Yorkshire Science

Yorkshire Science sponsors Innovation at Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business Awards

Yorkshire Science was pleased to support the inaugural Yorkshire Post Excellence in Business, held at the Queens Hotel (19 October 2006) by sponsoring the Innovation Category.

Director of Yorkshire Science, Dr Trevor Gregory commented:

"The fact that Yorkshire Post has included Innovation as a category within its latest awards, show how important this is becoming as part of the business agenda. We were very pleased by the standard of entry and all those that took part, and in particular the short listed companies, were innovative, not only in their products, but also in the processes they employed.

"We have to work hard to ensure that more businesses understand the importance of innovation for competitive edge and work towards a knowledge driven economy."

This hard fought category was won by Huddersfield based firm, Myfotowall, which allows customers to create bespoke wallpaper form their favourite photographs or images. Its impressive client portfolio includes global brands such as IKEA, Bentley Motor Cars and the Aston Martin Heritage Trust. The company has ambitious plans for growth, aiming for a turnover of £5m in 2007 with anticipated orders in the region of 136,000 per year by 2009.

Stephen Armitage, MD of Myfotowall said:

"We are extremely pleased to be awarded Innovation of the Year at this years prestigious Excellence in Business Awards. It marks recognition of the patented myfotowall process and encourages our dream to grow and further develop the company."