The deadline for entry to the Deloitte Fast 50 Technology awards 2007 is due to close on 31 August 2007.

The Deloitte Fast 50 Technology awards, now in its 10th year, is open to any technology company demonstrating consecutive growth through five years of accounts. The awards identify and showcase the top 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK.

Previous winners of the Deloitte Fast 50 Technology awards include household names such as multimap.com, lastminute.com and technology success stories such as Logica CMG and Autonomy.

Simon Kerton-Johnson, Chairman of Deloitte’s UK Fast 50 technology awards comments “The trends we witnessed in 2006 included the entry and ranking of fewer biotech companies and strong growth from companies offering mobile technologies such as SMS. This year, as environmental concerns move up the agenda we are expecting to see more green technologies and further evidence of a post ‘dotcom’ revival.

“The Deloitte Fast 50 Technology awards provide a powerful insight into the likely technology trends of tomorrow. For the winners it can mean a higher industry profile and potentially the interest of investors.”

For full details and awards entry form please visit: www.fast50.co.uk

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EMEA Technology Fast 500
UK entrants will be put forward for the EMEA Fast 500 (Europe, Middle East & Africa), along with entrants from other national programmes run by Deloitte in the EMEA region.

The 2007 EMEA Fast 500 CEO forums and awards ceremony will be hosted in London on 26th November. The half day event includes CEO forums, based on growing technology companies’ issues as identified in the Global Fast 500 CEO survey and a celebratory dinner and awards presentation. It is attended by over 400 high growth EMEA technology companies.

About the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Programme
Top five winners of Deloitte Fast 50 2006

• MX Telecom
• Xsil
• Mediaburst
• Jobpartners
• Comtech Enterprises

To enter the Fast 50 Awards, companies must meet the criteria listed below:

• Have been in business for a minimum of five years;
• Considered a technology company, which is defined as
• producing technology
• manufacturing technology-related products
• be technology intensive, or use unique technology to solve problems
• devoting a high percentage of effort to technology R&D;
• The parent company must be UK-owned and have its headquarters in UK or Ireland
  (subsidiaries of multinational organisations do not qualify);
• Operating revenues must be at least £34,000 (50,000 Euros) for 2001 and £540,000 (800,000 Euros) in 2005.

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