Abe Elkinson

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Abe Elkinson
Born (1969-06-13) 13 June 1969 (age 54)
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupations
  • Businessman
  • philanthropist

Abe Elkinson (born 13 June 1969) is a businessman who lives in Manchester, England. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. One of five children whose father died of heart attack, this loss was to be the catalyst behind Elkinson's company Trust Medical.[citation needed]

Real Business Magazine cited Trust Medical as one of 50 UK companies that are 'The Cream of British Startups'.[1] Through his own personal experience, Elkinson is determined that Trust Medical will assist in preventing out of hospital deaths due to heart attack and workplace accidents.[2] To help deliver his message, Elkinson teamed up with presenter and GP Mark Porter and Journalist and broadcaster Michael Buerk. He has associations with the British Cardiac Patients Association, the Ambulance Service and Philips Medical Systems.[3][4] Trust Medical is the UK's first company to specialise in providing resuscitation equipment,[5] first aid training and occupational health services to UK organisations.[6][7] Trust Medical was closed the 29th January 2017.

Elkinson is a director of Elkinson and Jones, a company that provides advice to small- to medium-sized enterprises seeking corporate finance, business planning and structuring.[5][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "HSM MAGAZINE - Home". www.hsmsearch.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. ^ "CHS - Corporate Health & Safety - In partnership with RoSPA -". 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Trust Medical" (PDF). 8 October 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 October 2006.
  4. ^ "- Real Business". 1 October 2008. Archived from the original on 1 October 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "www.elkinsonjones.co.uk - Who are we?". 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 21 October 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Money". The Telegraph. 16 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.[dead link]
  7. ^ "SP: Error". Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Abe's life saver for every firm". Manchester Evening News. 28 October 2004.