Synergy Health plc (formerly Synergy Healthcare) (LSE: SYR) is a United Kingdom-based company which provides hygiene, sanitation and consultancy products and services to the healthcare and laboratory research industries. The company is headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange a member of the FTSE 250 Index as of September 2008.

The Company was founded in 1991. It was first listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2001. It went on to buy Shiloh, a leading supplier of sterilisation services to the National Health Service, in 2005. In 2007 it opened an office in Dubai, secured a sterilisation contract in Belgium and expanded its facilities in China. It secured a full listing on the London Stock Exchange in 2008.

The Company's services include the sterilisation of reusable medical instruments and linen cleaning outsourcing. Synergy also distributes medical hygiene products such as antibacterial cleansers and wet wipes, swabs and bandages. In 2008 Synergy Health acquired JMJ Laboratories, now Synergy Health Laboratory Services, who provide occupational pathology services and workplace drug and alcohol testing.

Michael Arata (born February 23, 1966) is an American actor and film producer. He began his acting career at age four and has since appeared on stage, in feature films and television programs.

Arata was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. As an actor, he has worked with Academy Award winners Oliver Stone, Gene Hackman, Kevin Costner, Jamie Foxx, Tatum O'Neil, Kim Hunter, Billy Bob Thornton, Denzel Washington, Ellen Burstyn and Sissy Spacek, and has appeared on stage with Sir Kenneth Branagh, Ben Kingsley, and Rosemary Harris, as well as Alec Baldwin and Elizabeth Ashley in Tennessee Williams's classic The Night of the Iguana.

In addition to his film history, Mr. Arata has extensive theatre experience, including acting and producing the works of Tennessee Williams, Caryl Churchill, Tony Kushner, and William Shakespeare. In 1997, American Theatre Magazine hailed Mr. Arata's performance of Stanley Kowalski in the 50th anniversary production of Tennessee Williams' classic A Streetcar Named Desire as "unhinged and electrifying", and reviewer Dalt Wonk called the performance "a Stanley for our times".

Tom Ritchie (born 2 January 1952 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Scottish footballer who played as a striker, most notably for Bristol City.

Ritchie signed from Bridgend Thistle in 1972 and established himself in the Bristol City attack, playing a key role in the club's rise to the First Division by 1976. He stayed with the club until 1980 when, following City's relegation, he transferred to Sunderland. Following a loan spell at Carlisle United, he returned to Bristol City in 1982 following the club's relegation to the Fourth Division. Ritchie would become one of the few players to play for Bristol City in all four divisions along with Chris Garland. He left the club in 1985 for Yeovil Town.