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Growth Company Investor

Growth Company Investor is widely recognised as the UK's leading authority on fast-growing companies. With a team of 12 dedicated researchers and experienced journalists, our coverage is extensive as well as insightful. We interview on average 400 CEOs every year and we track over 2,000 companies. Published ten times a year, the magazine offers subscribers unrivalled insight into high-potential smaller companies delivered direct to your door. Each issue covers over 200 companies, with company news, expert share recommendations, informative features, research, specialist columns, directors' dealings, brokers' tips and much, much more. Subscribers also benefit from daily online updates, including smaller company recommendations as they are unearthed, company updates, over 12,000 smaller company commentaries, email newsletters and deep archives. You can also access share prices, charts, portfolios and search tools online.
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Millnet Financial

Millnet is the UK's leading provider of electronic and paper document production and review for the financial and legal sectors. The range of services offered extends from digital print and distribution, scanning and e-bibles to leading- edge solutions for virtual data rooms and electronic document review. Millnet has a demonstrable track record of producing essential time-critical documents in circumstances that are generally very demanding. In the financial markets, Millnet is the financial document specialist of choice.
www.millnet.co.uk
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PLUS Stock Exchange (PLUS-SX)

PLUS Stock Exchange (PLUS-SX) is a London based stock exchange providing UK and international companies with access to European capital through a range of fully listed and growth markets. The growth market offers cost-effective access to capital for businesses seeking the first step onto a public market. The market is supported by a quote-driven trading platform with competing two-way prices at all times, and it is the price formation venue for these securities.
PLUS-SX supports the execution of retail flow across a wide range of UK and European securities. Investors benefit from best execution and low transaction costs with immediacy of trading, single execution fill, price improvement on the primary best bid and offer and commitment in size for illiquid securities.
www.plus-sx.com
Awards Sponsors
Business XL

Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine’s aim is to help readers grow their businesses and realise their ambitions by giving them the inside track on raising finance, marketing, expansion and leadership. Many of the features are based on detailed, in-house research among AIM, PLUS and venture capital-backed companies only available to Business XL readers. This research gives readers a head start on raising venture capital and floating successfully on the stock market. Business XL delivers: inside knowledge; in-depth research; outstanding business columnists; unique deal listings covering venture capital, AIM and PLUS deals; and much more.
www.businessxl.co.uk
Capita

Capita Registrars is the UK’s largest provider of share registration and value-added services to more than 1,500 companies in the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. We are responsible for share registration, corporate actions, share plans and company secretarial support across a base of clients that range from small or recently floated companies to large multinationals. In 2010 we were appointed to more FTSE companies and managed more IPOs on the Main and AIM markets than any other registrar. We are the only registrar that is part of a FTSE 100 organisation, a fact that delivers our clients increased assurance.
Further information on Capita Registrars can be found at www.capitaregistrars.com
Crowe Clark Whitehill

Crowe Clark Whitehill is one of the UK’s leading accountancy firms, providing audit, accounting, taxation and corporate finance services to a wide range of clients, including private and public companies – many of which operate overseas – not-for-profit organisations, professional practices, private clients and pension funds. As a leading member of Crowe Horwath International, a network of 150 independent accountancy and advisory service firms in more than 100 countries, Crowe Clark Whitehill can provide an integrated global service. The firm has particular strength in Asia-Pacific, where it is the fifth- largest accounting group.
www.croweclarkwhitehill.co.uk
Fasken Martineau

Fasken Martineau is an international business law and litigation firm with world-class expertise in corporate finance and investment, in particular AIM. Our lawyers were involved with AIM on its first day of trading more than 16 years ago and we have
remained at the forefront of this exciting arena ever since. The firm has almost 700 lawyers on three continents, between them offering a wealth of experience to companies in many fields, including life sciences, energy, natural resources and telecoms.
www.fasken.com
Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton UK is a leading financial and business adviser, with more than 4,000 partners and staff operating from 30 locations nationwide. The firm has an unrivalled track record in advising AIM-listed companies, or those seeking to be listed, built up over the 15 years that the market has been in existence.
www.grant-thornton.co.uk
Hub Capital Partners

Hub Capital Partners provides assistance and support on mergers, acquisitions and fundraising within the small- and mid-cap public markets, and the mid-market private company area. Hub Capital Partners was founded by senior advisers who have run larger firms and highly experienced principals who have run their own businesses. With a broad wealth of UK and international experience, we provide in-depth advice on the whole range of corporate transactions, no matter how complex.
www.hubcapitalpartners.com
Webb Capital

Webb Capital is a boutique company offering both advice and sources of investment capital to owners and managers and investors in both publicly listed and private SME's.
Webb Capital is a PLUS Markets adviser and will shortly be adding a Corporate Broking function to the range of services it can offer clients.
Plans are also underway for the creation of a Fund Management division.
The team at Webb Capital has extensive experience of the challenges facing the founders of SME's in achieving success and the door is always open to prospective clients seeking a frank opinion of their business potential.
www.webbcapital.com
What Investment

What Investment is the leading and longest-established investment magazine in the UK, and includes information on how and where fund managers are investing, stock market reports and analysis, and information and reviews on the latest investment options.
It offers features and supplements exploring the investment issues that really matter, as well as the latest developments regarding pensions and annuities.
www.whatinvestment.co.uk
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ABOUT
This years awards will take place on Monday 16th of May 2011.
CONTACT
For all enquiries about the event please email Jenna Parker - Events Manager at jenna.parker@vitessemedia.co.uk or call 0207 250 7043










