Sponsorship

Bayer, a German based company set up by Friedrich Bayer, first started trading in the UK and Ireland in 1871. Its three main business areas are Health Care, Crop Science and Material Science. Its UK trading units mainly deal with diagnostics equipment manufacturing and Crop Science. The company has a variety of social and environmental programmes which support the principles of sustainable development. Bayer is also dedicated to promoting the debate over GM’s, to ensure that the general public has a clear understanding of the issues and can therefore make an informed decision. Bayer’s products go into making well known brands such as Alka Seltzer and Baby Bio.

www.bayer.co.uk

 

Brinsea is a company which specialises in the production of incubation equipment for birds and reptiles. It was set-up twenty five years ago by an engineer with a passion for breeding birds. Since then Brinsea have seen the successful application of ‘more patents than the rest of the small incubator industry combined’. Their innovative and practical designs resulted in the introduction of the world’s first Contact Incubator in 2003. Although it is a professionally run company with well trained staff, Brinsea remains a family business whose interest is vested in producing quality products.

www.brinsea.co.uk

 

British Airways is one of the best known airlines in the UK. This is unsurprising when you consider that it is the UK’s biggest international scheduled airline and flies to over 550 destinations worldwide. British Airways Plc is only a part of the British Airways Group; with other subsidiary companies such as British Airways Travel Shops Limited and British Airways Holidays Limited making up most of the rest of the Group. British Airways strives to provide a full service experience to it’s customers before, throughout and after their journey with the company.

www.britishairways.com

 

The Bustard Hotel
Rollestone
Nr. Stonehenge
Wiltshire
SP3 4DU

Telephone: +44(0) 1980 620 345

 

Cricket Field House Hotel
Wilton Road
Salisbury
SP2 9NS

Telephone: +44(0) 1722 322595

 

David Bright Limited is a ‘family business with a business approach’. The company is located near Salisbury Plain.  The team at David Bright Limited is qualified to advise people on stewardship requirements, as well as providing seed mixtures for gamecover, grain maize, forage maize, forage grass, amenity grass and wildflowers.  David Bright himself has over forty years experience as a Seedsman and is highly regarded by plant breeders around the world.  With so much experience David Bright Limited is considered to have one of the most qualified teams in the country when it comes to discussing your seed needs.

www.davidbright.co.uk

 

Empress was formed in 2003 by two Royal College of Art graduates, Lizzie Ridout and Elizabeth Haven. The company produces designs for promotional material, websites, merchandise and much more. They create imaginative designs whilst having a firm grip on project management. Empress have also recently been asked to design the materials for Cornwall’s first ever Design Fair.

Empress
Unit 11
Jubilee Wharf
Commercial Road
Penryn
Cornwall
TR10 8AE
+44(0)845 055 7265
studio@empress-design.co.uk

www.empress-design.co.uk

 

The Game Conservancy Trust is an independent wildlife conservation charity which carries out scientific research into Britain's game and wildlife. They advise farmers and landowners on improving wildlife habitats and lobby for agricultural and conservation policies based on science. The GCT employ 14 post-doctoral scientists and 50 other research staff with expertise in areas such as ornithology, entomology, biometrics, mammalogy and agronomics. They undertake their own research as well as projects funded by contract and grant-aid from Government and private bodies. In 2004 they spent £3.5 million on research. The Trust is also responsible for a number of Government Biodiversity Action Plan species and is lead partner for Grey Partridge and joint lead partner for Brown Hare and Black Grouse.

www.gct.org.co.uk

GameKeepa Feeds are one of U.K's largest suppliers of Game farming equipment and accessories.

www.gamekeepafeeds.co.uk

 

Gemini Data Loggers design and manufacture Tinytag; reliable, robust and battery operated powered data loggers. The loggers are available with a comprehensive range of sensors and features for use over a wide range of applications, sensor types include: temperature, humidity, voltage, current, vibration, shock and count. Gemini Data Loggers has an in-house calibration laboratory providing UKAS traceable certification. www.tinytag.info

www.geminidataloggers.com

 

James Hill Fencing Contractors
Red Brick House
Winterbourne Kingston
Blandford
Dorset
DT11 9AX

Mobile: +44(0) 7767 302629

 

Loosehanger Handmade Cheeses have a small dairy on the Northern edge of the New Forest, and it is from here that they have developed their award-winning range of unique, hand-made cheeses.  Their recipes aim to capture the flavour and charcacteristics of the pure Ayrshire cows milk that is the basis of all of their cheeses.  At the British Cheese Awards in September 2004, four out of Loosehanger Cheeses’ five entries won medals, including a Gold award for their ‘Woodfalls Oak’ Smoked Cheese.  Their range also includes ‘Woodfalls Stromboli/piazza’, ‘Woodfalls with Green Herb’, ‘Woodfalls with Chilli and Nettle’, and of course, ‘Woodfalls Bustard with Mustard’!

www.cheeseproducer.com

 

Maxwell Fine Wines supplies private individuals, the on-trade as well as the independent wine merchants/stockists. Maxwell Fine Wines is run by Stephen and Catherine Maxwell.

www.maxwellfinewines.co.uk

 

PHARMAQ is the only global veterinary pharmaceutical company with a primary focus on aquaculture.With more than twenty years of experience, PHARMAQ has a solid foundation for future challenges. Established in July 2004 as a Norwegian veterinary pharmaceutical company, PHARMAQ now has subsidiaries in Chile and the United Kingdom and a network of distributors and sales agents around the world.

www.pharmaq.no

 

The Red Lion
East Chisenbury
Upavon
nr Pewsey
Wiltshire
SN9 6AQ

Telephone: +44(0) 1980 671124

 

Salisbury Printing offer s 100% quality and delivery guarantee on its commercial printing services. The company has its own design studio and offers full colour litho printing, digital colour printing, digital mono printing, volume colour and black and white copying, and a finishing and binding service.

www.salisburyprinting.co.uk

 

Simon Gudgeon is one of Britain’s most well-known sculptors. His figurative and abstract wildlife sculptures have been exhibited worldwide, in locations such as London, San Diego, Paris, New York and the Netherlands. In 2001 Simon published his first book – A Passion for Grouse. 2006 sees the production of his second book, Woodcock – An Artists’ Impressions, which features the work of some of the UK’s leading wildlife artists. Simon is a member of The Society of Wildlife Artists and The Royal Society of British Sculptors. With such an interest in wildlife and its preservation, Simon also supports conservation bodies such as The Rainforest Foundation, The David Shepherd Conservation Foundation, The World Pheasant Association, and The Great Bustard Group.

www.simongudgeon.com

 

In 1984 Tony Bunce opened a brewery at The Old Mill near Salisbury Plain, and began producing Stonehenge Ales. In 1993 Danish Master Brewer Stig Anker Andersen took over the business, and began successfully brewing good English beer. In 2006, The Old Mill and Stonehenge Ales will be celebrating 22 years of brewing. Their core brands are Spire Ale, Pigswill, Heel Stone, Danish Dynamite, and of course Great Bustard Beer.

www.stonehengeales.co.uk

 

In 1947 E.K Smith founded a practise that was to provide health care for all large and small domestic animals. In 1981 the practise moved and took on the name of Strathmore Veterinary Clinic. By 2006 the practice now numbers seven veterinary surgeons seeing approximately 70% dogs and cats, and 30% avian, exotic and zoo animals. The latter species are seen both as first opinion and referral cases. The aim of the practise is to 'provide the very best health care for all our patients with our dedicated trained staff and the very best of facilities'.

www.strathmoreveterinaryclinic.co.uk

 

Sustain the Plain is a 'LEADER +' Programme funded by the European Union and Defra (the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). It aims to promote the quality of life and appreciation of the natural environment and heritage in the towns and villages on and around the Plain. The Programme runs from 2002 to 2008.

www.communityfirst.org.uk/sustain_the_plain.htm

 

The Shed Shop
Unit 9
South Newton Industrial Estate
Salisbury
Wiltshire

Telephone: +44(0) 1722 743660

www.theshedshop.biz

 

Source at Cholderton is a family-run organic farm shop. It was set-up by daughter, Bryony, after she successfully applied for a Rural Enterprise Scheme Grant from Defra. She was quick to recruit her mother and father to the business, and the job of renovating a decaying Arts and Craft Smithy on the Cholderton Estate! Unlike most farm shops, Source at Cholderton is part of a real working organic Estate and sells, along with carefully sourced local produce, many products grown on the Estate itself. The Source’s butcher has herds of Tamworth Pork, Aberdeen Angus Beef and Hampshire Down Lamb, and their organic Dairy herds produce delicious milk which is then made into ice creams, custard and creams.

www.sustainable-cholderton.co.uk/organic_farm_shop

 

The University of Bath campus is situated a mile from the centre of the World Heritage City of Bath. As well as having a fantastic location and an attractive campus, the University of Bath is regularly rated in the top 20 universities in the UK, being ranked tenth by the Sunday Times in 2005, which also short-listed Bath for it’s University of the Year award. These facts and figures illustrate the high standard of teaching offered by this University; this is also reflected in the high proportion of students who go into further study, full-time employment or employment with further study after graduation. Research carried out by the University of Bath is on a wide range of subjects, including drug development, genomics, complex systems and innovative manufacturing, and is internationally-respected.

www.bath.ac.uk

This year the University of Exeter was ranked in the top ten universities for student satisfaction for the second time. Having recently invested over £140 million in new buildings and facilities, ranging from research centres and teaching facilities to nightclubs, accommodation and sports facilities, University of Exeter has among the best facilities in the country. In the last government RAE it was recognised that 98 % of subjects taught at undergraduate level at University of Exeter were achieving national or international levels of research, confirming that Exeter is committed to being a research-led University. And with their continued investment into facilities more and more academic staff are attracted to Exeter, making it a fast-growing and increasingly respected University.

www.exeter.ac.uk

 

In 1996 the Landfill Tax Credits Scheme (LTCS) was started to assign a proportion of the landfill tax collected each year to be donated to a variety of community, conservation and environmental projects located within ten miles of a landfill site. Viridor Credits was set up to distribute the Landfill Tax Credits arising from Viridor Waste Management’s operations across the UK, and ensures that 100 % of the available funding is allocated to suitable projects. All applications for funding are carefully considered to make sure the money is used as effectively as possible. By the end of 2006, Viridor Credits will have given out over £50 million in landfill tax donations to more than 1,500 community and environmental projects.

www.viridor-credits.co.uk

 

In 1930’s there was a need to cut costs and labour when producing jigsaw puzzles, this saw the demise of the wooden jigsaw puzzle and the introduction of the mass produced cardboard jigsaw puzzles. Until 1995 there seemed no economical way of producing wooden jigsaw puzzles again. However, after two years of research, the Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Company created a process which used two very different state-of-the-art technologies to produce high quality wooden jigsaw puzzles once again. This process is unique throughout the world. A Wentworth jigsaw puzzle contains ‘Whimsies’ (puzzle pieces of specific shape, often related to the subject of the puzzle) as well as other intriguing challenges. It is thought that a 250 piece Wentworth jigsaw puzzle takes the same time to complete as other standard cut 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzles.

www.superiorjigsaws.co.uk