach: Top six considerations for your business
As digitalisation continues to permeate the world we live in, our burgeoning cross-sector reliance on technology provides an ever-swelling opportunity for cybercriminals. As cybersecurity evolves, these criminals have become equally sophisticated in their tactics. Consequently, the average cost of a data breach has continued to rise. Every security incident where...