Yorkshire Medilink awards 2016

GSPK Design are delighted to announce that we have been nominated for a Partnership with the NHS award at the up and coming Yorkshire Medilink Awards which take place in Leeds on the 24th February. GSPK Design in partnership with Barnsley Hospital Assistive Technology (BHAT) ,the NIHR Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-operative (D4D) and Sheffield Hallam Teaching Hospital are developing a smart switch to help people who have acute brain injury or severe disabilities using tiny electrical signals produced by muscles (electromyography, EMG) to engage with their environment.

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From left to right, Senior Clinical Scientist and acting service lead at Barnsley Hospital, Simon Judge, Managing Director of GSPK Design Ltd, Paul Marsh and Commercial Director of D4D Ltd, Oliver Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The partnership works extremely well with D4D bringing commercial knowledge and understanding of NHS pathways, BHAT bringing clinical expertise and understanding of market and GSPK Design bringing technical ability, product design and manufacturing capabilities. A win-win for all.

The awards ceremony takes place at the Royal Armouries in Leeds on the 24th February, fingers crossed!

To read more about this project take a look here: click here

 

 

Yorkshire Medilink awards 2016

 

Some of the North Yorkshire’s most talented young entrepreneurs went head-to-head as the Young Enterprise, Yorkshire & Humber, Company Programme Competition heats up. Four teams from schools across the county found out last week which of them had earned a place in the Young Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber Grand Final due to be held at the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York on June 15th. The teams, which have been taking part in the competition to set up and run a business since September last year, have all presented to a panel of highly experienced judges, undergone rigorous interviews and set up trade stalls to their companies. The prestigious awards ceremony was held at the Pavilion’s of Harrogate on Tuesday, May 10th. This year’s teams include Pearl from King James School in Knaresborough, which makes bespoke glass and bead jewellery; tourism business Magentaprize from South Craven School in Keighley; Chains from St Aidan's C of E School Harrogate, which also makes jewellery, and; Cutting Edge from St Peter’s School in York, which produced a Chair Yoga DVD, “Get Fit Whilst You Sit” for use with the elderly and people suffering with mobility problems. Paul Marsh, Managing Director, was MC of the Ceremony, Chair of Judges and presented an award which was supported by GSPK Design Ltd . GSPK Design supported the award for Most Innovative Product/Service. Presenting the award Paul said…….."Innovation is all about change and improvement, and this year all the teams showed this in great abundance. It gave us great pleasure to present the award for Innovation, GSPK Design pride ourselves in constantly looking to improve and innovate and we felt it important to indentify and recognise this within the competition." As Chair of the Judging panel and also as MC of the event Paul went on the say……"The competition is really hotting up and the finals are going to be difficult to judge. This year there are some extremely passionate and committed young people, with business skills and acumen that would rival a lot of their seniors. Good luck to them all." Jill Tinsley, Development Manager for Young Enterprise North Yorkshire said, “ GSPK Design Ltd have given Young Enterprise tremendous support over the years. Paul Marsh in particular has been a great advocate for Young Enterprise and I’m really pleased that he was able to lead the judges and be able to hand over an award to such an enterprising company as Cutting Edge.” The overall winners Cutting Edge will now go on to compete in the Yorkshire and Humber final on June 15th at Merchant Adventurers in York, and the winner of that will represent Yorkshire and Humber in the Young Enterprise national finals on 11th – 13th July.
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