On Thursday 28th June RUMM Ltd won an award for being the ‘Most Innovative Business with less than 20 employees’ at the Heads of the Valleys Innovation Programme’s (HOVIP) award ceremony at Bryn Meadows Golf Club. Please see below for feature on the Hovip website (can be found at: http://www.hovip.org.uk/innovation-awards.php)
RUMM (Remote Utility Monitoring and Management) Ltd
Winner of the Most Innovative Business with less than 20 employees, RUMM (Remote Utility Monitoring and Management) Ltd, is an organisation that aims to protect the environment and reduce costs by using innovative technology and a proven methodology to reduce carbon emissions, achieving large savings for local economies and reducing the impact on the environment.
- University of Glamorgan spinout company
- £1m+ turnover and 10 employees since Nov 2005
- Unique total energy management solution
- ‘RUMM Pulse‘ innovatively acquires data from any type of utility meter – idea originated in a pub in Finland!
- Customers include: Continental Teeves, Sekisui, NHS &Doncasters. Helped save £10m since started.
“A truly innovative company who have demonstrated the benefits of undertaking their R&D collaboratively with the university sector in Wales: leading to innovative products and services which both save their customers money and help to save the environment.”
More information can be found at:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business-in-wales/business-news/2010/06/29/innovative-firms-reap-their-reward-91466-26744888/
http://www.hovip.org.uk/innovation-awards.php#entrants
http://www.hovip.org.uk/video-footage-2010.php?vid=big-rumm
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