ClinPhone's Record Breaking Year Culminates With The CBI's Top Business Award

ClinPhone Group - the Clinical Technology Organisation headquartered in Nottingham, UK - is enjoying its most successful period ever for awards and recognition from British industry.

Nottingham, UK - 9 December 2002 - ClinPhone Group - the Clinical Technology Organisation headquartered in Nottingham, UK - is enjoying its most successful period ever for awards and recognition from British industry.

In the last three months it has won two Queen's Awards for Enterprise in the categories of innovation and international trade, the Sage Business Award 2002 in partnership with the Daily Telegraph for the Best Growth Through Technology; it has been listed as one of the country's fastest growing technology companies in the coveted Technology Fast 50 annual listings and has now won the CBI's top prize - Company of the Year - at the 2002 Growing Business Awards.

ClinPhone provides electronic clinical trial management solutions, including its market-leading Interactive Voice Response (IVR) services and unique web-based systems designed to increase efficiency in the drug development process and speed up the process of bringing new drugs to market. It employs more than 320 people worldwide and has offices in Chicago, Princeton, and Palo Alto in the United States in addition to European facilities in Brussels, Belgium and Heidelberg, Germany supporting the global headquarters in Nottingham, UK.

Group Business Development and Marketing Director Patrick Hughes was delighted with the latest accolade, commenting: "This award represents the pinnacle of our year's incredible achievements. In a turbulent economic climate, ClinPhone has remained rock solid with enviable growth in revenue, profits and head count.

"We remain as committed as ever to working in partnership with our clients to reach our stretch goals in 2003. As usual, none of the on-going success, including this exceptional CBI award, would be possible without the dedication, commitment and loyalty of our excellent ClinPhone team."

The awards are open to all UK companies with less than 500 employees and now - in their fourth year - have become a spotlight for recognising entrepreneurial talent and solid business success in the UK.

There were eight major awards presented by Griff Rhys-Jones and Real Business editor, Matthew Rock, at the final ceremony at London's Park Lane Hilton Hotel. Before the presentations, there was a welcome address given by Digby Jones, Director General of the CBI, and a keynote speech from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown.

In his own address, Mr Jones explained: "Growing a business, particularly in today's uncertain climate, is an achievement in itself. These awards praise those that are doing it with flair and commitment. By lending its support, the Government recognises the importance of initiatives like this."

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For further information, please contact:

Richard Gee   +44 115 9508399   enquiries@gbcspr.com
Sally Kent   +44 115 9557333   skent@clinphone.com

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