Month: May 2017

Bedfont® Scientific Ltd. who have produced the Smokerlyzer® to help people quit smoking, gives smoking cessation clinics worldwide the chance to win a new Smokerlyzer® for World No Tobacco Day

Organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), World No Tobacco Day falls annually on 31st May and 2017 marks its 30th anniversary. A day dedicated to tobacco abstinence as well as the awareness of the negative side effects of tobacco use and smoking, Bedfont®, who manufacture the Smokerlyzer® used to help people quit smoking are hosting a competition. The second generation family company, who export their products globally, are encouraging stop smoking services across the world to share their Smokerlyzer® photos on social media for the chance to win a brand new Smokerlyzer® CO monitor for their practice. All they need to do is tag Bedfont® in their photos (@Bedfontltd) on Facebook, Twitter Instagram, using the hashtags #Smokeryzer #Worldnotobaccoday #knowyourCO.

The Smokerlyzer® is a carbon monoxide (CO) monitor that measures the harmful amount of CO that is inhaled from smoking, which can show how much a patient has been smoking, giving smoking cessation advisors an idea on the level of dependency that the smoker has. The Smokerlyzer® is quick, non-invasive and also acts as a motivational visual aid to encourage the user to quit smoking and to measure their progress whilst doing so.

Last year in 2016, the Smokerlyzer® also celebrated 30 years of helping people quit smoking and saving lives in over 70 countries. A recent study by Grant et al. (2015) looked at CO testing within Stop Smoking Services (SSS). In their findings, one client highlighted that CO monitoring was one of the most useful elements of the SSS he received, “one of the most useful things I found about it was the CO readings every week…you know, you can’t fool a machine, so it’s difficult to fool yourself then”1.

Jason Smith, managing director at Bedfont Scientific, says, “The Smokerlyzer® is world renown; it has been demonstrated by the likes of Princess Diana, Sir Alex Ferguson and it has contributed to several clinical papers and has saved countless lives in the past 30 years. By running the competition it will hopefully help boost awareness of World No Tobacco day, encouraging people to quit smoking, but also give stop smoking clinics across the world a chance to win another Smokerlyzer® for their practice.”

For full terms and conditions please visit https://www.bedfont.com/World%20No%20Tobacco%20Day

Second generation family business, Bedfont®, named as one of the top 25 companies in Kent set to change the way we live and do business

Based in Harrietsham, Bedfont® is a small family business who has specialised in the design and manufacture of breath and gas analysis monitors for medical application for over 40 years. The Future List, created by the KM Group, asked a team of judges to name the top 25 Kent companies who are set to change the way we live and do business; among the top influencers was Bedfont®, and here’s exactly why:

·       The iCO™ Smokerlyzer®

The Smokerlyzer® range is a range of breath carbon monoxide (CO) monitors used in stop smoking clinics to help people quit smoking. The technology celebrated its 30th birthday on 2016 but through constant innovation, Bedfont® has managed to keep on top of competition and its latest in the range, the iCO™, is set to make waves. The iCO™ Smokerlyzer® is the world’s first Smokerlyzer® CO monitor for your smartphone, allowing people to quit smoking and track their progress anytime, anywhere. With a free downloadable app, users can still have the familiar motivational traffic light system whilst also be able to send their progress to friends, family and their smoking advisor.

·       The GastroCH4ECK®

The GastroCH4ECK® uses breath analysis to help detect gastrointestinal disorders such as lactose intolerance, IBS and SIBO. The GastroCH4ECK® works by measuring the levels of hydrogen and methane on a person’s breath that is a result of the gut breaking down food, offering professionals and patients alike a quick, easy and completely non-invasive way to investigate gut function; especially compared to more conventional methods which require a blood or stool sample and can take up to 2 weeks.

·       The NObreath®

Recommended by NICE, the NObreath® FeNO monitor is used to help improve asthma management, one breath at a time. Using FeNO measurements to evaluate airway inflammation in asthma represents a significant advance in respiratory medicine, but until now it has been an expensive test to deliver in every day practice. Measuring FeNO can help determine the type of asthma (allergic or non-allergic) Measuring FeNO can help determine the type of asthma (allergic or non-allergic) and help differentiate between asthma and other respiratory conditions. It can also help to determine the level of medication a patient needs. With recent heightened concerns over the number of people being misdiagnosed with asthma, Bedfont® has been working with NICE and local GP’s to help implement FeNO monitoring into general asthma care.

Jason Smith, managing director, comments, “We are honoured to have been named as one of the top 25 on the Future List. Bedfont® takes great pride in saving peoples’ lives; it something we have done for over 40 years now and something we will continue to do by constantly innovating health.”

Second generation family business, Bedfont® goes through to the final round of the KEiBA for 2 categories

The Kent Excellence in Business Awards (KEiBA) is an annual awards ceremony organised by Kent County Council and KM Media Group. Now in its 9th year, the awards were established to recognise and reward excellence and achievements by companies across Kent. Out of 16 categories, this year saw 312 entries for KEiBA. Based in Harrietsham, Kent, Bedfont® has specialised in the design and manufacture of breath and gas analysis monitors for medical application for over 40 years. As the finalists were announced at KENT Vision Live yesterday, Bedfont® was pleased to be named as a finalist in 2 of the categories it applied for; Medium Business of the Year and Exporter of the Year.

Jason Smith, managing director, comments,

“With Kent being rich in companies who are paving the way into the future, and with there being more KEiBA entries this year than ever before, Bedfont® is humbled to have been chosen as finalists for Medium Business of the Year and Exporter of the Year. We look forward to the gala dinner in June to see who will win – good luck to all finalists in all 16 categories”.

Second generation family business, Bedfont®, shows it has family values at its core with their progressive kids club for employees

Bedfont®, based in Harrietsham, is a small family-run business that specialises in the design and manufacture of breath and gas analysis monitors for medical application. For 3 years now, Bedfont® has provided employees with a ‘kids club’ that has been helping their staff to maintain a healthy work-life balance; a factor which makes the small company of 39 a very progressive and desirable company to work for.

Bedfont’s latest statistics show that 73% of the workforce consists of members aged 35 and under, meaning a high majority of staff are parents with young children.

Jason Smith, managing director, says, “On a few occasions half the business needed time off to look after their children during the holidays, meaning holiday was being used solely to take care of children instead of being used for other leisure. This meant that at times business would be an operational nightmare but so would people’s work life-balance; parents had to alternate weeks off from work and therefore the time allocated for them to spend together as a family is seriously diminished, additionally the added pressure of trying to balance work duties whilst trying to find the time to look after your children during the holidays is something I know all too well as a parent of 2 myself. We decided to allocate an annual budget for the kids club, whereby staff can bring their children to work for one week in each of the school holidays and then Bedfont® funds the requisite number of professional DBS checked nannies required. To start, my own home was used as their operating base but now we have part of the Bedfont® premises converted for these weeks, however they actually spend much of their time in the locality at various low-cost attractions such as Leeds Castle, Kent Life, Adventure Kids, Whitstable and much more.”

Claire Dadswell adds, “All the children are cared for by DBS checked nannies with myself in charge; I am NNEB trained with paediatric first aid and have over 23 years of experience as a nanny. We try and do one trip out alongside lots of arts and crafts which all the children love. The youngest child is 1.5 years old and the eldest is 12, so we find activities that are fun, educative and suit all ages. We also provide all children with healthy snacks and lunches, plus we are lucky enough to have a gymnastics coach on our team who will occasionally teach a session with kids to keep them active.”