AstraZeneca is one of the world’s leading global biopharmaceutical companies, with a major presence in the UK. AstraZeneca makes a key contribution through the discovery, development, manufacturing and commercialisation of innovative medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases.

Mazda is multinational manufacturer of family cars, sports cars and SUVs based in Japan. Its subsidiary, Mazda Motors UK is one of the country's largest vehicle manufacturers. Headquartered in Dartford, Kent, the company has nearly 150 dealerships across the UK.

Thomson Reuters is the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals. They combine industry expertise with innovative technology to deliver critical information to leading decision makers in a range of fields including financial and risk, tax and legal sectors.

The Sage Group plc is a leading international technology company supplying business software to 6.3 million businesses worldwide Headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, with more than 13,000 employees and a turnover of £1.4bn Sage have grown from humble beginnings to become a real 'superbrand'.

United Utilities provides water and wastewater services to nearly seven million people in the North West of England supplying 3 million households and over 200,000 business premises.

The University of Northampton sits across two campuses in Northamptonshire and offers hundreds of courses to meet the needs and interests of its over 14,000 students.

Since its launch in 1948, the NHS has grown to become the world’s largest publicly funded health service. It is also one of the most efficient, most egalitarian and most comprehensive. The NHS was born out of a long-held ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth.

Home Bargains is one of the UK’s fastest growing discount retailers with over 400 stores throughout the UK and plans to expand this to over 500 stores by 2018. We aim to offer the lowest prices in the UK on top quality, branded goods.

Founded in Tokyo in 1946, Sony was the brainchild of two men - engineer Masaru Ibuka and physicist Akio Morita. The business is now a global manufacturer of audio, video, communications and information technology products for consumer and professional markets.

Gazprom Energy supplies over 10,000 business customers at 42,000 sites across Europe with flexible energy solutions that are designed to meet their individual needs. In Germany, the company also serves 65,000 residential customers. Its innovative and flexible energy solutions are based on individual

United Nations Children's Fund is an international charity that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.

BrightHR, who specialise in people management software, believe in doing things differently for their internal teams and their customers. Their online product stands out for being simple, engaging and user-friendly, and for allowing users to easily customise the interface for themselves.

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories, around 7,000 of which are in the UK.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a British pharmaceutical company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Established in 2000 by a merger of Glaxo Wellcome and SmithKline Beecham, GSK is the world's sixth largest pharmaceutical company and employs over 90,000 people worldwide.

As one of the world's most prestigious educational establishments, the University of Cambridge promotes the interface between academia and business, and has a global reputation for innovation.

The Shipowners’ Club is a mutual insurance association. It offers Protection & Indemnity (P&I), Legal Assistance and Defence cover (also known as FD &D) and associated insurances to smaller and specialist vessel owners, operators and charterers around the world. Building on almost 160 years of exp

Alere (formerly Inverness Medical) is a global diagnostics and health management company employing more than 11,000 people worldwide. They offer an extensive range of products and services that allow healthcare decisions to be taken at the point of care.

Tesco is one of the world's largest retailers with operations in 14 countries, employing over 500,000 people and serving millions of customers every week. The company has 6,234 stores worldwide, 3000 of which are in the UK.

Electricity North West provides power to almost 2.5m properties and businesses in the North West. Employing 1,600 people in the region, innovation and sustainable development of cities and countryside alike is at the heart of what they do for their customers and shareholders.

Ocean Spray was founded in 1930 by three independent cranberry growers. Since then it's grown to be one of America’s leading brands, and a global household name. Ocean Spray cranberries feature in more than a thousand products in over 50 countries worldwide!

The N8 Research Partnership is a collaboration of the Universities of Durham, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield and York, the eight most research-intensive Universities in the North of England.

The Roberts Bakery brand is synonymous with quality and produces over 2 million loaves and rolls each week for the retail and national foodservice markets. Robert's retail sliced bread is widely available across Cheshire, Staffordshire, North Wales and the Midlands.

Ineos is a leading petrochemical company comprising 15 businesses each with major chemical company heritage. The company’s production network spans 60 manufacturing facilities in 13 countries throughout the world. Ineos has an annual turnover of $40 billion, and employs 15,000 people worldwide.

Eurocamp offers luxury camping and self catering holidays throughout Europe. They offer exceptional self-catering accommodation, on first class holiday parks with superb facilities in over 150 campsites in locations across Europe.

Nalco is an Ecolab company. With more than 38,000 employees and 2011 annualized sales of $11 billion. Ecolab is the global leader in water, hygiene and energy technologies.

PH Jones Group Ltd specialises in supplying central heating services to social housing. The company installs and repairs central heating for around 250,000 social housing properties in the UK, and installs more than 8,000 central heating systems a year.

Soroptimist International is a global volunteer service organisation for professional and business women who work to improve the lives of women and girls worldwide. Founded in 1921, the organisation acts as consultancy to the UN.

Thermo Fisher Scientific state their mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. They provide products and services to help their customers solve complex analytical challenges, improve patient diagnostics and increase laboratory productivity.

Trodat are the world's market leaders in marking products. With over 1000 employees worldwide, the Group delivers to customers in more than 150 countries. With an annual turnover of 129million Euros, the company is a far cry from the small business started in Austria 100 years ago.

United Pallet Network (UPN) provides its customers with the most comprehensive range of palletised freight delivery services across the UK and Europe.

Agrivert has extensive experience in the organic waste management and processing industry, providing innovative organic waste management solutions and sewage treatment solutions to the waste and water sectors.

Coveris Advanced Coatings are global leaders in the development, manufacture and distribution of precision coated papers, films and speciality substrates for digital imaging, electronics, medical and optical technologies.

The ABPI represents innovative research-based biopharmaceutical companies, large, medium and small, leading an exciting new era of biosciences in the UK.

King's Leadership Academy is a free independent school in Woolston, Warrington, established in September 2012, replacing Woolston High School which originally catered for secondary school aged children in the area before it was closed in August 2012.

Celebrating 40 years of service, Exodus has been providing those who have a passion for travel with carefully planned adventures in a wide range of authentic accommodation and environments.