Google

Google’s empire is built on pay-per-click advertising deals. However, by punishing sites with pop-ups, the company is helping to find a middle ground between businesses and web users.

Uber

Though 2016 hasn’t been entirely plain-sailing for Uber, there’s no denying the company is still the leader in the global ride-sharing market. Wisely settling for a merger in China has only strengthened the brand.

Dyson

James Dyson’s convention-busting think tank remains a leader in innovative design, and is very much the sort of forward-thinking business the UK will need in the post-Brexit world.

Amazon

Amazon’s ceaseless push for a regulatory framework has put it at the forefront of drone-assisted deliveries. The method is perfectly suited to the company’s business, which has not been lost on CEO Jeff Bezos.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The discovery of quantum spin liquid – an entirely new state of matter – may have brought us closer than ever to practicable quantum computations. Oak Ridge’s research could transform computing over the next few years.

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