A global tech firm is creating more than 100 new jobs at its Thornaby operations centre, after the company won new contracts including a landmark £27m project in Sydney, to provide the industry’s most advanced technology for any major city transport network. Cubic Transportation Systems – the company behind London’s Oystercard – is increasing its Thornaby headcount […]

Waterstons is going global and launching its first international office after achieving a 64% increase in profitability and a turnover of over £11.7m in the past 12 months. The Durham-based business and IT consultancy, which has almost 25 years’ experience of delivering business support for a wide range of clients, provides creative technology based solutions to improve business […]

Scientists at the University of Salford say they have devised a new way of saving on domestic electricity bills with a system that allows the power stored in an electric car to be transferred to a home. The electric cars with stored power that could be transferred to a dwelling. It is envisaged that recharging […]

Major expansion plans around M62 corridor and surrounding areas   One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, has announced the appointment of Kelly White to spearhead its growth across Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire, and Yorkshireman Julian Lawless to lead its growth across […]

A popular start-up accelerator programme is returning to Newcastle for the first time in three years to work with tech firms needing investment. Ignite was the first accelerator programme to be launched in Newcastle in 2011. The scheme proved successful with the local tech scene and helped support many of the entrepreneurs that now run […]

Mercia Fund Managers has invested more than £20m through the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) to date, new figures show. Since the NPIF launched in February last year, Mercia has created more than 250 jobs across Yorkshire, the Humber and Tees Valley by providing loans and equity investment for 71 businesses. Companies to have secured […]

A Leeds-based technology business has been acquired by a new joint venture company. Leeds-based SICL, an IT infrastructure and network specialist which provides a range of on-premises, cloud and hybrid services to customers, has been bought by MXLG Acquisition – a joint venture between listed technology-focused adviser and investor MXC and Liberty Global Europe 2. […]

Communications, data, and networking specialist Pennine has been selected as a supplier on two procurement frameworks by the Scottish Government and Crown Commercial Service. The procurement frameworks function as an agreement between buyers and providers allowing them to place orders for services without having to go through lengthy tendering processes. After satisfying stringent criteria the firm will […]

North Yorkshire has been awarded £11.15m to bolster its connectivity infrastructure. The money will go towards the recent £20.5m deal the authority signed with BT to complete phase three of its Superfast North Yorkshire initiative. The first two phases of the programme have taken superfast broadband penetration to almost 90%, and the goal of the […]

An Australian software firm has set up its UK headquarters in Stockport. Sydney-based shipping software provider SmartFreight is part of the IFS Group and has offices in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Ireland. It provides innovative software solutions to 3,000 companies around the world, helping cut their distribution costs and enhancing their supply chain operations. For […]

Newcastle digital consultancy hedgehog lab has experienced major growth since it was founded in 2007 by Sarat Pediredla and Mark Forster. The company aimed to double its turnover every year, and has succeeded in opening offices in London, Copenhagen, Boston, Austin, and Hyderabad. It seemed like the app developer would experience another surge of growth after […]

Bury-based technology firm Pennine, has secured a partnership with a leading European artificial intelligence developer. Pennine, a communications, data and networking specialist has signed the agreement with Hungarian voice analytic software company Xdroid. The deal will give Pennine’s UK contact centre clients access to automated speech technology which can detect emotions such as displeasure, happiness […]

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced FHL Cloud Solutions (FHL) as an approved G-Cloud supplier on the Digital Marketplace, opening up numerous public sector opportunities. The Digital Marketplace supports the government vision of a public sector ‘Amazon’ meaning that FHL, as a fully-compliant supplier, is able to deliver services to Government departments across the UK. Launched […]

Newcastle City Council has put forward proposals designed to create “the UK’s leading smart city”. A meeting taking place on Monday will ask the council’s cabinet members to approve two proposals, the first of which is that they will “endorse Newcastle’s aspirations and ambitions as a technologically innovative and smart city”. The second, more detailed […]

Hull City Council and technology company Connexin have partnered to launch a groundbreaking new pilot project which will introduce sensors in smart bins across the city. Hull City Council hopes pilot will show potential to make bin collection routes and timetables more efficient, while the use of smart bins can provide real-time data on waste. A total […]