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UK at CeBIT Australia 2008

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The UK is set to play a leading role in CeBIT 2008, the major technology event in Sydney's Darling Harbour in May.

Internationally renowned as one of the largest and most important business-to-business events for the ICT sector, CeBIT runs from 20-22 May. The UK will have a strong presence at the show, under the collective banner of . . .

Stand i40 will see UK Trade & Investment experts and regional representatives on hand to provide guidance on the support, contacts and strategic partners necessary to succeed in Europe's most welcoming business location - Click here for more

Leading UK software company  Sohnar - in Australia for just 12 months - has won a prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category.

Sohnar chairman Jeremy Rudge (pictured left) described the win of the Queen's Award as "fantastic" and said it was "the highest accolade a UK business can get".

Traffic, from Sohnar, is an award winning purpose-built project and design management system, specifically designed for creative companies.

Traffic manages every aspect of a creative business from managing time in the studio to winning new business. It creates estimates and raises invoices at the click of a button and provides business reporting that Sohnar says is second to none.

Sohnar says Traffic is now used by over 4,000 creatives, tracking 76,000 jobs across 9 countries - Click here for more

Other News Highlights

Leading UK educators visit Australia - Two leading UK primary school teachers are in Australia in May to promote the importance of ICT in education.

Supported by UK Trade & Investment, teachers Dr John Ingram and Kay Hanson will promote the UK's Digital Excellence program in Australian Next Practice schools.

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VSNi software in OZ

Cutting edge bioscience software from the UK is now in Australia, as VSN International opens an office in Sydney.

From small beginnings in Hertfordshire, East of England, VSNi is now a prime supplier of data analysis software for the biological and life science markets worldwide - with an established customer base in Australia.

The company's bestselling product is GenStat, used by agriculturists and scientists alike. It's a comprehensive statistics package that has been used in real-life applications for over 30 years, and continues to develop.

With ever increasing Asia-Pacific sales of the data-analysis tool, the company said it became crucial to offer local direct support. After a successful UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) sponsored trade mission downunder, an office in Australia was the clear choice - Click here for more

UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that supports both companies in the UK trading internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to locate in the UK