RPC: law firm
"The words law firm conjure up many colourful thoughts; innovative isn't one of them. So by what black magic has RPC been shortlisted for 'innovation in enterprise'?
"By launching a customised suite of social media tools called Edge inside the business, and encouraging our lawyers to play and be creative with those tools.
"Whilst other firms are umming and ahhing about whether social technology is a worthwhile investment, we've been using the tools for over a year to create bespoke apps for us and our clients.
"We're not a firm of software developers, but we are a modern legal business. Our lawyers know our business and clients well enough to take simple technologies and turn them into something innovative. No black magic involved."
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Shoothill
"With over 5m properties and assets worth £132.2bn in England and Wales at risk from flooding, Shoothill and the Environment Agency (EA) have released the world's first visual representation of live flood information on Facebook - FloodAlerts.
"FloodAlerts uses data supplied by EA experts and displays pin-point accurate shapes on a BING map represented as different colours depending on the
extent and severity of each flood warning (updated every 15 minutes).
"Facebook users can register any location they want to monitor and if a
relevant alert is issued, they then receive a notification on their Facebook wall and to their email address."
Pocket Physio by UK Specialist Hospitals
"Pocket Physio is the first physiotherapy app to be designed by an orthopaedic provider. It gives patients more control over their own recovery after a hip or knee replacement.
"We provide the app to our NHS patients on iPads. It's very intuitive. Patients watch physiotherapy exercises in action, so they gain confidence to start mobilising their joints. And because it's easy to navigate, they do the right exercises at the right time, improving their recovery.
"We made this app to help all patients, so Pocket Physio is free for anyone to download from iTunes."
