As a Chartered Member of the Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) charity, Trimega Laboratories were fortunate enough to be invited to the Buckingham Palace to join HRH the Duke of Edinburgh for a Celebration of Partnerships. The event was an opportunity to witness the inspiring impact that the DofE has on the lives of young people in the UK. Click here for more.

Probably a world-first, clients can now place their drug and alcohol testing requests via their iPhone using the latest application developed by Trimega.  So it doesn’t matter where in the world the client is, they can place a testing request through using their phone.  Developed with clients in mind and supporting the streamlined Public Law Outline reforms, it is aimed to help clients save time by being able to place tests whilst sitting on the Court bench.  Read here for more on this exciting innovation.

As we fast approach the end the Naughties, we are celebrating Trimega’s phenomenal growth over the last 4 years with something new. Trimega’s new brand / brand architechture is our effort to highlight the values associated with choosing Trimega as a preferred provider over other substance misuse testing services. There is a clear distinction between a TrimegaTest and other tests in the market and we wanted this to be reflected through our brand.

Good luck to the Customer Service Team at Trimega Laboratories who will be at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London tonight where they are on the shortlist for this year’s National Customer Service Awards. They are up against British Gas, DPD Express Parcel Delivery and Vangent in the Innovation category for the massive benefits that Hair Alcohol Testing delivers to Local Authorities and Family Courts in assessing child protection cases.

More on the rising tide of danger presented by cocaethylene in this story using NHS figures to show that cocaine addiction among the young has risen by three quarters in just three years. Our own research from Trimega Laboratories’ hair drug testing programme, which we are about to publish, shows that 45% of cocaine users test positive to cocaethylene. In some parts of the country it is as high as 60%.