Product development and engineering consultancy, eg technology, is celebrating its 10 year anniversary in April. eg technology offers product design and development services to the medical, biotech and consumer sectors with a strong track-record of developing medical devices with CE and FDA approval.

Polatis is the world leader in optical switching technology innovations. Founded in 2005 as the merger of leading optical technology companies from Cambridge Massachusetts and Cambridge UK, Polatis combined products, technologies and resources to create new solutions for modern fibre-based networks.

Eight19 takes its name from the time it takes sunlight to reach the earth - eight minutes and 19 seconds. It’s mission is to develop the technologies and manufacturing processes that will bring off-grid solar power to a new generation of users, transforming lives and accelerating economic development.

Dawson King is CEO of pioneering healthcare startup, Cambridge Healthcare Ltd. The company is working in partnership with the NHS and Connecting for Health to develop howareyou.com, an e-Health portal for patients and healthcare professionals. The portal will integrate with the NHS IT infrastructure and provide the platform for an unlimited number of healthcare applications.

Liz Basing's Civil Service career has spanned a range of HQ and regional roles, all with a business focus and including industry sponsorship, economic intelligence, grant appraisal on both national and European schemes and a stint in the then DTI strategy unit.

With major research sites in Cambridge UK and Vienna in Austria, F-star is leading the development of the next generation of therapeutic antibodies and antibody fragments based on its unique Modular Antibody Technology.

G-TT is a marine technology start-up which in a key strategic move appointed Cambridge Consultants to help with the development of its tidal stream turbines. G-TT promises to revolutionise tidal energy in the same way that jet engines changed the face of aviation. Its turbines use natural water movement to tap energy from the tidal stream, helping to bring more cost effective renewable energy to the world.

Matthew Borg is the co-managing partner of Information Transfer, a learning technology and training consultancy company based on Newmarket Road in the heart of Cambridge. Its international clients include household names such as Nestlé, GlaxoSmithKline, United Biscuits, Cotswold Outdoor, Priory Group and Thames Valley Police. This year the company celebrates 30 years at the forefront of training innovation and is actively recruiting.