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Frontier IP Group plc
16 March 2021
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16 March 2021
Frontier IP Group Plc
("Frontier IP" or the "Group")
Portfolio news - Founding chief executive of English
Partnerships and Amec Developments, University Pro Chancellor joins
Alusid Board of Directors
Frontier IP, a specialist in commercialising intellectual
property, notes today's announcement from portfolio company Alusid
(the "Company") that David Taylor CBE has been appointed to the
Board of Directors as the representative of the University of
Central Lancashire ("UCLan" or the "University").
David is UCLan's Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the University
Board, the University's governing body. He has more than 30 years'
experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors,
encapsulating large-scale urban regeneration projects, start-up
companies and green technologies.
His roles have included being the founding chief executive of
both English Partnerships and Amec Developments, a director of the
Olympic Development Authority, and Chairman of HullCityBuild and
Elevate East Lancashire. He is currently Chairman of David Taylor
Partnerships, a privately-owned corporate and property company.
Alusid, a spin out from UCLan, creates premium-quality tiles and
other architectural surfaces from recycled industrial waste
ceramics, glass and other materials. Its partners include Parkside
Architectural Tiles, the commercial arm of Topps Tiles, and Panaz
Limited. The company is now scaling up its technology for mass
manufacture, transforming production from 4,000m(2) a year to
30,000m(2) a month.
Frontier IP Chief Executive Neil Crabb said: "David's vast
experience and contacts in the property sector and his strong
interest in green technologies will prove invaluable as Alusid
develops. We are delighted he is joining the Board."
Property entrepreneur and University of Central Lancashire Pro
Chancellor David Taylor joins Alusid Board of Directors
Alusid is delighted to welcome David Taylor CBE to the Board of
Directors as the representative of the University of Central
Lancashire (UCLan).
David was appointed Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the
University Board, UCLan's governing body, in 2014. He has extensive
experience in the private, public and voluntary sectors. In a
career spanning more than 30 years, David has built a portfolio of
companies focused on the built environment and green technologies
including Allied Lighting Limited, Standard Gas Technologies,
Carbon Numbers Limited and Endo Enterprises (UK) Limited.
He is Chairman of David Taylor Partnerships (DTP), a
Preston-based privately owned corporate and property company
specialising in start-up companies and large-scale urban
regeneration. Projects include a joint venture with British Land to
build 980 homes, a library and a civic centre on derelict land in
Canada Quays, London.
In his work for UCLan, David initiated a new GBP200m masterplan
transforming the university presence in Preston with two new
buildings, the Engineering and Innovation Centre and the Student
Centre and also the University Square, the first major civic square
to be developed in the North West in recent times.
His other roles include founding Chief Executive of both English
Partnerships and Amec Developments, and Deputy Chairman of Preston
North End Football Club, a post he has held for 25 years. He has
been Chairman of HullCityBuild and Elevate East Lancashire. He was
a director of the Olympic Development Authority, which organised
the London 2012 games. David is interim Chairman of the Lancashire
Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and has been instrumental in the LEP's
development of a new strategic framework, the establishment of
business-led sector groups and delivering investment for growth,
through projects such as the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
at Samlesbury Enterprise Zone, as well as securing a further
GBP34.1m from the Government's Getting Building Fund.
He joins Alusid at an important stage in its development. The
company has proved its technology to recycle industrial waste
ceramics, glass and glaze into premium-quality tiles and other
surfaces that can be scaled up to mass manufacture and discussions
are now taking place with potential industry partners.
David was awarded a CBE for services to the community of
Lancashire in 2007 and became Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire in
2014.
Alusid is a spin out from the University of Central Lancashire.
It was co-founded by Dr David Binns, Professor of Contemporary
Ceramics, who is the company's Creative Director, and Dr Alasdair
Bremner, a former Postdoctoral Research Fellow, who is now full
time Alusid Chief Executive Officer.
David Taylor, Pro Chancellor and Chairman of the University
Board, University of Central Lancashire, said: "I am delighted to
be joining the board of Alusid as the University's representative.
I am particularly pleased to be joining a company with the
potential to transform tile production through its innovative green
technology."
Alusid Chief Executive Officer Alasdair Bremner said: "We are
very happy David is joining the board. His unparalleled experience
in business and focus on green technologies will prove invaluable
at this crucial stage in our development and for helping us achieve
our ambitions for the business."
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ABOUT ALUSID
Alusid creates beautiful, premium-quality tiles and
architectural surfaces The company creates beautiful, premium
quality tiles and architectural surfaces by recycling industrial
waste ceramics, glass and other materials much of which would
otherwise end in landfill. Tiles are made from a minimum of 95 per
cent recycled content and usually contain more.
The company's Sequel ranges are distributed exclusively by
Parkside Architectural Tiles, the commercial arm of Topps Tiles.
Sequel Vibe was named Wall Tile Of The Year in The Tile
Association's prestigious awards last year.
Alusid also makes its own products under the brand name
SilicaStone distributed in the UK by Panaz . Customers include COS,
part of H&M, Christian Dior, Nando's, Harrods, Selfridges,
Amazon UK and Pret-a-Manger.
ABout frontier IP
Frontier IP unites science and commerce by identifying strong
intellectual property and accelerating its development through a
range of commercialisation services. A critical part of the Group's
work is involving relevant industry partners at an early stage of
development to ensure technology meets real world demands and
needs.
The Group looks to build and grow a portfolio of equity stakes
and licence income by taking an active involvement in spin-out
companies, including support for fund raising and collaboration
with relevant industry partners at an early stage of
development.
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