CellGS make progress in life science research

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As Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, Andrew O’Dua spends most of his time supporting businesses in achieving growth. But for the rest of the time, Andrew O’Dua acts as a Business Angel – investing in a wide range of up and coming businesses. Here’s the latest news from one of them:
Cell Guidance Systems (CellGS) provide innovative life science research tools and services. They identify valuable innovations from research groups around the world and develop products that address unmet needs, providing new tools that expand the possibilities of life science research.
In the last quarter, CellGS have been making significant progress in their research and have seen the commencement of two new major projects. The first of which is a £488k venture to develop PODS proteins as a vaccine. The project, which will last a year, hopes to stabilise the issue of vaccines and may even allow the development of orally administered vaccines. In addition, CellGS sponsored PhD studentship also began in October. This studentship, at Cambridge University department of Virology will last for four years and explore the use of PODS for a norovirus vaccine.
CellGS have also recently won a government grant to examine the use of PODS growth factors to treat Osteoarthritis. They are working to develop a PODS growth factor preparation that will be injected into the synovial fluid in the joints of patients with early stages of Osteoarthritis. It is hoped that this therapy will alleviate suffering and reduce the numbers of individuals who require joint replacements. The initial studies will be completed in early 2018 and, if successful, will pave the way to clinical studies.
Andrew O’Dua takes great pride in being an investor of CellGS as he explains, “The research and studies CellGS have conducted over the past 6 years since they established have been remarkable. Their work is innovative and makes a real difference to not only the life science industry, but to people all over the world. I can’t wait to see the outcome of these research projects.”
Over the coming months, CellGS is planning to launch several new products and introduce new technologies which will have a significant impact on the field of regenerative medicine.

For more information on CellGS visit their website www.cellgs.com

Chilango go from strength to strength

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As Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, Andrew O’Dua spends most of his time supporting businesses in achieving growth. But for the rest of the time, Andrew O’Dua acts as a Business Angel – investing in a wide range of up and coming businesses. Here’s the latest news from one of them:

At Tellus Solutions we love hearing about business successes, which is why we were thrilled when we heard of all the great things Chilango, a new Mexican restaurant chain, are doing.

Last week, Eric and Dan from Chilango shared their latest news for the past quarter, and these guys have been busy! Not only have they added more restaurants, increased the size of their team, and gained a huge influx of Chilango fans, but they have plans for continued growth on the horizon.

Keeping up with the current trends, Chilango is now available on popular online food delivery platforms including, UberEATS, Deliveroo, CaterWings, City Pantry and Seamless, providing a wider audience reach to its customers across the UK. Chilango have also seen a dramatic increase in sales compared to the same quarter last year.

Since Principal Consultant Andrew O’Dua invested in Chilango in 2015 they have benefitted from a rapid growth in the number of restaurants they have opened across the UK. With two new locations in Canary Wharf and Croydon Boxpark launching in the last quarter, Chilango are now looking forward to launching two new additional sites in Leeds and Glasgow, with even more planned to open next year.

Andrew O’Dua of Tellus Solutions, explains how proud he is of how far Chilango have come so far. “Watching Chilango grow from strength to strength has been incredible. They have a fantastic passion for what they do, and their success shows this. Chilango have a restaurant on Oxford Street in Manchester, so it is great to have business I have invested in not only right on my doorstep, but doing so well.”

For more information on Chilango visit http://chilango.co.uk and be sure to visit one of their restaurants!

 

Tellus Solutions On The Move!

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Tellus Solutions relocates to Alderley Edge to reflect a shift in expertise

Business support and investment company Tellus Solutions has relocated from its former premises – biohub @ Alderley Park – to a new base in Alderley Edge.

The business’ new site in the heart of Alderley Edge Village aims to better reflect the company’s sector expertise. Historically, Tellus Solutions has provided support to the medical and Bioscience community, however the new move shows a shift in focus to much broader markets including energy, technology and manufacturing sectors.

Andrew O’Dua, Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, said, “We are very happy in our new home in Alderley Edge. From here, we will continue to support the expansion of start-ups, while aiming to gain traction in some new markets. The move to bigger premises also means we will be looking to recruit some new staff in the coming months, and we’re very much looking forward to growing our team.”

For further information and to keep up-to-date on more news and vacancies please visit www.tellus-solutions.co.uk .