This service will assist in understanding the cleanliness of your premises or equipment. This is done by swabbing a particular area, and detecting for bacteria. This service is available to any business type. See examples below:
iiCON will send you 10 swabs to test areas of interest before and after a normal cleaning regime (high traffic/footfall routes or high contract surfaces prone to contamination). After taking the swabs, place the samples in the pre-paid envelope provided to you as part of this support. Post the sample back to us in the pre-paid envelope and we will provide a report of your results.
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Do you know how your antimicrobial product works, how well it works, if it works against biofilms, and if your product leads to the development of resistance?
We can assess the antimicrobial activity of your products against a range of relevant sensitive and resistant bacteria grown on agar plates, in liquid media, or as biofilms on relevant surfaces. Additionally we can determine the likely mode of action of your antimicrobial and the likelihood of resistance emergence, a crucial aspect that antimicrobial product developers can determine to both protect their investment, and position their products within a market space where this aspect is often overlooked.
iiCON can carry out microbiological analysis to determine the activity of an antimicrobial, antimicrobial coatings and surfaces or other antimicrobial products. This is supported by molecular genetics to identify genes which may confer resistance and biochemical analysis to determine mechanisms of antimicrobial activity.
iiCON have the expertise in the development and evaluation of a range of diagnostic platforms from lateral flow through to molecular assays and in all stages of the development (early protype to commercialised products)
This service can offer expert advice or technical assistance to determine:
Environmental interventions and novel materials are important in the control and spread of infection. This service can assess the performance of your novel surfaces or materials for a wide range of applications.
This service can offer expert advice or technical assistance to determine:
Are you currently unsure which service might be most beneficial to your company?
Does your request does not quite fit within the existing focus areas, but you think we could help?
Please select this option and we will get in touch to discuss options with you and provide guidance and advice.
SME: The category of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (“SMEs”) is defined in law by the EU recommendation 2003/361 contained in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ L 124, 20.05.2003, p.36-41.) which can be accessed from the following website:
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/sme-definition_en
The main factors determining whether a company is an SME are:
Company category | Employees | Turnover | or | Balance sheet total |
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Medium-sized | < 250 | ≤ € 50 m | ≤ € 43 m | |
Small | < 50 | ≤ € 10 m | ≤ € 10 m | |
Micro | < 10 | ≤ € 2 m | ≤ € 2 m |
These ceilings apply to the figures for individual firms only. A firm which is part of larger grouping may need to include employee/turnover/balance sheet data from that grouping too. As such you will need to complete the following.
You have a holding equal to or greater than 25%, of the capital or voting rights in another enterprise and/or another enterprise has a holding equal to or greater than 25% in yours.
You are not linked to another enterprise This means, among other things, that your voting rights in the other enterprise (or vice versa) do not exceed 50%.
Therefore you must add a proportion of the other enterprise’s staff headcount and financial details to your own data when determining your eligibility for SME status.
Two or more enterprises are linked when they have any of the following relationships:
Therefore all 100% of the linked enterprise’s data must be added to those of your enterprise to determine if you comply with the staff headcount and financial thresholds of the SME definition.
This form must be completed by an individual with the legal authority to make declarations about the business, for example Managing Director, CEO etc.
A declaration of your authority in the form of a check box is required to submit this form.
Only Merseyside companies are eligible. If you are outside of this region, please send an email to iiCON@lstmed.ac.uk
You are being offered assistance under the European Comission’s State Aid De Minimis Regulations1 this allows a company to receive up to €200,000 (at applicable exchange rate) of De Minimis state aid over the last 3 fiscal years. The following requested information is a mandatory requirement to enable you to receive the support offered.
To confirm that you are able to receive the assistance you must declare the full amount of De Minimis aid you have already received over the last 3 fiscal years. Potentially any assistance from a public body might be an aid. Should you have any doubts on this matter, please contact the body from which the assistance was received.
If they are unable to say or there is any uncertainty, assume that it was De Minimis aid unless its value exceeded €200,000 in which case it cannot have been De Minimis. Any De Minimis state aid awarded to you under this project will have to be declared if you apply, or have applied, for any other De Minimis aid.