Founded in 2009 with the aim of creating a pillow that would be impervious to infection, Gabriel Scientific has seen its hermetically sealed pillow used in hospitals around Europe, but is not resting on its laurels and has ambitious growth plans, writes Trish Dromey

I HAVE just finished reading an interesting book. It’s called Corvus — A Life With Birds, by Esther Woolfson. It’s about the tame birds that have lived in her house for most of her life.

IT might be only 107 days to Christmas but some people are already toying with ideas for what to buy as presents for their children.