Embracing creativity at Stockport DigiFest

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The Stockport DigiFest, held in February as part of Stockport’s tenure as the GM Town of Culture, showcased over 70 workshops, activities, and sessions aimed at enhancing digital skills. The festival’s highlights throughout the month featured podcasting workshops, virtual reality experiences, digital videography and photography, hackathons, and even the assembly of a robotic chicken! The […]

Answer Digital acquires new firm

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Answer Digital has acquired Interneuron, a Cambridge-based provider of digital healthcare systems. This move brings Interneuron’s software expertise, notably its Open Modular Care Record system for various patient care settings, into Answer Digital’s portfolio. Answer Digital, a Leeds-based, employee-owned consultancy, already collaborates extensively with the NHS on projects from AI deployment to GP interoperability and […]

Cyber security firm Precursor creates new jobs

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Precursor, a Leeds-based cyber security company, has expanded into Newcastle, introducing a new secure operations centre and creating 10 initial jobs. This move brings its specialised 24-hour managed defence and response services closer to North East businesses, emphasising its dedication to enhancing cyber security measures through services like compliance, incident response, and penetration testing. Scott […]

Cloud technology companies form alliance to enhance data security offerings

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In a strategic move to amplify data security services, channel-first cloud and disaster recovery expert, virtualDCS, has partnered with transformative cloud technology company, Vapour, to host Vapour’s Veeam backups for its clientele. This collaboration between the two Yorkshire-based firms aims to provide clients with unparalleled scalability, flexibility, and security in data management. Under the terms […]

Circadacare secures £1.3M investment to support healthy ageing in Tyneside

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A Tyneside lighting technology company has secured £1.3 million to bolster its efforts in assisting people in living independently for longer. Circadian Lighting Limited, trading as Circadacare from The Catalyst at Newcastle Helix, has obtained funding to launch its remote monitoring solution, Heleos, into the independent living care market during the first quarter of this […]

Digital technology company set to create jobs with Newcastle city centre office

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Digital technology firm Scrumconnect Consulting is poised to inaugurate its new office in the heart of Newcastle at Portland House. The new space will enable the company to achieve its aim of generating 150 job opportunities over the next four years, aligning with its broader objective of expanding its workforce from 300 to 1,000 individuals within that same time. More than […]

Palintest invests £1M+ into Gateshead manufacturing operations

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Palintest, a Gateshead-based water analysis technology firm, has significantly bolstered its facility manufacturing capabilities to keep up with the growing demand for its products. Specialising in crafting equipment for water quality monitoring and disinfection control, the company has expanded the production capacity at its Gateshead site from one to three lines, in its most substantial operational investment in […]

Leeds-based comms tech specialist scores £2m contract win

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Leeds-based Filtronic, designer and manufacturer of products for the aerospace, defence, telecoms infrastructure and space industries, has clinched a lucrative £2 million contract with the globally acclaimed defence and security company, QinetiQ, to design and supply the full RF chain sub-system for a new radar system that will be used for land, sea and air […]