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Macclesfield Express
12 March, 2003

Mary Dees of Smart Macclesfield firm PixelFOUNTAIN, is pictured after receiving an engraved glass trophy to mark her company’s recognition in the Small Business Service’s Smart Awards.

The achievements of the 55 North West companies – who collectively received a total of over £3 million in SMART award funding In the six-month period between April and September 2002 – were marked at a special luncheon held at the Last Drop Village Hotel at Bromley Cross near Bolton. Each had received special funding from the SBS SMART programme. PixelFOUNTAIN of King Edward Street received a £20,000 award in September for its Sustainable Business Game Project.

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Chamber Link
May 2003

High-tech bid to ‘green’ business
A high tech bid to help companies adopt green policies through sustainable development has won the backing of not only the Government, but also one of the region's leading utility companies.

Macclesfield-based, software development company - PixelFOUNTAIN - has not only won a Government SMART Award worth £10,000, but has also gained sponsorship of a further £5,000 from Warrington?based United Utilities.

Both awards are designed to help the company develop a pioneering interactive game aimed at helping business solve the practical problems surrounding successful sustainable development. Director of PixelFOUNTAIN, Mary Dees, explained: "During discussions with large companies and government agencies we identified the need to develop training in this specific area. 'We then set out to create an engaging form of awareness training that would translate the principles of sustainable development into 'real world' problems and solutions.

The game – 'Business unLtd – simulates a supply chain that is currently unsustainable. People taking part in the training programme will then have to alter the way the various businesses operate in order to meet their obligations – social, environmental and economic – with regard to sustainable development.

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