Winner - Kirksaunders Associates Ltd

Sponsored by London Innovations Centre

Kirksaunders is a vibrant innovative consultancy with an unparalleled wealth of experience in the construction industry.

Clients range from large international corporations to public sector organisations and private individuals.

Kirksaunders Associates was formed in 2003 by Reg Kirk and Barry Saunders who are both directors. Karen Jenkins and Greg Chan are associate directors with responsibility for managing projects and the design teams.

Its underlying principle is to provide clients with continuity of personnel on projects and to ensure that the quality of service is of the highest.

The company provides clients with an increasingly wide range of services.

"Primarily our role is in the field of structural and civil engineering, but with the ability to add multi-disciplined services such as mechanical and electrical engineering and health and safety consultancy," explains Reg Kirk.

Of increasing importance is the need to address environmental issues and Kirksaunders has expertise in assessing contaminated land problems and in designing economic remediation solutions.

The finalists

Otodio

Otodio is a six person, three-year-old early stage technology company based in south London. It has developed a technology platform which has global potential.

Otodio is a universal system which enables publications and documents to be listened to with a massively improved user experience. Otodio is designed for multitasking, for example to safely use while driving.

Usually, content is delivered to mobile phones and navigated with a highly tactile remote control.

As the whole document is delivered to the device, Otodio doesn't need a backchannel, but if one is available, buying or other external selections can be made.

This, and many other features, creates a whole new world of commercial opportunities for print media publishers.

Pepperton UK

Pepperton UK is a unique award-winning enterprise supporting a person's well-being through food, art and education.

It has been described as an oasis of calm with an inspiring and uplifting ambience. It serves delicious healthy food while soulful, jazz music plays and has its own oak tree garden with a own bandstand and also the first subterranean art gallery in Croydon.

It runs workshops on health and healing for artists, poets and children and stages four main exhibitions for spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Pepperton has raised considerable funds for charity through donating to an Art for Life auction at Christies 2006, 24-hour coffee morning for Macmillan, the London Marathon and more.

The Databac Group

Databac Group is an ISO9002-approved manufacturer and supplier of cards and related products.

Since its inception in 1970, Databac has been involved in the research and development of card materials and production methods.

Databac's preference for polyester - a stronger, more flexible and more environmentally-friendly material than PVC - instigated the development of TOUGH card, the first full-polyester card of its kind designed for direct card printing.

Direct printing enables customers to personalise cards in-house with logos, text, photos or other details, using a dedicated card printer.

This high-end card is exceptionally durable, with a lifespan of up to 10 years and is resistant to abrasion.