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WORLD’S LEADING PATENT COMPANY TARGETS MANCHESTER FOR NEW OFFICE
Added: (Fri Jun 22 2001)
The world’s leading patent and scientific information provider hopes to open a new office in Manchester over the next few months.
The international company, Derwent Information, a member of the Thomson Corporation, wants to set up a new operation in the city. Fifty science and engineering graduates would be needed for the site which would be Derwent’s first office in the North of England.
The world patent business is growing rapidly and Derwent, which already has offices in cities such as London and Tokyo, is expanding to cope with the demand for more information. The new positions in Manchester, where analysts will deal with information on the latest innovations, should help to retain more graduates in the city. About 60% of University of Manchester and UMIST graduates currently find their first job outside Manchester.
The company headquartered in central London, which is looking for chemistry and electronic and electrical engineering graduates, believes Manchester would be an ideal location as it is home to the University of Manchester and UMIST.
Tony Massey, Production, Planning and Control Manager of Derwent Information says: “The company is growing strongly and we need to find a base that would fulfil our recruitment needs. Manchester has a rich source of science and technology graduates and we want to tap directly into this talent without asking them to relocate to London.”
As patent analysts, the graduates will be summarising and classifying information on the latest innovations produced by businesses and individuals around the world.
Graduates will be able to find out more about the company at the University of Manchester recruitment fair, stand no 76 the Conference and Exhibition Centre, Firs Athletic Ground between 10am and 4pm on 21 June 2001.
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Issued by Prowse & Co on behalf of Derwent Information
Further information from:
Prowse & Company: Deborah Fields/Peter Colegate on 01372 363386.
Profile of Derwent Information:
Derwent Information is widely recognised as the world’s leading patent and scientific information provider. The company, part of Thomson Scientific (parent company The Thomson Corporation), has been providing these services for 50 years. The company offers an unrivalled portfolio of information and research products and publishes ‘Derwent World Patents Index’, a definitive guide to world patents.
Customers include companies operating in the engineering, biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors; academic, banking and financial sectors; research libraries and national patent agents worldwide. All major patent offices and the top FT 100 companies use the company’s patent information.
Derwent Information’s strengths encompass:
· Global coverage that ensures patent searches are comprehensive
· The added intellectual value the company provides to patent information which saves search time and money
· Derwent’s customer service team which provides expert guidance at every stage of patent searching.
In October 2000, Derwent announced an integrated circuit transistor patent by AMD had become the ten millionth invention to be added to the Derwent database. With an extensive global coverage of 40 patent issuing authorities and using a team of 350 specialist editors, Derwent provides English language abstracts with enhanced titles, comprehensive indexing and selected images. The Derwent database is therefore ideal for prior art searching, monitoring competitors and keeping at the forefront of research knowledge.
News release is available online at http://www.prowse.co.uk/newsf.html
20 June 2001