The team behind Leeds City Council’s programme to deliver the integrated health and social care services demanded in NHS England’s Five Year Forward View is working to ensure it can be used anywhere in the country, according to its chief digital officer Dylan Roberts. “The idea of the Ripple programme is to take what has […]

Plans for a new co-working FinTech hub has been unveiled for XYZ, the landmark workspace building currently being developed by Allied London in Spinningfields. The Vault will be a 20,000 sq ft new enterprise space for innovative companies and start-ups in the financial technology industry. Launching at the end of this year, The Vault will […]

Richard Gregory has become the new Director of government-funded agency Tech North. Gregory will start his role on 11th July replacing Claire Braithwaite. Tasked with boosting the tech sector in the North of England, Tech North receives £2million budget annually. Gregory joins after 12 years at Latitude Digital Marketing, where he served as COO for 10 […]

LANCASHIRE telecoms and IT firm Daisy Group has agreed a six-year cloud communications partnership with BT. As part of the deal, which the businesses say will generate £70m over the period, Daisy’s services will be migrated to BT Wholesale’s cloud platform over the next 18 months. The deal gives Daisy and its customers access to […]

Manchester City Football Club have signed a new young player – but one who will never set foot on the pitch. Instead 18-year-old Kieran “Kez” Brown joins the club as its first e-sports player. He will represent the club at e-sports tournaments, playing popular computer game Fifa. Premier League rivals West Ham signed their first […]

Cheshire-based managed services provider Netdef has been bought by a Belfast-headquartered counterpart Novosco in a seven-figure deal. IT security solutions firm NetDef services a number of metropolitan police forces, NHS trusts and financial services organisations as well as two Premier League football clubs. Other customers include Warburtons and Village Hotels; while cloud services provider Novosco’s […]

Software firm K3 has grown its presence in the leisure sector following its acquisition of an electronic point-of-sale business for £1.27m. Salford-based K3 said it will pay Merac a further £175,000 next year depending on how it performs. The acquisition, which has been agreed on a debt free basis, is expected to be immediately earning […]

A YORK-BASED software company is breaking up as part of a £2.1m investment deal. Access Intelligence, which has London and York offices, is a supplier of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions for reputation and operational risk management. It has announced that it will dispose of its subsidiary, AITrackRecord Ltd to a new company founded by the current […]

Mid-market private equity firm ECI has taken a majority stake in IT Lab, the technology support business behind McLaren sports cars. The sale means brothers Sebastian and Lucan Gray, who founded IT Lab in 2000, will be left with a minority share of the £35m-turnover business. IT Lab sells cloud-based software and provides IT support […]

Channel services provider Oriium announced its first acquisition a year after taking on investment. Yorkshire-based data management specialist has taken a majority stake in London-based application specialist add3 for a seven-figure sum. Having started as a direct-selling CommVault services specialist, Oriium recently shifted to a channel-only model. Add3 sells primarily through 15 partners, five of […]

Chester-based identity intelligence specialist GB Group has conditionally agreed to acquire IDscan Biometrics and raise up to £25 million. IDscan Biometrics helps authentication of documents including passports, visas, ID cards, driving licences, utility bills and work permits whilst also capturing facial biometrics which provides proof that those documents are not stolen. The combination represents a […]

Blue Prism, a robotic process automation software firm, has posted its maiden interim results, following its stock market listing in March. The Newton-le-Willows-based company’s software allows customers to save costs by creating a virtual workforce to handle back office, clerical functions. Blue-chip customers include the Co-op Bank, online retailer Shop Direct, RWE npower, the NHS […]

CERTERO, a Warrington-based international software asset management company, has relocated its headquarters to larger premises and is set to grow its workforce following a six-figure funding package from HSBC. The move to the new premises will also see Certero create eight new jobs with the business planning to add a further 10 positions over the […]

Home technology specialist Finite Solutions has announced a 25% increase in turnover to £3.4m for 2015/16, boosted by strong demand for lighting design and smart control installations. The Leeds-based company specialises in whole house automation projects including home cinema, security, and audio visual systems that are fully integrated into smart phone and tablet interfaces. Finite […]

MANCHESTER-based UD Group, the software provider for the energy and utilities sector, has secured a new deal with Zenergi, the customer service business specialising in energy procurement, invoice validation and contract management. Zenergi will benefit from UD Group’s latest cloud-based solution, UD crm, the energy quoting and contracting solution designed for business-to-business customers.