Christopher John Powles

Litho Supplies Plc supplies printing and graphic arts materials and equipment to the printing and corporate markets. Its products include digital print solutions, such as printing consumables and electronic pre-press equipment; and various equipment and consumables for the flexo industry, including computer to plate systems, plate mounting tapes, plate systems, and complimentary equipment; and thermal platemaking systems comprising analogue and digital photopolymer plates, and platemaking equipment. The company was founded by David Blackall and Barry Barrett in 1967 and is headquartered in Derby, the United Kingdom.

Directional Fashion Plc operated online fashion retail stores. The firm was an online retailer of ethical fashion, demonstrating that fashion can be ethical as well as contemporary and stylish. The products were usually organic, recycled, fair trade, made from alternative fibres, locally sourced or better still. The company was headquartered in Blandford Forum, the United Kingdom.

Octopus Apollo VCT Plc is a venture capital trust, which invests primarily in unquoted investment instruments, including ordinary and preference shares, loan stocks, and convertible securities. The company was founded on June 7, 2006 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.