They must invest in new technologies, be at the forefront of innovation, be flexible and efficient.

This paper has often been in the forefront of innovation and at times readers have reacted with irritation or disdain at each new development.

The coalfield was at the forefront of innovation in coal mining, prompting the country's first canals, use of steam engines and creating conditions favourable for rapid industrialisation.

Both men were at the forefront of research into nuclear fission.

Museums should be at the forefront of research, not a place to mothball artistic relics.

In the former, she has been on the forefront of research in the field of elites.

One of the unique roles played by the institute was to provide a forum for physicists on various problems at the forefront of research in theoretical physics.

You could go on to work at the forefront of technology, managing defence projects worth millions of pounds.

Before email, before mobiles, back in the mists of time (the 1980s), the fax was at the forefront of technology.

Its basic two-cylinder petrol engine only produces 6.5 horsepower, but in its day it was at the forefront of technology.

Alongside its high-spec standards it has always been at the forefront of technology, a winning recipe which has made it the favourite wheels of executives and politicians.

The banks financial goals were to retain superior quality, staying at the forefront of technology and focusing on organic growth and profitability.