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From
a bright idea sparked at Cambridge University, Cambridge Display
Technology is set to revolutionise display panels on everything
from watches to aircraft instrumentation. How? With even smaller,
brighter, thinner screens, thanks to its advances in light
technology. Just one more example of an East of England company
that has benefited from the largest and most developed venture
capital industry in Europe. more
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No
matter what babies and toddlers do with it Avent's Magic™
Cup doesn't spill a drop. It's just one of £80 million
worth of award-winning mother and baby products exported by
this Suffolk-based company. In fact the East of England can
boast export growth of five per cent last year, over three
times the UK average. Another innovator making it the fastest
growing export region. more
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Professor
Stephen Hawking dared to suggest that the universe has no
boundary in imaginary time, challenging our traditional perception
of the cosmos. He also found Cambridge University - and a
region that has no boundaries in imaginative thinking, home
to a concentration of brilliant minds and renowned as one
of the most important technology centres in the world. His
is just one of the brains helping to further the East of England's
interational reputation for education and learning.. more
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Bill
Jordan cooked up the UK's first ever cereal bar in 1980 for
busy people on the go, revolutionising the healthy snack market
in the process. Made from 100 per cent natural ingredients
sourced locally in Bedfordshire, from the region that produces
over half of all UK cereals. Just one of the 350,000 innovative
businesses making the East of England one of the UK's fastest
growing economies. more
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Keepsafe
Ltd, Dereham, Norfolk
Andy Keats, managing director
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Every
year over 300,000 lost dogs fail to be reunited with their
owners, a figure now falling dramatically thanks to Keepsafe,
the UK's first ever service to report lost and found dogs.
Another business start-up success story from the East of England,
where the number of people self-employed - and the new business
survivial rate - are well above the UK average. more
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The
innovators at MERL provide crash test dummies with the backbone
to stand up to anything. They also supply vital fatigue and
impact testing equipment, servicing world-beaters like NASA
and Aston Martin. MERL is one of many companies building the
East of England's reputation as a world leading centre for
technology, making it the region with the highest spend in
research and development in the UK. more
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When
Microsoft Research decided to expand outside the US it had
the whole world to choose from. So where did it want to be?
Cambridge. Surrounded by some of the best brains in the ICT
field, working in a region renowned for its ideas, the strength
of its research and development and the size and quality of
its skilled workforce. Just one of the world-class companies
contributing to the £3 billion research and development
industry in the East of England. more
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In
1980 Olympic yachtsman Keith Musto vowed to develop the world's
no.1 technical clothing brand. Today, the unique Ocean suit
is the choice of top sailors everywhere, including the RNLI
and round-the-world yacht race teams. Helped along by Musto's
Essex location near 298 miles of unspoilt coastline and its
triving watersports scene. Just one of the 350,000 businesses
making the East of England the UK's fastest growing export
region.
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