Openreach has announced that more than 135,000 homes and businesses across Greater Manchester can now access some of the fastest, most reliable broadband anywhere in the UK. As designated key workers, Openreach engineers have been hard at work throughout the Covid-19 lockdown, building the new network that uses the latest Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband technology – […]

Leeds-based IT company Explorer UK has been acquired by a counterpart backed by private equity firm YFM Equity Partners creating a £20 million group. Explorer UK is an Oracle consultancy, development and support provider employing about 50 staff. It has been acquired by DSP, which was founded in 1999 and has grown to a turnover […]

Edge Testing Solutions has boosted its UK-wide client roster with the addition of seven new clients, including several multi-year contracts, valued at over £3 million +. Spanning a variety of public and private sector contracts, the new contract wins include a high street retailer, two universities, NHS Blood and Transfusion service, Department of Education, a […]

Listed defence specialist QinetiQ has made purchase of a Greater Manchester-headquartered software development and data analytics company Naimuri. The deal was worth £25 million for the company that provides cloud-based services and technology to the UK Intelligence and law enforcement communities. Employing 70 staff from its head office in Salford, the company expects revenues of more than […]

Miralis, the Lancaster-based data science consultancy and software development company, has announced four new appointments following a series of client wins and projects. Due to the impact of Covid-19 on logistics and supply chains, Miralis, which focuses its work on reducing transport-based carbon emissions, has seen a significant rise in work across the range of […]

Bob’s Business, an internet security company, based in Barnsley, has secured a place on Tech Nation’s Cyber Security growth programme. The firm, based at the Digital Media Centre, provides online training, development and support to help employees in the public and the private sector develop awareness and skills around potential cyber threats. Tech Nation’s Cyber programme […]

York-headquartered business software provider Onesys has expanded with its biggest acquisition to date, supported by funding from HSBC UK. Onesys Group supplies timesheet, project and billing systems across the UK, Ireland and globally. The company has used six-figure funding from HSBC UK for the acquisition of Sage Coretime, timesheet and project management software used by the […]

A Durham-based start-up is developing a new process to manufacture electronics devices on synthetic diamonds. Evince Technology has raised £525k through private investment and Innovate UK match-funding. It will use the funds to further develop its technology and grow from demonstration to pilot phase in 2021. Evince Technology claims to be developing breakthrough electron devices using […]

North Yorkshire technology start-up AmbaSat has developed a DIY space satellite kit with support from the University of York’s PAPI (Product and Process Innovation) project. Founded in 2019 by Martin Platt & Marcel Houtveen who boast 30 years’ experience in the environmental and IT industries, the company designs and manufactures Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Space […]

Experts from companies including KPMG, Royal London, Hiscox, TalkTalk, Co-op, Deloitte and Siemens are coming together for a new cyber crime unit set up by the Cyber Resilience Centre for Greater Manchester, a not-for-profit venture between Greater Manchester Police and Manchester Digital.. The Cyber Expert Group will include business leaders, law enforcement officers, intelligence agencies and […]

Nasdaq Ventures, the investment arm of electronic exchange Nasdaq, has purchased a minority stake in Caspian, a Newcastle-based anti-money laundering firm. Caspian’s automated investigation technology uses machine learning alongside human expertise to help global banks fight money laundering and financial crime. The two companies will also look for opportunities to combine their research and development […]

Newcastle mobile app developer Nutseell Software has raised £1.2m to develop its products. Nutshell Software has received the cash from 2 funds managed by Mercia – the Northern Venture Capital Trust (VCT) Funds and the North East Venture Fund (NEVF), which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund. “Nutshell stood out with both a […]

A cyber securing specialist has agreed a deal for office space at the grade II-listed Marshall’s Mill building in Leeds. Sy4 Security has moved into a 3,521 sq ft at the building. The Mill will be the first home for the company, which recently completed a management buyout of BAE Systems’ global cyber security Enterprise Managed […]

North East product design and software engineering agency KOMODO has announced four new recruits. Kyle Heron joins as Associate Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer following a role at Accenture, Sarah Heanan and Hugo Duarte join as Software Engineers in the platform team, and Rebecca McLaughlin as a Software Engineer in the mobile team. Commercial Director Armin Talić said: […]

A Bury-based tech firm is helping to lead the fight back against coronavirus by launching a range of “smart” thermal detection cameras. The cameras are being sold by Avoira and use artificial intelligence to detect a person’s skin-surface temperature in just one second, and can scan both individuals and groups. The cameras also automatically alert operators when detecting […]