Expansion continued with 50 per cent revenue increase across England, the establishment of a Northern team ad Manchester office, 15 new client wins, senior-level appointments and new service launches The company’s rapid growth in England came as a result of adding new clients to its roster and the appointment of David Singleton as Regional Manager […]

A Peterlee technology company is teaming up with Cancer Research UK to promote the charity’s Race for Life events. ZF, which produces specialist safety camera equipment and employs around 1,000 people at the North West Industrial Estate in Peterlee, set up this partnership afterhaving lost a member of its workforce to cancer recently. Many others within the […]

A new trio has been hired by an East Lancashire technology firm to deal with a growth in business. Burnley-based Holker IT has welcomed three fresh starters across the board. Simon McGowan and Jordan Woodwock have joined the Phoenix Way outfit as account manager and service desk engineer respectively, and Martina Giles Kusakova as business administrator. […]

A York telecoms solutions company has been taken over by a Leeds-based firm. Established, family-run Clifton Moor business to business telecoms provider, Local Telecom Service (LTS), has been acquired by telephony, mobile and internet specialist The Technology Group for an undisclosed sum, with the acquisition set to add £1.5million to Leeds-based The Technology Group’s turnover. Following the acquisition, […]

York technology company honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Incremental Solutions, which provides technology for smart transport systems and was set up in 2014, was one of 200 organisations around the country to be recognised for its excellence in the field of innovation this week, with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise. Now in its 53rd […]

£32m tender request will enable ultrafast full-fibre connectivity to more than 1,300 public sector sites in Greater  Manchester Greater Manchester’s local authorities have come together to invite tenders for a £32m full-fibre broadband network project that will connect 1,300 public sector sites to a newly-built 450km network, with access guaranteed for 20 years to come. The project […]

The Co-operative Bank is looking for talent to support its digital strategy and previous banking and IT experience is not a necessity Co-operative Bank has announced new jobs to support the online and digital services it is developing for customer services. The bank said the IT and digital jobs will be based at its north-west […]

A cybersecurity firm which is owned by the founder of Manchester-headquartered technology specialist UKFast has taken a stake in a listed counterpart in a move which also sees it dispose of certain assets. The share purchase agreement has been struck between Secarma and Shearwater Group plc. The assets being sold by the former include Pentest. […]

Bradford-based ECSC helps to foil cyber attacks which could wreck its clients’ finances and reputation. Over the last year, ECSC has benefited from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation, which places strict rules on how personal data is handled by businesses and organisations. The company said that the “continued incidence of high-profile cyber security breaches” […]

Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, has opened another UK office, this time in Manchester city centre, to service the company’s Northern clients and continue its UK-wide growth. The Manchester-based Digital Test Hub (DTH) will join hubs in Belshill and Birmingham. The company’s DTH meet requirements for a low cost, on-demand testing services, […]

The scheme will meet the growing need for programmers and software developers in the region Manchester tech firm UKFast is creating 100 new apprenticeship roles within its IT, software development and customer service programmes, in a bid to supercharge the region’s tech talent pool. The firm’s award-winning scheme has seen more than 80 apprentices graduate […]

  High growth FinTech company Planixs, which works with global financial institutions such as Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and Zenith Bank, has secured £3.5m funding from BGF. The company will use the minority equity investment to expand its global customer base, accelerate product development and support recruitment across the business. Led by CEO and Founder Neville […]

AO is looking for software developers, UX designers and business analysts to commercial IT analysts to support its future growth Online white goods retailer AO.com has launched its biggest ever recruitment drive. The company has pushed the button on recruiting over 50 new staff in IT roles across its Bolton and Manchester offices over the […]

Virtual reality company Zerolight has signed a deal with Lamborghini to help the supercar maker market its cars online. Through Zerolight’s technology customers can customise their dream car on a computer, tablet or smartphone. For the Aventador, Huracan and Urus car models, customers can tweak the car by changing anything from its rims, paint colour, to […]

Kromek (AIM: KMK), a worldwide supplier of detection technology focusing on the medical, security screening and nuclear markets, announced that it has been awarded a new contract, by an existing OEM customer, expected to be worth a minimum of $58.1m over a seven-year period. Under the terms of the contract, Kromek will supply Cadmium Zinc Telluride […]