THE LEGAL SERVICES COMMISSION ANNUAL
TRAINING CONTRACT GRANT SCHEME
NEW LSC
HELPS SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS BY
TRAINING GRANTS
FUNDING THE TRAINING AND DEVELOP-
MENT OF NEW LEGAL AID SOLICITORS.
150 grants are available to organisations
committed to legal aid. Each grant
represents a package of up to £20,000 and a
commitment to support a student/trainee and
organisation for up to four years,
through the Legal Practice Course and
Training Contract.
Since the scheme was introduced in 2002 over
£15 million have been invested in the develop-
ment of around 600 legal aid solicitors.
www.legalservices.gov.uk/public/training_contract_grants.asp
THE UK
MEDICAL
MEDICAL DEVICES
KEY TO UK ECONOMY
DEVICES
MARKET
IS THE
FOURTH
Medical devices have been selected as one of six new technology areas
LARGEST
central to the UK’s future prosperity in a report published by the
IN EUROPE
Government’s top advisory group on science and technology,
the Council for Science and Technology.
AND
HEALTH-
The UK medical devices market is the fourth largest
CARE
market in Europe (valued at around £7.2bn)
MARKETS
behind Germany, France and Italy. Healthcare
markets are growing at 7-12% per year and
ARE
the estimated world market by 2015 is GROWING
£240bn. Medical devices were chosen
7-12%
from a short-list of 24 new technologies,
drawn from a long-list of 100.
PER YEAR.
The Association of British Healthcare
Industries (ABHI) is the lead trade association
for the medical devices and systems industry
(manufacturers of medical devices, equipment
and consumables and other suppliers to the
medical community).
For further details visit
www.abhi.org.uk
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