Ashley House
www.ashleyhouseplc.com
Ashley House specialises in the NHS Primary Care Trust sector and provides design, project management, construction and clinical services management. The company developed its first primary care project in 1991 and is now a national organisation with six regional offices, a team of in-house professionals that includes architects, designers and project managers. With over 200 primary care projects completed, Ashley House has a wealth of experience. A strategic alliance with Babcock & Brown gives the Company access to the LIFT market and allows the parties to jointly source and develop a stream of larger primary care projects. Ashley House plc is quoted on AIM.
Ashley House Medical Properties
www.ashleyhouseplc.com
AH Medical Properties plc is a medical property investment company, specialising in primary care assets. To date the company has acquired circa £100m of assets which are managed by Ashley House plc. Shares in AH Medical Properties plc (formerly known as Ashley House Properties Limited) are now traded on PLUS markets.
Azure Dynamics
www.azuredynamics.com
Azure Dynamics Corporation is a world leader in the development and production of hybrid electric and electric commercial and military vehicles and systems. Azure's intellectual property combined with specified components provides an affordable and effective solution for fleet managers in urban delivery, postal, courier, taxi and small shuttle bus applications. Azure’s patented Smart Energy Management Control System results in dramatic emissions reductions and improvements in fuel efficiency. Azure Dynamics is listed on the TSX (AZD) in Canada and is also listed on AIM (ADC).
Betex
www.betex.com
Betex is a London based, UK licensed bookmaker with established interests in Europe, China and the Far East. The Group’s strategic intent in Asia is reflected in successfully winning contracts to co-manage the State Sports Lottery in the Chinese Provinces of Hebei and Guizhou.
Ceres Power
www.cerespower.com
Formed in June 2001, Ceres Power was originally a spin-out company from Imperial College, London. It is now completely independent and focused on the development and commercialisation of its innovative patented solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. The SOFC technology developed by Ceres Power is the result of 15 years of research and development by a world-class technical team initially within Imperial College and during the past 3 years in purpose built facilities in Crawley. The significant design, operational and commercial advantages of Ceres Power's fuel cell alongside the flexibility of fuel supply including natural gas, propane, methane, methanol as well as hydrogen means that Ceres Power's technology matches many of the needs within the rapidly expanding global distributed power market. Target power markets for Ceres Power's technology, in the 1-25kW range, include: combined heat and power, uninterruptible power supply, auxiliary power units for vehicles and off grid applications. Ceres is listed on AIM (CWR).
Corac
www.corac.co.uk
Corac was established in 1996 to develop a high speed air compressor that exploits the use of air bearings to enable an oil-free air flow permitting the use of high-speed rotation. Its three prime development areas are oil-less air compressors, high pressure dry gas seals used in large, centrifugal compressors and down-hole gas compressors, used to enhance production from natural gas wells, through acceleration and increased ultimate recovery. Corac is listed on AIM (CRA).
Eco City Vehicles
www.ecocityvehicles.com
Formerly called Pannal, Eco City Vehicles plc has evolved as an established specialist vehicle distributor and a leading after-sales service centre for the London Taxi owner-driver market. Eco City Vehicles is in the process of expanding its product lines by distributing environmentally friendly vehicles through its existing channels to market, targeting local authorities, urban vehicle fleet owners (e.g. supermarket chains) and other business users.
Ely Capital
Ely Capital, a PLUS market quoted cash shell, was incorporated in June 2007 to provide the opportunity of financing one or more growing unquoted companies which wish to seek capital for the expansion of their businesses and a public market for their shares.
eServGlobal
www.eservglobal.com
eServGlobal provides independent and flexible network intelligence systems to telecommunications carriers worldwide, specialising in large-scale, high performance IN (Intelligent Network) environments, supporting voice and data services, for fixed-line, mobile and IP carriers. eServGlobal's solutions provide more capacity with more functionality at a lower cost that enable customers to drive subscriber revenue whilst reducing the cost of provision. eServGlobal has operations in the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and India. eServGlobal is listed on the ASX (ESV) in Australia and is also listed on AIM.
FreshXtend
www.freshxtend.com
FreshXtend is a leading provider of life extension technology to the
high growth Fresh Produce and Flower Industry and uses its technological leadership to pursue licensing opportunities. The Company’s patented technologies naturally place produce in a state of hibernation while it is being shipped, and extends the shelf life of fresh produce, flowers and juices, thereby enabling economic distribution of premium quality vine-ripened fruit and vegetables. In 2008, the Company announced an amalgamation with Nature Seal, a division of
Mantrose-Haeuser, forming a company that will jointly develop their anti-oxidant line of products. The shares were subsequently de-listed from the TSX.
Healthcare Enterprise
www.hcegroup.com
Healthcare Enterprise is an international healthcare company focused on specialised, high-value products and services worldwide. The company manufactures and markets first aid kits and other medical equipment to many FTSE 100 companies and distributor networks. The company also distributes a range of proprietary and alcohol free cleansing and decontamination products for use in the healthcare and other industries. Alcohol-based products can cause sore, dry hands, and research has shown that hospital staff would be more compliant with hand hygiene protocols if an alternative to alcohol was made available. Healthcare Enterprises is listed on AIM (HCEG)
Hiflux
Hiflux was established in 2001 to design and develop a new type of compact heat exchanger. Heat exchangers are necessary to achieve acceptable efficiencies in small gas turbines used in distributed power generators. Heat exchangers use hot turbine exhaust gas to preheat compressor delivery air before the combustor, thus reducing the amount of fuel required. Hiflux technology enables the turbo generators to run hotter than all current designs, resulting in better electrical efficiency necessary for good operating economics. Wider applications include solid oxide fuel cells and vehicle exhaust heat recovery.
Hightex
www.hightexworld.com
Hightex designs, produces and installs polymer membrane structures and intelligent buildings. Structures that they have completed include the Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai, the Berlin Olympic stadium, the new Grandstand at Ascot racecourse and the passenger terminal at the new Bangkok Airport. Hightex also focuses on developing solar IP from a number of European institutes for a variety of applications and for use in combination with its energy saving intelligent buildings. Hightex is listed on AIM (HTIG).
Hydrodec
www.hydrodec.com
Hydrodec’s technology is based on intellectual property developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Coranisation of Australia. It is an oil re-refining process designed to remove harmful contaminants, such as PCBs, DDT, PCP, HCB and dioxins from ransformer and some other speciality oils. The process also returns spent transformer oil to its virgin state and allows it to be reusedthereby creating a virtuous green cycle and furthering the aim of sovereign energy independence. Hydrodec is listed on AIM (HYR).
Mechadyne
www.mechadyne-int.com
Since 1990, Mechadyne has concentrated on the development of technologies that vary the timing of the inlet and exhaust valves in the internal combustion engine. The aim is to provide the vehicle manufacturers with engine technologies that help to meet emissions and fuel economy legislation. VVA is the only engine technology to improve emissions, fuel economy and enhance performance. These three operating parameters are the subject of continuing, hard-hitting demands of legislation as well as customer demand. Mechadyne is an intellectual property company licensing OEMs, system integrators and Tier 1 component suppliers.
Microsaic
www.microsaic.com
Microsaic is a high technology company developing and marketing next generation analysers based on Ionchip technology. Microsaic was formed in 2001 with technology developed at Imperial College London. Ionchip makes use of high-precision, ‘bottom-up’ semiconductor processes to integrate mass spectrometer components onto a chip less than one hundredth the size of a legacy system - unleashing big advantages in system, cost, weight and reliability. Microsaic develops portable mass spectrometer systems based on Ionchip. Microsaic partners with customers to deliver products incorporating Ionchip technology. Portable systems are available from Microsaic for a variety of applications including the analysis of petrochemicals, drug-bearing compounds, pollutants, chemical & biological warfare agents, explosives and narcotics.
NanoBeam
www.nanobeam.com
NanoBeam came to us as a start-up company formed to develop advanced Electron Beam Lithography systems. This uses an ultra fine beam of electrons to burn features onto surfaces at high speed and with high precision. This enabling technology will allow computer power to increase in the future at the same rate as it has done over the last 20. NanoBeam’s products are now selling to R&D institutions and the Company is targeting the semiconductor production market and licensing its patented technology for other applications.
NanoVibronix
www.nanovibronix.com
NanoVibronix Inc is engaged in research and product development of solutions for the prevention of catheter acquired infections and other non-catheter biofilm based infections. This is accomplished using its proprietary NanoShield technology, which involves applying nanowaves to surfaces where biofilm and other biological material may accumulate. In addition, the Company is exploring applications for its nanowave technology in the area of pain relief, wound healing and dermatology.
Rotala
www.rotalaplc.com
Rotala was created in 2005 with the aim of acquiring and rolling up businesses in the coach and bus sector particularly in the west Midlands from Birmingham down to Bristol. The Company which is run on an integrated hub and spoke basis to cover each area cost-effectively, has its HQ at its central Birmingham bus depot site Longacre. Rotala is listed on AIM (ROL).
Finance Ireland
www.shipireland.com
Shared Home Investment Plan Limited (S.H.I.P.) is a specialist provider of equity release products for senior citizens in Ireland who own their own homes. S.H.I.P.'s equity release schemes allow home owners aged 60 or over to release a tax free lump sum by selling S.H.I.P. a portion of their home. S.H.I.P. has also established its brand as a leading player in the Irish lifetime mortgage market since launching in May 2003. Finance Ireland is now unlisted.
1Limited
www.1limited.com
1 provides the world's leading OEMs with innovative technology solutions under licence, based on proprietary ceramic actuators and digital signal processing. Typically, 1's technology is applicable to a very high volume consumer products. 1 designs cameras for mobile phone and other portable applications using its proprietary Helimorph® technology. These designs are licensed to camera manufacturers. 1 also supplies the appropriate Helimorph® and driver IC parts for production. Camera designs can be easily customised to suit a licensee’s requirement for different lenses and sensors.