The search for the 16th Merseyside Innovation Awards winner has reached its final stages and the four finalists decided.
The shortlisted companies can now be revealed as Weir and Carmichael, Nurock Limited, Human Recognition Systems Building 2000 and Learn About Finance.
This year’s winner will receive a prize package worth £14,000 including a £10,000 cash award and £4,000 worth of legal; business; PR; accounting or design consultancy as well as publicity for their idea.
Packaging company Weir & Carmichael, founded in 1955, and based in Bootle, has been nominated for its newly-developed Britwrap protective packaging system, designed to dramatically reduce damage to goods in transit.
Knowsley based Nurock, has been in the construction industry since 1987 and has developed an innovative hydraulic concrete mixing system, which remains the market leader in volumetric mixing technology. It is the second time that the company has reached the final.
Biometrics company Human Recognition Systems, founded in 2002, develops systems that recognise people by scanning their eyes or hands. It has the largest portfolio of deployed biometric and video analytic solutions in the UK.
Learn About Finance! developed the interactive board game Keep The Cash which is designed to help young adults learn about the real life decisions they will face once they reach financial independence.
The awards were open to individuals or companies with fewer than 50 employees and were set up to recognise and reward the use of innovation to boost growth and profitability
The final will take place at the Crowne Plaza, in Liverpool, on 7th July 2011.
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