Date of issue: 6th July 2010

CLEMENT KEYS KEEPS TIME WITH MAYRIDGE EXPANSION

Chartered accountants Clement Keys has joined its’ client Mayridge to celebrate the winning of a major international project that will spearhead the company’s expansion into China .  

Warwickshire based Mayridge is working with clock maker Smith of Derby to design a heritage time gallery exhibition for a park in China .  Smith’s has built the world’s largest dial driven by a mechanical movement clock, which sits on a tower, Harmony Tower that is twice the size of Big Ben in the city of Ganzhou in south west China.  

Clement Keys partner Michael Meakin leads the team that provides Mayridge with a wide range of services including helping them to keep abreast of their financial responsibilities and legal liabilities when operating overseas and is delighted with their success.  

 He says, “It is fantastic to see a local company build strong new markets overseas.  We have worked with Mayridge for eight years and supported them through all stages of their development from the initial acquisition in 2002 to the purchase of their own offices, which they move into at the end of the summer.”  

Mayridge provides design and project management services to deliver exhibitions, conferences and product launches for a diverse range of clients.  The business employs 40 staff and they have offices in the Czech Republic and the Middle East .  

David Freeman, managing director at Mayridge says, “Our well established and long term relationship with Clement Keys has proved invaluable as the company has grown.  The exhibitions industry has been tough over the last few years but we have remained strong by continuing to listen to our clients and offer them new innovations such as our sustainable consultancy which offers the opportunity to build planet friendly exhibitions and stands.”  

The time gallery at Harmony Tower will create a unique visitor attraction to tell the story of time-keeping throughout the ages of human evolution.

Real timepieces and clocks, replica pieces and demonstration pieces will be brought together with images and signs to create an educational and entertaining place for visitors of all ages to experience man’s measurement of time.  

The complete Time Gallery will have as many pieces on display and demonstration spaces as the British Museum clock room and is scheduled to be ready in September 2010 when the park opens.