Trailblazing challenger bank Atom has been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies in financial technology for a fourth year in a row. The Durham bank made it into number nine in the Fintech 100 rankings, compiled by H2 Ventures and KPMG, and is the highest rated business in the UK. The rankings highlights innovative companies […]

Digital businesses among those to benefit from schemes aimed at creating a “pipeline of talent that meets employer needs” The Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is to use almost £4m of funding to support the creation of a raft of schemes aimed at boosting apprenticeships, including those allocated to digital businesses. The funding will also be […]

Online retail giant Amazon is to open a new R&D centre in Manchester next year and expand other offices, as it takes on 1,000 new highly skilled staff. The new Manchester office will house at least 600 R&D employees, and the retail giant will also expand its premises in Edinburgh and Cambridge. The new highly-skilled employees […]

Homecare tech firm Cera Care is investing in new technology by developing an AI chatbot called Martha, which provides decision support to carers based on questions they ask. The aim is that Martha will be able to successfully foresee health deteriorations to pre-empt more serious illnesses and avoid unnecessary admissions to hospital. Cera Care has […]

Fast growing tech start up Wakelet is moving to a new base in Manchester Science Partnerships’ Tech Incubator. The online content curation firm that has seen 200% year on year growth and has more than a million individual and business users including Harvard University, international sports teams FC Barcelona and Atlanta Hawks, and blue chip companies […]

Testing company ready to boost public sector footprint with presence on new framework Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, has been selected to deliver digital services under the Crown Commercial Service’s new Digital Outcomes and Specialists 3 public sector framework. The Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework helps the public sector to find suppliers […]

A technology company based in York is expanding. Incremental Solutions helps companies including Network Rail, Virgin and Grand Central improve their performances through analysis of vehicle data and optimisation of their fleets. This month, the team has welcomed Rayner Gill into a new Business Development role. Rayner has served in a number of frontline and managerial […]

Leeds has become the first city to go live on NHS Digital’s GP Connect service, which aims to offer clinicians across all care settings on-the-spot access to patients’ records. The service will provide point-of-care access to patients’ GP records across general practice surgeries, as well as community, mental health, and hospital care settings, with the […]

Commercial interiors specialist Penketh Group has completed the £200,000 furniture fit-out of Manchester Science Partnerships’ (MSP) new Tech Incubator. Located in Manchester Technology Centre, the £2 million incubator offers technology innovation and data science startups with co-working spaces, meeting rooms, a large event space and small private offices. Penketh Group’s design facilitates a range of […]

Luminous Group, a Newcastle-based 3D imaging and mixed reality technology company, has received a prestigious accreditation from Microsoft. The company provides 3D mapping, virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies for a broad range of industrial applications – including in oil and gas, health and safety, training, food processing and warehouse management. Luminous has joined Microsoft’s […]

Altrincham-based technology consultancy, Intec Business Solutions, has secured a £500,000 investment from NPIF – Maven Equity Finance to support the creation of more than 40 jobs. Intec Business Solutions, founded in 2016, works with SMEs and business leaders to help them to identify and design technology business models. It has built a network of mobile partners and provides […]

Leeds-based software company Morgan Kai has been acquired in a £20.5m deal by Nottingham-headquartered counterpart Ideagen. Morgan Kai had developed an internal audit management product, MKinsigh,used by 370 customers across markets including the public sector, banking and finance, engineering, healthcare and energy, including the UK National Audit Office, the US Federal Reserve, Investec, the New York […]

Chess ICT, which has offices in Alderley Edge and Burnley has expanded with the acquisition of an independent billing specialist. Telecoms specialist Chess ICT has purchased TMS which was founded in 2001 by Suzanne and David Chappell. Headquartered in Oxfordshire, it offers independent channel support services to the UK telecoms industry. The business brings Chess […]

One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, has announced its success in winning four major new contracts with companies across the UK. The contracts cover a variety of software testing services for leading organisations valued at over £17.5 million. The major new contracts include The Student Loans […]

Sedgefield tech firm Kromek, a company that manufactures devices that can detect nuclear radiation has  been awarded $1.8m of funding from the United States’ Defense Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), which is part of the US Department of Defense. Under the two-year deal, Kromek will be tasked with developing a next-generation Radionuclide Identification Device – which can detect […]