Key Success Stories

Brandon Medical – Winner of the Outstanding Business Achievement Award. ‘Winner of Winners’ sponsored by RBS / Natwest

“We are thrilled to receive this award. Brandon Medical are dedicated to providing new innovations to improve Hospitals and its patient care. It’s great to see our investments in research and development recognised in this way by the Chambers.”

Graeme Hall
Managing Director

May 2010

Brandon Medical are currently building the hardware platform for the virtual library of advanced surgical training. They are aiming to build the first prototype of the hardware by September 2010. The full development of the working system is set be completed before the end of 2011.

July 2010

Brandon Medical light the way for Paediatric Care starting with Great Ormond Street Hospital

By installing the world's best LED theatre lights, Brandon Medical has transformed the ocean theatres at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust (GOSH).

The Hospital continually improves their services by incorporating the latest medical technology made available to the NHS.

Brandon Medical's award winning Quasar HD-LED operating theatre uses a unique colour transformation technology to produce very high quality light from LEDs.

The light gives the best colour rendition of any operating theatre light. The nature of paediatric surgery requires high levels of light over a small surface area. Quasar HD-LED delivers an intense high quality light enabling surgeons to maximize accuracy during surgical procedures. This reduces eye strain and fatigue to enhance the surgeon's concentration.

In addition to high performance, Brandon 's Quasar was chosen for its economical and environmental features. The light has been designed to be in line with the NHS's 2012 carbon emissions target. HD-LED® lights use up to 70 per cent less energy than conventional medical lighting and have consistently exceeded the standards laid down in environmental legislation. The contribution to CO 2 reduction is approximately 1.25 tonnes per year per operating theatre, providing the Trust with substantial economic and environmental savings.

Work at GOSH has now been completed after Brandon won the contract in June 2010.

Brandon Medical is one of only 25 companies selected to represent the UK at the European Business Awards 2010!

Brandon was selected from 15,000 applicants for the ceremony held at London's Canary Wharf. Other representatives at the awards include Centrica Plc, Bovis Lend Lease and the quirky but successful British sports car manufacturer, Morgan.

The European Business Award is an independent programme designed to recognise and promote excellence, best practice and innovation in the European business community. Graeme Hall, Managing Director of Brandon Medical said “To be short listed for an award alongside companies with the stature of British Land, Admiral Group and ARM is a real privilege and a testimony to our innovation credentials.”

Brandon Medical was selected for pioneering its HD-LED and Symposia technologies. HD-LED is a technology employed in surgical lighting which is unique in offering full spectrum colour rendition, high light intensity and significantly reduced energy consumption. Brandon's Symposia is revolutionising medical communication through the use of AV technology.

Selecting the country representatives was no easy task because the judges were extremely impressed by the high calibre of entrants. Brandon Medical have shown real innovation and commercial acumen to get this far and will now battle it out to scoop a prestigious Ruban d'Honneur. Brandon will now be judged against the best of all the European countries by a panel of economists, academics, business leaders, politicians and media owners and hope to become the top scoring company and win their category.

We wish Brandon Medical the very best for the European Business Awards 2010!

GD Environmental – Winner of the Outstanding Business Achievement Award. ‘Winner of Winners’ Sponsored by RBS

Introduction

GD Environmental., a member of the South Wales Chamber of Commerce and winner of the Green Award at the national Chamber Awards 2008, have been named the ‘Winner of Winners’ for Outstanding Business Achievement. As part of their award prize, GD Environmental received a cheque for £50,000 courtesy of sponsors RBS group.

The Winning Entry:

A growing young business, GD Environmental are unique as they are one of the few companies capable of providing a complete waste management and disposal services to businesses, councils and the general public across the UK. Formed in March 2003 they have developed from a small drainage company into a national provider of many disposal services.

Paul Lynam, Chief Executive, NatWest and RBS Business Banking said: "We support over a million small businesses across Britain and yet we continue to be amazed by exceptional businesses like GD Environmental Services who stand out in every way. They are deserving winners and we look forward to seeing the business reach its true potential after receiving this life changing investment."

Life after the Awards

GD Environmental Services will use the £50,000 to help fund their Carbon Neutral Team. This local community initiative aims to raise awareness of the environment in Wales - as well has help individuals and business become greener and strive for carbon neutrality. “GD Environmental was honored to win both the BCC Green Award and the BCC Outstanding Business Achievement Award. Since the awards ceremony last year we have been featured in both local and national press which has placed the GD Environmental brand at the forefront of the waste management industry.

This new found fame has opened doors to meet many new potential clients which has been good for generating sales despite difficult economic times. Internally the award has been a catalyst for maintaining our staff’s high morale and the significant £50,000 cash prize has been influential in launching many green programs which will assure the future development of the GD Environmental brand.”

James Norvill
Managing Director