Read the article in a recent issue of the Midlands Business News online magazine.

The event was also featured in the Birmingham Post.

Black Country Reinvestment Society (BCRS) played host to an international visitor recently. Senor Adauto Ferreira Lemos, of Espirito Santo, Brazil, visited the UK on a group study exchange with the Rotary Club of Great Britain.

Paul Kalinauckas, chief executive of BCRS, escorted Senor Lemos on a full day’s tour of Wolverhampton businesses including Wolverhampton Manufacturing Advisory Service West Midlands (MASWM) and medical products innovators Medical Devices Technology International (MTDi).

MDTi now in its fourth year of being accredited with Investors in People Status, from the leading People Management Standard, were once again presented with a certificate of achievement at this year’s 2010 Celebratory High Tea at the stunning Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens.

Shirley Akin Operational Director of MDTI said “Investors in People is all about looking after your people and this is reinforced with our company. We all truly believe in the objectives and values of the business and strive at every level to improve the performance of each other by managing and developing our most valuable asset, this being our people”.

To beat off stiff competition UK Athletes will be able to benefit from a new NHS device that is set to revolutionise sports rehabilitation in the run up to the 2012 Olympics.

Through collaboration between the NHS, Academia and UK Industry, spearheaded by Cheshire East Community Health, the unique device, aptly termed RehabAngel®, provides for greater ankle and foot stability whilst strengthening lower leg muscles.  As a consequence the number of injuries experienced by athletes when undertaking normal exercises could be reduced. Importantly, the device allows rehabilitation of the lower limb in a more controlled manner more so than any other type of device currently on the market.

MDTi sponsored the St John’s Ambulance event in Newcastle.

Names as follows, from left to right: Tony Rostron - County Medical Officer;  Sir Miles Irving - Chairman of Council; Ian Goulbourne - Commander; Martin Levermore - CEO MDTi, Michele Taylor - Clinical Lead Manager, MDTi;  Ian Mackenzie – Chief Officer Volunteers; Crispian Strachan – Deputy County President.

MDTi's latest addition to their product portfolio 'First-Step', a mobile leg bath was featured today in the Daily Mail. You can read the review online on the Daily Mail's website.