The Fisher Scientific, Loughborough fundraising team

On Tuesday 7 May staff across the Fisher Scientific Loughborough site joined forces to support the ‘Moon Walk, London’ which aims to raise money, raise awareness and unite against breast cancer.

The Company’s expert cake bakers and finest Indian food connoisseurs pooled their skills to offer a delicious choice of treats in the staff canteen, all sold in aid of the cause. Handmade cards and kitsch ‘bra pins’ were also sold to raise funds.
Support from Fisher Scientific staff was fantastic with a commendable £394.00 raised on the day.
We wish everyone participating in the Moon Walk a hugely successful event.

To find out more about the event visit the Moon Walk London website.

Staff and students from Delisle College, Loughborough

14 students from Delisle College in Loughborough will work with members of the Fisher Scientific marketing and promotions team, to hone their creative and business skills and gain valuable experience in the commercial world.

The project is the latest initiative for the Thermo Fisher Scientific Community Action Council, which forges links with communities to provide support and opportunities for local people.

Richard Buttinger, Community Development Leader at Delisle College commented “We launched the project with Fisher Scientific as part of National Science and Engineering Week and the students are really excited. They are at a crucial point in their education and gaining professional experience in this way is invaluable”

“We are already impressed by the students’ ideas and professionalism” said Emily Quinton, Marketing Communications Manager and European event coordinator for Fisher Scientific. “We have every confidence that they will produce a brilliant display at the event and are delighted to provide them with this opportunity”.

This year’s Science World event will take place on 10th October at The Point, Lancashire County Cricket Club, Old Trafford. The keynote speakers will be Ben Goldacre and Marcus Du Sautoy. For more information visit www.fisher.co.uk/events.

Colleagues from across the business joined forces to bake cakes and serve drinks all for a good cause. Staff also participated in a brain-teasing anagram competition, with two lucky winners selected to win prizes, including shopping vouchers.

The team of fundraisers were delighted with the outcome, raising £394 for the UK charity.

In praise of the initiative, a Dementia UK spokesperson commented “We are so touched by the kindness and effort taken by people to support us and our Admiral Nurses. Hope you had fun taking Time for a Cuppa, and are not too sick of cake!“

A big well done to the Dementia UK fundraising team and everyone who supported their efforts.

LOUGHBOROUGH, Leicestershire, England (12 March, 2013) – Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, recently announced the winners of its Supplier Excellence Awards during its second annual Pan European Fisher Scientific Sales Conference, held at the Estoril Congress Centre in Lisbon, Portugal.

From February 25th- March 1st, more than 680 delegates attended the conference representing 21 countries and 66 companies. The four-day event included an exhibition showcase with 69 booths featuring products from Fisher Scientific and other leading suppliers. The event also featured a gala dinner where winning suppliers received their Excellence Awards. The list of winners follows:

Supplier of the Year – Duran Group
Private Label Supplier of the Year – Kimble Chase
Marketing Support Award – Gilson
Sales Support Award – Chromatography and Mass Spectrophotometry Consumables Thermo Scientific
New Product Introduction Award – Life Technologies
Logistics Award – Brand
Excellence Award – GE Healthcare
Channel Support Award – Corning Life Sciences

This year’s event drew an enthusiastic response from delegates. PF Block, VP / General Manager, Fisher Scientific Europe, said the event was a “Great success,” while Dave Martin at supplier GE Healthcare said that the meeting was both “useful and productive”.

The event which takes place from 10-13 March at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre, will connect people from over 95 countries and is the only trade show for the analytical industry that reaches buyers from the growth markets of the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Attendance at ArabLAB 2013 is essential for Fisher Scientific to connect with buyers, suppliers and colleagues from across the globe.  If you are lucky enough to be attending the show, you will find the Fisher Scientific team at stand number 702.

To find out more about the event visit www.arablab.com.

The project is the latest initiative for the Fisher Scientific, Loughborough Community Action Council, which encourages and supports employee volunteerism and links skills and interests within the company to the needs of the local community. It’s a chance to make a real difference to local people.

The Peter Le Marchant Trust has been caring for the people of Loughborough and beyond for over 35 years, providing day trips and holidays on waterways for anyone who is disabled or seriously ill. Needless to say, the staff at Fisher Scientific jumped at the chance to lend a hand. The Trust’s Director of Development, Barbie Coulson, commented – “We are so excited that Fisher Scientific, as part of their commitment to local community action, is bringing professional marketing and PR expertise to help the Trust. Already we have benefited from their creative design ideas which are modernizing the Trust’s image and the very practical help they have given in quality printing. This type of assistance makes a vital contribution to ensuring the Trust’s continued development”.

The project will continue over the next six months. If you would like to learn more about the work of the Peter Le Marchant Trust, visit their website at www.peterlemarchanttrust.co.ukTo follow the progress of the project and learn more about upcoming events, connect with `us on facebook and twitter.

Chief fundraiser, Tina Siena-Tomlinson and lucky winner Hayley McCullogh at Loughborough HQ.

A grand total of £310.00 was raised for the cause –not bad for an afternoon’s work!!

Three lucky winners received prizes which included shopping vouchers, a rather posh Christmas hamper and a delicious Christmas cake.

Well done to everyone who helped to make the raffle a success.

At a recent exhibition at the Leicester University Department of Chemistry, we met customer Vicki Davison who is working at the University on a PhD in Chemical Biology. Vicki informed us of her involvement with the charity ‘Tearfund’ – a world-wide project which works with communities affected by HIV and Aids.

Having spotted our super Fisher Scientific Frisbees at the exhibition, Vicki asked if we would be willing to donate a stock of the toys to some of the children receiving care from the charity; these children live on the streets, mostly orphaned by HIV and AIDS. The charity workers travel out to the streets and build relationships with the kids by feeding and supporting them. They then invite the children to live at a transit centre with a focus on providing them with a ‘normal’ life and safe relationships with adults and other children. They are taken to school and looked after until they recover enough to be re-integrated into their families (if possible) and the communities that they were brought up in.

We were moved and impressed by Vicki’s story and the important work of ‘Tearfund’ and so were very happy to donate 100 frisbees to the cause.  A small gesture on our part that would hopefully bring a little fun to the children.

Vicki was able to deliver the gifts in person during her visit to Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and South Africa, specifically to the JCM (Jesus Cares Ministries) project in Lusaka, Zambia where they were donated to a transit centre for orphaned and abused children.

We wish Vicki and everyone at Tearfund every success for their future projects.

Find out more about their work at www.tearfund.org.

The road-show was part of a wider pan-European initiative that also saw success for Fisher Scientific colleagues in France, Austria and Germany. Delegates at the event had the opportunity to access the latest laboratory products, network with colleagues and meet members of the Fisher Scientific team as well as attend a free seminar which this year focused on ‘The Application of 3D Cell Culture’. There was also plenty of fun with a range of competitions and promotions with 6 lucky delegates winning Nexus7 tablets.
Emily Quinton, Marketing and Promotions Manager and European Activate Science event coordinator for Fisher Scientific said “It has been fantastic to see so many joining us for Activate Science. The road-show is a great opportunity to connect with our customers, colleagues and suppliers and really brings our products and services to life.”
To find out more about future Fisher Scientific events visit www.fisher.co.uk/events. Connect with Fisher Scientific on facebook and twitter to keep up to date with the latest news, offers and competitions.

About Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Robbie who is studying chemistry at The University of Huddersfield, approached Fisher Scientific for some scientific ‘freebies’ whilst working in the University’s chemical stores department during his work placement year. On receipt of the goodies, Robbie was then able to deliver the periodic tables in person to Kyoga primary school during his 3rd visit to Uganda this summer.

Robbie became involved in the project through the local church in his hometown of York with the charity Food for the Hungry. The charity specialises in ‘income generating projects’ to create sustainable living in deprived areas of the world as well as child sponsoring, HIV and AIDS work and building projects.

During Robbie’s visits to Uganda he has contributed to the successful building of 4 classrooms, a medical centre and teaching and nursing accommodation and he describes his time in Africa as “Amazing”. We found his story inspiring, and are honored to have contributed to the project.

For more information about Food for the Hungry, visit their website at http://www.uk.fhi.net/.