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Oriium
Based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Oriium is a leader in providing IT Support and Computer services to a range of businesses throughout Yorkshire and the United Kingdom. We focus on serving the SME as well as specialised projects and outsourced infrastructure facilities for the larger enterprise. Our business is to deliver high quality IT solutions to enhance companies productivity and return on investment. |
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Erudine.
Based at Central House in the heart
of Harrogate, Erudine is a highly innovative software
development company. Started in 2002 by Pateley Bridge
born brothers Martin and Phil Rice, Erudine is set to
revolutionise the IT industry with its radical new technology
- Erudines Behaviour Engine. www.erudine.com
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Cartridge World with shops at 46 Kings Road,
Harrogate Tel 01423 701704, 70 North Street, Ripon Tel
01765 607743 and 46 High Street, Northallerton Tel 01609
771123 are once again supporting the Great Milk (stout)
Ride by providing free refills for the printers involved
in the production of leaflets and flyers. |
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Deakin Accountancy Ltd is a small firm specialising
in the bookkeeping, accounts preparation and tax work
for sole traders and limited companies with a turnover
of under two million pounds. Located at 6 Harewell Close,
Glasshouses, Harrogate. HG3 5DY Tel 01423 711950 Fax 01423
712753 or Email deakinaccountancy@btinternet.com |
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Fresh Radio for the Dales
from their brand new studios at Broughton Hall, on the
A59 south of Skipton, have supported the Ride since 2002,
with free promotion before the events via their community
service spots as well as inclusion in news bulletins
and recorded interviews.
Fresh Radio, now a truly independent radio station owned
jointly by Roger Tempest of Broughton Hall and Julian
Hotchkiss, is moving with confidence into becoming a local
broadcasting force to be reckoned with. |
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Stray FM
Harrogate's local commercial radio station broadcasting on 97.2 FM
are also long-term supporters with regular free
plugs and reports of progress in news bulletins, as
well as live interviews on their morning programmes. |
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Ackrill Media Group
Through their district-wide newspapers covering Harrogate,
Knaresborough, Ripon, Wetherby, Nidderdale and Northallerton,
the group has been supporters of the Ride since its inception
in 1993. With regular reports of yearly progress and detailed
accounts and pictures of both the day of the Ride itself
and the subsequent Presentation Nights, they have recorded
the steadily increasing success of this now permanent
feature of the Harrogate calendar.
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Yorkshire Water will be supplying riders with 500ml
sports type bottles after the ride as well as providing
water for the drinks stops around the routes.
Yorkshire Water manage the collection, treatment
and distribution of water, supplying around 1.24 billion
litres of drinking water each day - that's the equivalent
of a glass of water for every person on the planet!
They also collect, treat and dispose of about one billion
litres of waste water safely back into the environment
each day.
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Houseman
International Transport Ltd are UK and international
haulage contractors with depots at Harrogate and Thirsk.
They have a wide range of vehicles including 40ft curtain
siders, step frames and Hiab equipped trucks and vans.
For Harrogate Depot Tel 01423 780369 Email william@hit.gb.net
For Thirsk Depot 01845 567080 Email chris@hit.gb.net |
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Branch Auto Bodies (Ilkley).
A motor vehicle
accident repair centre based in Ilkley. Mike Holt, the
senior partner, lives in Glasshouses and is Chairman of
the Great Milk (stout) Ride committee. Branch Auto
Bodies also undertake general mechanical repairs and servicing
work. They offer free estimates and free courtesy cars
if required. Email connection branchauto@aol.com |
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EW Smith & Company Ltd
Independent financial
advisers, who have served thousands of clients throughout
Nidderdale and beyond for over twenty years. Mortgages,
Investments, Pensions, Tax planning, Inheritance tax mitigation,
Trusts and Will planning. Professional experienced Independent
advisers. ed@ewsmith.co.uk |
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QPS Group of Companies founded in 1972 comprising
QPS Plastics Ltd, who provide products
and services to the water industry and public health
amenity vehicle replacement parts http://www.qps-uk.com/plasticshome.htm
Tel:01765 609618 Fax:01765 609619
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QPS Environmental Ltd who supply the
unique I-Love-My-Dog poop scoops throughout the UK and
Eire by mail order www.poopscoop.biz Tel:01765 609618 Fax:01765 609619 |
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Ilkley Round Table have been a long-time major
sponsor of the Great Milk (stout) Ride almost from its
inception. |
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AMPS News Ltd of Summerbridge who have provided
both vans and drivers to act as "sweepers"
following the Rides to pick up any stragglers, supply
and deliver newsapapers and magazines throughout Nidderdale,
from Pateley Bridge to Hampsthwaite, on both sides of
the river. Tel: 01423-780482 |
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The Cheridan Raithby Trust has been a long time
supporter the Ride since the early days, quietly making
donations. Cheridan Raithby lived and worked in Harrogate
for many years and died early in this century. During
the 1990s she won the National Lottery and whilst alive
set up a charitable trust, The Harrogate Charitable
Trust, to support local charities in and around the
Harrogate area, focussing on smaller, rather than large
organisations. Upon her death her entire estate was
left in trust and renamed the Cheridan Raithby Charitable
Trust. Since then it has continued to support local
charities in the same way. |
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Birchfield Farm Ice-cream Ltd
of Summerbridge, who have long attended the Rides over
the years as a trade stand,came aboard as full blown sponsors
in 2007. Birchfield produces ice cream, cream, butter,
sorbet and yogurt using milk from their own herd of Jersey
cows at their Summerbridge farm. |