HippoWaste™ is the trading name for Waste Management Systems Ltd, a national provider of innovative waste management solutions. It is the company behind the pioneering HippoBag - the flexible, practical alternative to skip hire.

The company offers ethical, efficient, cost-effective methods to dispose of waste for domestic, business and trade users nationwide. The company has a robust national infrastructure, strong logistical operations and offers practical waste disposal solutions focused very strongly on superior levels of service and customer care. The business has a high profile of clients and works in partnership with a multitude of high profile brands, from retail and home insurance companies to large scale construction firms. Formed 4 years ago, HippoWaste™ is a thriving operation with over 70 staff. The company already boasts strong credentials including several business award wins, an advisory position to The Environment Agency and partnerships with councils across the UK. HIPPOWASTE™ is poised for exponential growth following the roll out of its operation nationwide in 2006.

Medix is an internet service for UK doctors and provides fast access to the latest medical information.

Set up in 1999, Medix has established itself as a market leader in internet based market research in the healthcare sector. It has carried out over 850 independent surveys and works for a broad range of customers including many of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the world, leading academic institutions, other research establishments and the media. Medix's strengths lie in its brand name, its methodology, its databases, its client lists and its software. It is able to offer a high quality product with rapid delivery from first instruction to fully analysed results. The company has produced various bespoke databases for the specific purpose of market research, the largest of these covers 14,000 UK doctors. It also has panels to cover 1,000 nurses, 300 hospital pharmacists and 400 doctors that are board members of Primary Care Trusts.

Sellite Blocks Limited manufacture eco-friendly building blocks. It is an expanding and well respected business with over 50 years service to national housebuilders and builders merchants.

The company specialises in a range of lightweight concrete blocks using its own supply of the finest quality aggregates. Continued investment in the latest technology keeps Sellite at the forefront of its market sector. Sellite puts customer service and satisfaction as its number one aim and this is reinforced by extensive knowledge of the industry. The company undertakes a strong environmental policy which allows products to cure naturally without use of fossil fuels as well as pursuit of a duty of care to employees, customers and the community.

Drive Assist offers a credit-hire short-term car replacement service to help people inconvenienced by road traffic accidents.

The company works with insurance companies, brokers and repair shops and has 15 depots located throughout the UK, controlled from a head office in Tamworth. Since it was established, the company has achieved dramatic growth, starting from a small business to a company with now more than 1000 employees and an annual group turnover in excess of £150 million. The business has 15,000 vehicles in its fleet, handles over 8,000 brand for brand rentals per month and carries out a massive 20,000 vehicle movements every month.