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ALISON HANDLING REACH FINALS OF THE
VENTUREFEST NORTH WEST INNOVATION SHOWCASE
Lancashire-based Alison Handling
has reached the finals of this year’s Venturefest North West Innovation
Showcase competition.
The Innovation showcase targets
small to medium-sized businesses who have launched a new product, service or
digital innovation in four categories. Alison
Handling has been recognised for the launch of its new A-Link Dolly which is a
rack to shelf solution, cutting the need for cage trolleys, and inefficient
storage systems in the Product Innovation category.
Having already beaten stiff
competition to reach the finals, the team from Alison Handling will now pitch
to an audience in excess of 1000 potential customers and investors at an event
at Manchester Central on the 20th November 2019.
Glenn Broomfield, managing
director at Alison Handling said: “This has been a rigorous process already and
we are delighted to be recognised by Venturefest and to be given the
opportunity to take centre stage to showcase our Dolly solution. The response to the Dolly from our customers
has been overwhelming and we truly believe that by using the Dolly, businesses
can cut staff handling times between the warehouse and the store by approx. 46%,
meaning huge savings on labour, whilst increasing efficiency and
profitability.”
The A-Link Dolly has been over a
year in development and testing and represents a major R&D investment for
Alison Handling. The system is a unique
wheeled dolly, designed to accommodate all types of plastic storage boxes, tote
boxes, stack-nest crates, with a feature on the trolley to create location
points for castors for safe stacking of the dollies when in storage or returned
to store.
Winners of each of the four
categories will be chosen by an independent panel of experts and there will
also be an audience winner, each of which will be announced on the day.
With a total prize package of
business support valued at £40,000, including £15,000 cash for both winners,
they will also receive a promotional video, legal advice, strategy workshops
and IP reviews.
Innovation Showcase entrants have
generated £5.2million of investment offers from having taken part in the
competition. Many of these were not actual winners on the day but made such an
impression with angel investors and venture capitalists that they went on to
secure funding for their proposition.
For more information on the new A-Link Dolly visit:-www.alisonhandling.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=74_165