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Generis Technology: Developing Leading Solutions for the Utilities Market Mar19300
Sussex-based Vent-Axia Welcomes Oxford Nanopore Launches MinIT, a Healthy Homes and Buildings Powerful Analysis Device to Enable Real Generis Technology : “Our strength lies White Paper Time, Portable DNA Sequencing
Developing Leading Solutions for the Utilities Market
Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthy Homes and Buildings’ White Paper ‘Building our The White Paper makes clear recommendations to the Government on how it can improve standards in housing to benefit occupants’ health and wellbeing. This follows on from the APPG’s green paper published last year which set out the political, economic and business case for healthy homes and buildings. The White Paper details how, as a nation, healthy homes and buildings can and should be delivered. These fall under three overarching recommendations. • The Government needs to establish a cross-departmental committee for health and buildings to champion change; recognising the interaction between buildings, health, education and the economy. •
To grow the research and evidence base to develop a clear case for further Government action to improve new build standards.
• To make renovation of current housing stock and infrastructure a Government priority and develop plans for retrofitting that takes a holistic approach to maximising health and wellbeing. Within these recommendations to help overcome the problem of unhealthy homes the White Paper calls for better and consistent building standards and
regulations. It also calls for both New Build building design and building renovations to consider health and wellbeing and take a holistic approach to consider elements such as ventilation, air quality, lighting and acoustics.
“At Vent-Axia we are committed to sharing the importance of ventilation with households to help protect public health. We therefore support the publication of the APPG’s White Paper and welcome its recommendations,” said Jenny Smith, Marketing Manager at Vent-Axia “Ventilation is often overlooked when implementing energy efficiency measures in homes. This can have a detrimental effect on indoor air quality. Without good ventilation in a home air quality can potentially deteriorate and as a result can lead to condensation, mould and a build-up of toxic chemicals. We are therefore delighted that the White Paper calls for a national renovation strategy that takes a holistic approach to building renovation and that it recommends improved standards and regulations, which will improve installer best practice.” A staggering 65% of homes in the UK suffer from poor indoor air quality (IAQ) as a result of inadequate ventilation. This is having a significant negative impact on the health of people in their homes with poor IAQ contributing towards many serious health problems such as asthma, lung cancer, strokes and cardiovascular disease.
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In the White Paper it cites that poor IAQ is reported to cost the UK over 204,000 healthy life years, with 45% of those lost to cardiovascular diseases, 23% to asthma and allergy and 15% to lung cancer with the Royal College of Physicians warning in 2016 that indoor air pollutants cause at a minimum, thousands of deaths per year and are associated with healthcare costs in the order of ‘tens of millions of pounds’.
Programme is to be published by March 2019.
MinIT is equipped with a state-of-the-art NVIDIA AGX system, to enable real-time, high-throughput data analysis. It is preconfigured with software for quick setup and easy operation of the MinION. The pocket sized MinIT is powered by mains or separately available Established in 1995, Generis Technology Limited has provided battery packs,cost-effective so that it can be The publication of the White used either in a lab environment utilities market. On the back of their recognition in new builds, Vent-Axia’s Papersolutions follows hot onfor the Britain’s heels of For or out in the field. DEFRA’s new Clean Air Strategy Sentinel Kinetic mechanical To help protect health in the home Vent-Axia has been working hard to provide ventilation solutions to improve IAQ for households. Designed to work with the natural air infiltration, continuous ventilation systems control the air path through the home, preventing the migration of damaging humidity and pollutants, such as VOCs.
the SME Top 100 programme, we spoke with Dave Rice, Sales and Marketing Support Manager for Generis, to find out how they have become one of the leading companies in this highly competitive sphere.
At such high levels of data generation, powerful processing power is required to achieve the real time data analysis uniquely offered by nanopore sequencing technology. The MinIT, based on NVIDIA, is as much as 7X faster than a typical CPU based laptop and can be operated using a tablet or mobile phone. It can also be used alongside a less powerful laptop/computer.
The MinIT has been tested by ventilation with heat recovery consultation, published on 22 Since its introduction in 2014 and scientists in the field, looking at: (MVHR) system boasts an May 2018, which confirmed commercial launch in 2015, the impressive 94% thermal the importance of clean air in volume of DNA sequence data • Fighting viruses that destroy efficiency. For private the home. This draft strategy Generis Technology refurbishments, has made its name programme for the integration of SMETS1 meters into Flow Vent-Axia’s outlines the Government’s produced by a single MinION crops: Researchers in East through a commitment to creating the DCC framework.” Cell has increased more than Lo-Carbon Svara offers quiet, ambitions to reduce air pollution, Africa have used the MinIT innovative, effective disturbance-free running helping making our air healthier to reliable and 100-fold. With the latest ‘Rev-D’ and MinION to characterise solutions. As a resultensure of this, good they have Beyond the United Kingdom, the sale of our Meter indoor air quality breathe, protecting nature and chip, released last week, users pathogens affecting Cassava amassed impressive base, Asset Management as a Service (MaMaaS), which and client comfort. Meanwhile the boosting the economy, withanthe can generate as much as 30Gb plants. Performing their comprised of some of thefor biggestLo-Carbon names in the UK’sand thecrucially Revive new builds on the stability of and the investment draft setting a clear direction of data with a single MinION experiments on a blanket, sector. Here and Dave offers PoziDry more insight intoPIV unit has in our market leading B-Smart platform, has plugged Pro™ been future energy air quality policies Flow Cell, the equivalent of ~10X under a tree on a smallholding firm’s services: closed “Generis specialises in specifically Industry regulatory hole in the Nordics AMI market with our designed withasocial goals.the The consultation genome. farm in Tanzania, the team Messaging for the for suppliers, first MaMaaS customerhuman going live in early April with housing in mind offering an in August 2018 and theGas finalindustry UK meter asset managers,effective meter operators more customers in advanced talks for taking up the continuous ventilation Cleanshippers, Air Strategy and detailed andAir retailers. OurControl solutions enable our clients to service offering. solution for residents. National Pollution manage their data and processes to assure business efficiency alongside compliance to regulation with the Finally, the conversation turns to the future of additional vision of maintaining a market edge.” Generis Technology, as they look to expand into new areas. “We see prepayment and Pay-As-You-Go Crucially, Generis’ experience and in-depth metering and such innovative offerings as an area knowledge has positioned them as experts when it that will expand in 2019 as the number of SMETS1 comes to developing software that copes with the and SMETS2 meters enrolled into the UK’s DCC demands of an ever-changing industry. Looking to increases. Additionally, we are developing a suite of the future, and emphasising the challenges that are service options to help and support our customers facing the industry, Dave continues, “At the moment, in offering simple-to-use services for vulnerable the biggest challenge facing the industry is the supply customers and any that may face fuel poverty – this and installation of the requisite SMETS2 meters. As is high on our agenda utilising our System Based part of the Landis + Gyr Group, we have been at the Prepayment solution.” forefront of developing software that will complement the roll out of smart meters, providing a service to Company: Generis Technology Limited Powerful Analysis Device - DNA Sequencing, MinIT. process the Certificate Signing Requests (CSR) and Name: Dave Rice Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) files necessary Address: Suite 4A, for energy suppliers to be able to deploy SMETS2 Manchester International Office Centre, smart meters effectively, efficiently and above all, Styal Road, Manchester, securely. In addition, we are also performing a key M22 5WB, United Kingdom role in the provision of UTRN generation software Website: www.generis.co.uk (electronic top ups) for the Enrolment and Adoption Telephone: +44 (0)161 499 7686
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in the deep-rooted utilities experience of our employees coupled with the reliability and adaptability of our product suite.”
MinIT, a rapid analysis and device control accessory for nanopore DNA sequencing, is now
characterised viruses responsible for cassava disease, from sample to answer in under three hours. This provides scientists and farmers with essential information when trying to fight plant pathogens to improve crop productivity. • Marine research: This week, a cohort of 11 undergraduate students deployed the MinIT and MinION aboard a research vessel (Sikuliaq) in the Bering sea. They performed onboard analysis of seawater, examining communities of marine microorganisms. Getting real-time data during research expeditions that could last weeks or months will be useful to environmental scientists seeking to understand biodiversity in the ocean, and
how climate change can affect microorganisms in the sea.\
• MinIT is compatible with MinION, and also Flongle – an adapter for MinION that allows rapid, lower cost, smaller tests. Nanopore users have indicated that the MinIT will be used alongside MinION or Flongle in a variety of scenarios including rapid characterisation of infectious disease samples, cancer research, environmental analyses and food testing. Additionally, MinIT also comes preconfigured with software to run nanopore sequencing experiments, removing the need for configuration of a laptop. The instrument software MinKNOW, and real-time analysis platform for nanopore data, EPI2ME, can both be run on MinIT.
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Hush Minoan Partnership Ltd
Hush Minoan Partnership Ltd
Best Project & Cost Management Company 2018
Drawing on a vast wealth of experience, Hush Minoan work with both a range of companies and individuals across the leisure, education, retail and healthcare markets. The firm provides a pragmatic, focused and practical service to clients to help them achieve their objectives and to fulfil their aspirations by delivering exemplar projects. Debra talks us through the firm’s approach and how this has helped it to achieve success in this competitive market.
“At Hush Minoan, our key business driver is to deliver a model for success that sets the benchmark for our client’s projects. We are proud of the
innovation, flexibility, commitment and technical excellence that we bring to projects and recognise that that the opportunity to deliver exemplar projects and property solutions begins with client’s who entrust us with their assets. To date all of our business has been generated by personal recommendation or referral and we are rightly proud that our clients have a level of confidence in our performance such that they are prepared to commend our services to others. “With a demonstrable and successful track record to date, our business philosophy is to create and develop business relationships that will last for the long term. Our aim is to work with progressive and likeminded
clients and strategic partners who recognise and embrace our core values and with whom we can develop mutually beneficial opportunities. We offer a flexible, responsive and highly personal service that is instrumental in not only helping clients realise the full value and potential of their assets. Our philosophy is simple, we believe in a ‘common sense’ professional approach underpinned by providing imagination, clear direction, sound advice, open and honest communications and appropriate, informative reporting.” Specifically, the firm has vast experience in the Adventure Golf market, a burgeoning space which Hush Minoan has vast knowledge of. Debra shares this knowledge with us and discusses how her company is making a name for itself in this growing sector.
“One of the key niche markets we operate in is the Adventure Golf Course Design & Build sector and trade as HM adventure Golf
in this environment. We are one of the leading course design and build contractors and to date have completed over 45 courses, the creativity and theming standards of our courses are exemplary. Projects are carried out both UK and worldwide, with the South having its fair share of the courses carried out over the past 4-5 years. “Currently, the trend in Adventure Golf is bigger theming and increased interactive opportunities for the visitors. The trend within leisure as a whole is to always be developing the ‘next big thing’ and Hush Minoan are working on a number of projects in Leisure to realise the demand for something new and aim to be at the forefront of the next wave of leisure attractions.” Cultivating the impressive reputation that the firm has today would have been impossible without a dedicated team, and as such Debra is
understandably keen to discuss her staff and the culture she works to create for them.
“Internally, our ethos, which is central to our success, is that if we all work together then we all succeed together. We are a family run firm with a family feel, supporting all our teams work life balances to ensure their family life and work life are harmonious especially our team member with young families. “Additionally, we also try and ensure everyone experiences life at the front line in some way shape or form so everyone can understand the product we are creating for our clients and also the pressures of delivering the attractions and buildings we do and to this end we ensure that everyone is very relaxed in their work and that the relationships in the organisation are all based on mutual respect as without the teamwork the business will not succeed. We encourage all the team to be part of the creative
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brainstorming at the beginning of each project this we have found encourages all to really feel invested in the project and helps to improve our performance.” As she looks to the future Debra is optimistic that Hush Minoan can build upon its current success and grow even further thanks to its upcoming projects, as she excitedly concludes.
“For Hush Minoan the future is looking very bright, with many tenders submitted and enquiries in the leisure sector as busy as they have ever been. We have three Adventure Golf Courses about to commence in Skegness, Belfast and West London with two school classroom, art block, and changing room builds to commence in early 2019. We are also increasing our international portfolio of projects and are keen to add to our team to achieve this. These developments will keep us busy and offer us the chance to further enhance our already impressive success.“
Company: Hush Minoan Partnership Ltd Contact: Debra Baker Address: Unit 5 Bagbury Park, Lydiard Millicent, Swindon, SN5 3LW, UK Phone: 0 1793872600 Web Address: www.hm-adventuregolf.com
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Pixie Media
eCommerce Agency of the Year 2018 Nestled half way between Exeter and Plymouth, Pixie Media is an award-winning Magento out more and explore how it has achieved the incredible success it enjoys today. Established in 2014, Pixie Media offers a collective experience of over 20 years. Working closely alongside their clients, the firm aims to be a reliable and conscientious partner. A pioneer in the industry, Pixie Media is Devon’s first and only Magento Solution Partner. The firm comprises of a team of certified Magento developers, digital professionals and solution providers who have come together to create a design and development agency with an enormous wealth of knowledge and skill from both client-side and agency-side environments. Magento is the most popular ecommerce platform available today. Renowned for outstanding functionality and ultra-friendly admin use-ability, Magento
deserves its reputation as the definitive platform for growth, and as such Pixie Media is proud to utilise this innovative tool for the benefit of its clients and their businesses. There are over 250,000 live ecommerce sites around the world powered by Magento, from plucky start-ups to the likes of Samsung and North Face. Magento is an enterprise level ecommerce platform which is available in a free-to-download Open Source edition, or as a licensed Magento Commerce edition. The team at Pixie Media have worked extensively with both and can help their clients decide which version is the right choice for their business.
features, or creating bespoke functionality, Pixie Media’s talented team of Magento developers are highly skilled in building custom applications which plug directly into the Magento framework. The team follow the very highest standards of coding practices, complimenting existing code patterns to ensure that their new modules slot in seamlessly. From responsive Magento design, to custom cart functionality, events, news or even booking engines, potential clients can get in touch with Devon’s best Magento developers to take their ecommerce store to the next level. Additionally, thanks to its vast expertise in a range of
languages, platforms and across digital media, Pixie Media is able to manage the most complex and diverse projects entirely in-house. This commitment to offering clients a comprehensive, quality solution is what sets the agency apart from its competitors and marks it out as the best possible option for their valued clients. Ultimately, Pixie Media is proud to be a team of developers with years of experience architecting, designing, building and extending this superb platform for clients across the globe, making this dynamic and innovative team the perfect Magento partner for your next project.
Out of the box, Magento comes with a wealth of premium ecommerce features, but when it comes to extending existing
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Broadway Dental Care
2018 - West Sussex Previously a winner in the SME News’ 2018 UK Enterprise Awards, Broadway Dental Care’s highquality support and service has earned it another prestigious accolade.
get Invisalign treatment – clear braces that straighten the teeth, they know that they are in safe hands, as the team at Broadway Dental Care value their trust and aim to do everything that they can to make their appointments comfortable and stress-free.
From the beginning, the practice’s aim has always been to ensure that every patient becomes a patient for life. As such, the team aim to provide professional, honest advice, which is supported by high quality, gentle care that is made to last.
A vast array of treatments is available, ranging from routine check-ups, fillings, dental implants and dentures through to more innovative solutions, including teeth whitening, teeth straightening with the Invisalign system (removable clear braces with reliable, quick and predictable results) preventive measures and smile makeovers. Specifically, for anxious patients,
Whether the client visits the practice for a routine professional cleaning or sees the dentist to
the practice can support them through their treatment to ensure that they feel safe and supported throughout the process. The dental practice offers a calm and soothing environment, to alleviate patient anxiety, and the team are always on hand to answer questions and provide support. For those who cannot go through with the treatment, sedation therapies are also on offer. With many penitents now living hectic lives, for ease the practice also offers Saturday and evening appointments, as well as an outof-hours emergency service, so that clients can rest assured that the team at Broadway Dental
Care will always be there when they need them. Thanks to its already incredible success, Broadway Dental Care is now in the process of expanding the practice from two surgeries to four to meet everrising demand. This will allow the practice to support an even wider array of patients over the years to come. They will also be having some new technology which allow them to provide same day crowns or bridges with the Cerec machine. An impressive treatment option that allows a situation which would normally take 2 weeks with multiple visits to be completed all in 1 visit.
Company: Broadway Dental Care Contact: Amarjit Sohal Address: 40 The Broadway, West Sussex, Crawley, RH10 1HG, UK Phone: 01293 428342 Website: www.thecrawleydentist.co.uk
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