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Two new interns joint Mint Consult

We are excited to welcome Jade Aldworth and Neil Kelly to the growing team of developers at Mint Consult.

The appointments made through the UEA and part-funded by the Norfolk and Suffolk LEP allows the company to help local graduates obtain and develop skills whilst also opening up their career prospects.

The appointments of Jade Aldworth and Neil Kelly add to the strength of the Mint Consult team. Both have relevant degrees obtained from the University in the past 3 years. Mint has previously worked with the UEA to identify talent and in 2014 successfully recruited Josh Rayman following a 12 week internship with the company.

Mark Donaldson, CEO of Mint Consult said; “The UEA scheme has proven very successful for connecting industry with recent graduates, and we are delighted to be able to offer young people the opportunity to gain relevant work experience and ultimately enter employment”.

New appointment to support rapid growth

We are delighted to report that Josh Rayman joins as a full time developer following successfully completing a 12 week internship with the company, organised through the University of East Anglia.

Josh brings with him experience of web development, graphic design and software development.

Internship through UEA

We are delighted to report that Mint has appointed Josh Rayman in August 2014 as a software developer.  He joins following successfully completing his degree at the UEA and has specific interests in web design, software development and graphic design.

We welcome Josh to the team for the next 12 weeks.

MIS going live……

September 2013 see’s Mint Consult’s sister company officially launching. The sister company first went live a year ago and has been working to support Mint Consult’s activities, undertaking several projects and Sage installations.  We are now pleased to say that the official launch of Mint MIS is just around the corner. It’s an exciting time for everyone at Mint on both sides of the business and we look forward to updating you on our hopeful success and planned growth in the near future.

Mint MIS are certified Sage business partners that specialise in the sale and support of Sage 50 Accounts, Payroll and ACT! They also sell the complete line of Sage 50 products from Forecasting to Instant Accounts. Mint MIS are also in the process of developing bespoke online dashboards (in support of Excel based dashboards) to help businesses understand and implement their KPI’s. They are also utilising Roambi, a mobile app business intelligence solution that transforms data from major BI systems into highly immersive dashboard style mobile analytics.

Specialist Edge returns

Mint’s blog shall be restarting soon following the release of our fourth birthday newsletter. We are looking forward to reintroducing our technical content feature ‘Specialist Edge’. The latest series of articles will be on the ever more important ‘Auto Enrolment’ legislation. Over the coming months, we shall welcome David Perry (Head of Employee Benefits) from the Alan Boswell Group to contribute to this series of articles introducing the new legislation changes which are designed to encourage employees to save for their retirement.

The series shall be released over the next few months in our newsletters. Please subscribe to our newsletters here

 

Funding success

Funding Success Atlantic Healthcare Group

We are delighted to announce that our Director Mark Donaldson has had great success with client Atlantic Healthcare in attaining a £1.89million grant from the Technology Strategy Board.  Mark played a large role in the success of the application, from initial drafting, review and submission, through to writing the final presentation in support of the application.

The success is added to the already successful fundraising activities that have undertaken at Atlantic Healthcare. The £1.89million will part fund the preparation and execution of a single pivotal phase III trial for Atlantic’s first product; Alicaforsen, a unique drug for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).

If you would like more information on Atlantic Healthcare or to understand more on how Mint Consult can help your business, please contact Mark Donaldson on 01603 516350 or 07940 306900.

New city centre office

Mint Consult has recently moved, the relocation to a new office in the centre of Norwich, having outgrown the previous space, sufficiently supports our growth plans for the future, as we look to develop and replicate the success of the last few years. The new office allows us to provide better meeting spaces and allows us to work more closely with our clients. With the Train Station just a 2 minute walk away and the city centre just a 5 minute walk we are ideally located to reach clients in and around the centre and look forward to have the opportunity to show people our new working environment.

New Appointment – Sept 2012

We are delighted to report that Mint MIS (Mint Consults sister company) has recently appointed Will Burden as a trainee MI consultant. Will joined Mint in Sept 2012 through a direct approach to the Company.  He joins during his gap year ahead of going to university in Sept 2013. Will studied Economics, History and Business studies at Reepham College.

 

Will enjoys meeting new people in business and understanding the complexities and day to day challenges of early stage business.  Will is primarily focusing on Mint Consult’s sister company, Mint Management Information Systems which will launch in early 2013. As authorised Sage agents, the Mint Group is meeting demand for new products and services which Will is managing.  Will is involved in all aspects of the business including the following:

– Marketing Mint MIS and Sage product portfolio

– Supporting the development of MI systems

– Social media

– Brand development

Atlantic Healthcare funding success

Atlantic Healthcare Group

Atlantic Healthcare specialises in the acquisition and commercialisation of drugs meeting unmet medical needs of patients managed in the hospital and specialist care environments in Europe and United States, that fall below a commercial threshold of ‘big pharma’. This sector of the healthcare market continues to grow and is one in which the Management Team of Atlantic has deep industry experience having successfully launched and acquired more than 40 drugs.

Atlantic has previously raised £4.3m of investment from angel investors and family offices to progress and prepare its first product; alicaforsen, a unique drug for the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), for full commercialisation.

Mark Donaldson, appointed as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, headed the process announced in November, to raise £500k of expansion capital to take the product into profitability in the second half of 2012.  Some three months later the funding round was oversubscribed and the company had received applications to subscribe for approximately twice the original raise. The additional investment will be used to further accelerate growth internationally.

Atlantic Healthcare appointed Richard Wood as Chairman in 2011, having retired from Genus plc after taking them as CEO from a £30m UK turnover company to a £300m FTSE 250 listed company operating in 30 countries.

If you would like more information on Atlantic Healthcare or to understand more on how Mint Consult can help your business, please contact Mark Donaldson on 0845 8057390 or 07940 306900.

Client update: Fundraising round opens

Atlantic Healthcare Group

 

Atlantic Healthcare specialises in the acquisition and commercialisation of drugs meeting unmet medical needs of patients managed in the hospital and specialist care environments in Europe and United States, that fall below a commercial threshold of ‘big pharma’. This sector of the healthcare market continues to grow and is one in which the Management Team of Atlantic has vast experience having successfully launched and acquired more than 40 drugs.

 

Atlantic has raised £4.3m of investment to date to progress and prepare its first product; alicaforsen, which is a unique drug used to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) for full commercialisation.

 

Mark Donaldson, acting as the company’s Chief Financial Officer, has recently announced that Atlantic plans to raise £500k of expansion capital to take the product into profitability in the second half of 2012.  Mark is currently assisting Atlantic with the development of investment material and presentations while also presenting and pitching to potential investors.

 

Atlantic Healthcare recently appointed Richard Wood as Chairman, who retired from Genus plc in September 2011, after taking them as CEO from a £30m UK turnover company to a £300m FTSE 250 listed company operating in 30 countries.

 

If you would like more information on Atlantic Healthcare or to understand more on how Mint Consult can help your business, please contact Mark Donaldson on 0845 8057390 or 07940 306900.

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