We’d like to say a special thank you to companies and people who have been exceedingly generous and in doing so, instrumental in helping the Organic Trade Board to get established:

• Lizzie Vann Thrasher who has donated an office, staff and cash to tide us over in these early days
• kri8it and mn8 who have built our web site for us on a pro bono basis.
• Osborne Clarke solicitors who helped with the company formation and advice on not for profit businesses.
  Osborne Clarke is a business law firm with offices in the City of London, Reading and Bristol. We have a wide and diverse client base ranging from companies like Vodafone to institutions such as The Wellcome Trust and Imperial College, London. Our charities and not for profit team is based in Bristol and advises a wide range of clients, including grant making trusts and foundations, trade associations, community interest companies, service providers and universities and other educational institutions. Our lawyers specialise in advising our charity and not for profit clients on a wide range of issues including governance, tax, reorganisations and restructurings, trading, fundraising, trustees’ and directors’ powers and duties, joint ventures, investment, grant-making and endowment.
• Our “angels” who are funding the role of the Trade Director from April 2009:
  • Community Foods
  • Greenvale
  • Organix
  • Rasanco
  • Yellowfish Developments
  • Yeo Valley