Team Consulting
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| Company type | Employee-owned |
|---|---|
| Industry | Medical device design and development, consulting |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Iain Ansell (CEO) Andy Fry (Founder) Tim Irish (Chairman) |
Number of employees | 140 (October 2022) |
| Website | www |
Team Consulting is a medical device design and development consultancy. The company works with pharmaceutical companies and Medtech businesses globally.
The company is located on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, and is part of Silicon Fen, the cluster of high-tech businesses in Cambridge.[1][2] The majority of the company's workforce are consultants.
History
[edit]Team Consulting was founded in 1986 and began as a general product development and engineering consultancy before focusing on the medical sector in the early 1990s. In 2004, the company moved into its current premises in Ickleton, Cambridge.[3]
In 2014, Team completed a staff-led buyout.[4] The buyout involved more than 80% of staff buying equity in the company to ensure ownership remained with the staff.[5]
In December 2016, the company worked with Graeme Nuttall OBE at Fieldfisher LLP to transfer control of the company to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT).[6] In June 2017, the company announced the recruitment of its 100th employee.[7]
Work and awards
[edit]Team Consulting's work primarily focuses on the design and development of medical devices in areas such as drug delivery (respiratory, parenteral, ocular, nasal), critical care, surgery, diagnostics, Medtech and digital health.[8][9][10] The organization has filed many patents with clients.[11]
Team Consulting have won various design and engineering awards for their work. In 2012, Team Consulting worked with OrganOx, a spin-out company from the University of Oxford to develop a world-first device which keeps a human liver alive outside the body.[12][13][14] This work received the 'Consultancy of the Year' award at the British Engineering Excellence Awards and three Institution of Engineering and Technology awards.[15][16]
Culture
[edit]In the 2013 Cambridgeshire Cycle Challenge, Team Consulting came in both 2nd and 3rd place for companies between 50 and 199 employees for encouraging the most people to cycle to work.[17]
Two years later, Team Consulting took part in the 2015 'Love to Ride' National Cycle Challenge, again achieving 2nd place for companies between 50 and 199 employees. The company managed an 86% staff participation rate and cycled over 3,500 miles during the three-week challenge.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Davies, Lizzie (30 May 2012). "Hi-tech cluster keeps business booming in Cambridge". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Connell, David; Probert, Jocelyn (January 2010). "Exploding the Myths of UK Innovation Policy" (PDF). Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Cooper, Neil (June 2004). "Team Consulting expands to new premises". Team Consulting. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "East Mids advisers engineer Team Consulting buyout". Insider Media. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "World class deal designed and engineered in the East Midlands". Gateley. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Fieldfisher advises Team Consulting on move to broader employee ownership – Fieldfisher". fieldfisher.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Sweeney, Kate. "Team Consulting recruits its 100th employee | Business Weekly | Technology News | Business news | Cambridge and the East of England". businessweekly.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ Fry, A (1 July 2012). "Insulin delivery device technology 2012: where are we after 90 years?". Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology. 6 (4): 947–53. doi:10.1177/193229681200600428. PMC 3440168. PMID 22920823.
- ^ Andersson, Camilla. "Pharma Industry Needs to Focus on the Complete Patient Experience, Says Pharmapack Europe Speaker". European Medical Device Technology. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Oh dear, what can the matter be? We don't want you to know". Cambridge News. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Teaming with ideas for medical solutions". Cambridge News. 26 February 2013.
- ^ "World first: device keeps human liver alive outside body". University of Oxford. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Walsh, Fergus (15 March 2013). "'Warmed liver' transplant first". BBC News. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Banks, Tom (27 March 2013). "Team Consulting helps develop world's first autonomous liver preservation system". Design Week. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ Pitcher, Graham (10 December 2013). "BEEAs winner recognised by IET". New Electronics. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Transplant solution is a real Team effort – BEEAs 2012 winners" (PDF). British Engineering Excellence Awards. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Cambridgeshire Cycle Challenge 2013". Cambridgeshire County Council. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ^ "Company Results : National Cycle Challenge". Retrieved 14 July 2015.