KwizzBit, a web-based gaming platform, has appointed two new members of staff to accommodate business growth and development. The Leeds start-up combines the traditional format of pub quiz entertainment with the excitement of interactive digital media. The appointments come after a series of account wins including one of the UK’s largest operators of bars and restaurants, Mitchells and Butler, […]

Rail Wi-Fi company Nomad Digital has won an order to deliver Wi-Fi systems on 93 intercity express new trains for Great Western Railway (GWR). Nomad has been working with GWR, which operates trains and runs stations in the south west of England and south Wales, since 2013, and the new contract will see it fitting […]

UpSkill has been launched to address the Northern tech sector’s skills gap. Traditional routes to recruiting talent do not supply enough people fast enough. Yet alternative digital training providers are neglected as a viable hiring resource by employers. UpSkill brings together the North’s digital skills training providers to help them do more to meet the UK’s need for […]

Manchester cybersecurity consultancy Secarma has appointed a new managing director as part of wider plans to “challenge the biggest players”. Paul Harris has re-joined the UKFast group of companies following a three-year spell as marketing director at UKFast from 2009. Since leaving the cloud provider in 2012, he has held the role of UK marketing director […]

Cheshire-based MPP Global has raised £12 million in Series B funding from investors including Albion Ventures and Grafton Capital. Headquartered in Warrington, MPP Global delivers digital monetisation services to media companies such as Sky, News UK and the Daily Mail Group. The investment will allow MPP Global to expand into new markets and continue the […]

NetSuite – the provider of a leading cloud business management solution – has named Crewe-based FHL its top solution partner of the year for UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for a record sixth time. The award was presented at the NetSuite Annual SuiteWorld Conference (Las Vegas, Nevada, 24 – 27 April 2017). Competing against more than 50 NetSuite […]

Sheffield-based telematics company The Floow is looking to double its workforce with 40 to 60 new recruites. The recruitment drive is underpinned by £13m investment from Chinese business group Fosun. The Floow’s chief operating officer David James said: “This is a strategic decision for The Floow as we enter another period of rapid growth and expansion […]

Cybersecurity firm VST Enterprises has closed its fourth funding round, securing 11.4m, giving the company a valuation of £220m. The Manchester-based startup, which was founded in 2012, secured the funding from private investors including serial entrepreneur Chris Lightbody and director at KPMG Guy Weaver. VST Enterprises has created a scannable code technology called VCode, which […]

Tagtronics Limited has secured a six-figure loan to support its acquisition of a software as a service (SaaS) business in London. The loan is being provided by Enterprise Ventures SME Loans. Tagtronics was founded in 2000 by its managing director, Mike Williams. The firm provides the domiciliary care market in the UK and overseas with software […]

ECSC Group, the Bradford-based cyber security specialist has hired Stephen Hammell as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and director. Prior to joining ECSC, Hammell was group finance director of eBECS, an international IT consultancy. Hammell was also director in corporate finance at Grant Thornton and has held corporate finance roles at PwC and Yorkshire Bank. […]

One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing company, Edge Testing Solutions, has today announced that it has been successfully awarded a place on the highly competitive Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Framework Agreement. Edge Testing can now offer Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems to public sector organisations, under the RM3810 […]

Global provider of award-winning anti-malware and multi-layered security solutions, ESET has announced a distribution agreement with Accrington-based Exertis, one of the UK’s leading technology distributors. Malcolm Tuck, Country Manager at ESET said, “We are looking forward to a long and successful business relationship with Exertis, they have an established presence in the B2B sector and […]

Crewe business FHL kicks off our new series where we profile regional tech businesses. Andrew Peddie, MD of FHL tells us all you need to know about FHL in one comprehensive interview. Tell us in one sentence what FHL offers? “Best in class” cloud business systems. How is your service different from competitors? There is an […]

Maven Capital Partners is opening an office in Preston following its appointment by the British Business Bank as fund manager for a new £57.5m Northern Powerhouse fund. The private equity firm said that its new office is ideally suited to provide additional investment and administrative resource for Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) investments and the […]

IT services giant Accenture is adding 60 people to its Technology and Consulting workforce in the North East to work with healthcare and public sector clients. The jobs will cover a variety of levels and are part of the company’s initiatives to increase UK consulting resources outside London. Mark Larsen, managing director for Accenture Newcastle, confirmed the company’s strong […]