Celebrating the winners of the Kathryn Miles Poster Competition 2013

John Blight handing out
1st prize to Mike Howes of
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Continuing Helapet's strong commitment to the education and development of our valued customers and staff, we were once more delighted to sponsor the Kathryn Miles Poster Award in collaboration with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians. Named after the founder of the APTUK, the Kathryn Miles Poster Competition supports creative thinking in sharing best practice research and ideas in pharmaceutical care.

Another great success with several entries for 2013, all delegates attending the annual APTUK Conference had the new opportunity to vote for their top three posters. John Blight (Managing Director of Helapet) was present at the conference to award cash prizes to each of the deserved winners.

Many congratulations to Mike Howes from Gloucestershire Royal Hospital who was presented with 1st prize for his poster entitled: 'Why be average when you can be excellent'.

2nd prize was awarded to Hayley File from Nuffield Health in Tunbridge Wells for her poster entitled 'Preparations and Legacy of the London 2012 Pharmacy Services', and 3rd prize went to Caroline Hoey of Antrim Area Hospital for her poster 'Referrals made by senior technicians in a hospital setting'.

Well done to everyone who presented a poster and many congratulations to our worthy winners!

• 1st - Mike Howes
• 2nd - Hayley File
• 3rd - Caroline Hoey

Filter Devices go global at Forum Labo and Biotech 2013

John Blight (Managing Director) and
Baljit Randhawa (Sales Engineer)
at the Filter Devices booth

For 2013 Helapet's specialist Filter Devices division had the opportunity to showcase our latest range of laboratory filters at the international Forum Labo and Biotech event in Paris. Under the "Art of Filtration" campaign, products on show included our newly launched Pipette Controller Filters, our 25mm Syringe Filter range, and our highly regarded custom design VariDisk® service. Attracting interest from an large array of delegates based across Europe and beyond, the Helapet team enjoyed great feedback on our product showcase - as well as a high demand for our newly introduced promotional coffee coasters!