Abcam wins ‘Business of the Year 2009’ at the Business Weekly East of England Awards

Cambridge, UK, 1 March 2010 – We are proud to announce that Abcam won ‘Business of the Year’, in the East of England Business Awards.

The award is given to the company the judges deem most deserving from the four categories, ‘Killer Technologies’, ‘Private Company’, ‘Quoted Company’ and ‘International Trade’; Abcam entered the latter two.

Jonathan Milner, CEO comments, “This is an incredible testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone at Abcam and to our loyal customers, who are simply brilliant”.

Abcam fought off tough competition with the ‘Business of the Year’ award seeing the most competition in the 21 years it has run. Adrian Seagers, partner with awards sponsor Birketts LLP said: “This is a staggeringly successful and well run business whose expertise is helping save and improve lives of people world wide.”

Launched in 1990, the Business Weekly East of England Business Awards is the longest running and most respected awards in the region.

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