Thank you for your ideas. #7 was our favorite of yours. The use of blue and and the letterform was good. We are uncertain about the arc, as it looks like a smile. We liked the emphasis on "Stead" in #9 and the use of two colors "Stead" in dark blue and "Health Group" in grey. Serif fonts good in #9.
We have decided to move away from SHG initials. We are not known by it and don't want our clients to refer to us as SHG. We would like to see STEAD instead of SHG in #7. Thank you.