Fintech software company Sagezza is planning to double its headcount in Sunderland by creating 50 new jobs. Saggezza is planning to grow its team to 100 members of staff over the next year. It is now looking to fill positions in a number of roles, including graduate software developers, Java developers, GMC developers and performance testers. It is […]

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 […]

York-based technology company Incremental Solutions 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 roles in the rail industry, most […]

An appetite for collaboration is helping clusters across the north of England to flourish – but there are also key issues holding them back There’s no doubt that London has firmly established itself as a leading digital hub. Last year, the turnover by its digital tech businesses was £64.1bn, the highest of any cluster in the […]

Software testing company, Edge Testing, has opened up fast-track job opportunities within the digital sector in the North for the region’s graduates, school leavers and career changers by launching its Academy as a Service offer. Edge will use its Academy as a Service to further expand its local footprint in Manchester and create additional jobs in […]

A Gateshead-based IT consultancy is looking ahead to a “bright future” after edging turnover towards the £20m mark in another profitable year. ITPS provides IT support, data centre and telecoms services for a range of clients, employing more than 120 employees and operating an additional office in London. Turnover for the year ending 31 May […]

AccessPay, a Manchester, UK-based fintech firm, raised £9m in funding, in a round led by Beringea, with participation from True Ventures and Route 66. The company intends to use the funds to expand its sales, marketing, and engineering teams and further develop its software platform. Founded in Manchester in 2012 and led by Anish Kapoor, AccessPay […]

Leeds-headquartered transport software business Tracsis has acquired a Coventry-based event traffic planning specialist in a deal that could be worth more than £2.5m. Cash & Traffic Management, founded in 1998, provides event traffic planning, admission control, and other event-related services. It employs 20 permanent staff, all of whom will remain with the business following its […]

A global technology giant has confirmed plans to open an office in Manchester’s Circle Square development where it will have capacity to locate almost 300 of its UK employees. Hewlett Packard Enterprise currently operates across six locations in the UK – Bracknell, London, Bristol, Belfast, Warrington, and Erskine. Its latest site – at No. 1 […]

Growing technology companies are invited to follow in the footsteps of pioneering former winners at the Northern Tech Awards 2019, with entries still being accepted for this prestigious event, which takes place on the 28th March 2019 at the Albert Hall in Manchester. Recognising the fastest growing companies in the North of the UK, the annual […]

Stokesley-based enterprise software company, Opentree, has been acquired by international engineering and construction software group Graitec. Opentree provides electronic document management software developer for all forms of office documents and CAD drawings, serving multinational clients such as Tata Steel and Siemens. As well as its Stokesley headquarters, the business has a development office in Sheffield. […]

A supplier of software to the emergency services, public safety, and control room markets has been acquired by a subsidiary of IT giant NEC Corporation. Hull-based APD Communications has been bought by Hemel Hempstead-based Northgate Public Services (NPS), which was itself acquired by NEC in January 2018. APD provides mission-critical communications and control systems to more […]

An IT consultancy which won a Queen’s Award in 2018 has grown turnover by almost 40 per cent, boosted by new offices and growth in the US. BJSS designs develops and supports large-scale digital transformation projects on behalf of the world’s largest organisations and reported a turnover of £116m for the year ending 30 April 2018, up […]

California computing platforms firm ThinCI has opened a base in Leeds, on Cross Street, and plans to create 40 jobs in the city. Talking about the new workspace, ThinCI CEO, Dinakar Munagalam, explained: “What attracted ThinCI to the UK is its talent pool of engineers and programmers that could immediately begin providing the chip design […]

A York IT firm has given Yorkshire Air Ambulance a fundraising lift. Catalyst IT Solutions, based in Heslington, hosted a Peaky Blinders Ball at York Racecourse and raised nearly £5,600 for the air ambulance charity. The Peaky Blinders event, which saw 300 attendees donning their best 1920s attire and featured dancers from the Performing Arts Course at York College, […]