Two Newcastle-based companies have combined their expertise in technology and sustainability to develop a new renewable energy app that they hope will be the first of its kind in the UK. The collaboration between renewable energy startup Swarm and tech consultancy Opencast aims to make homeowners’ lives easier and more environmentally friendly. The Swarm app, […]

No-one can argue that the pace of change in 2020 was accelerated due to the pandemic, with companies unable to rely on traditional business strategies they’d set up at the start of the year from March onwards. But, up here in the North of England, technology companies implemented a whole host of innovations to ensure […]

Web-based rail experts Realtimetrains.co.uk has teamed up with Northern rail to give its customers live information about its trains. Know Your Train will allow Northern customers to find out, in realtime, what model of the train they will be catching, how many carriages it has, and what facilities will be on-board – including whether the train […]

The Royal Preston Hospital has won this year’s Media Management Award, which recognises individuals and teams whose work with media assets and demonstrate innovation and positive impact. The award attracted applicants from various countries and industries and the hospital was recognised for its efforts to reduce patient contact while still delivering media imagery across all […]

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 […]

Shoptimised, a South Shields-based retail technology company, has announced plans to double in size over the next six months after securing several significant contracts and partnerships. The company provides a product feed optimisation platform and price comparison software for digital marketing agencies and retailers. It recently won new business from Newcastle-based menswear retailer END Clothing, […]

Honcho, the firm behind a new app designed to slash car insurance costs, is creating new jobs this year ahead of the product’s official launch. Honcho has moved from Newcastle to set up offices in Durham in preparation for the market release of the app, which backers say will be the UK’s first “reverse auction” marketplace for car […]

Cheshire-based Ebb3, which specialises in the virtualisation of 3D graphical applications, has raised £1m from venture capital trust (VCT) Maven Capital Partners, which has also reserved up to £500,000 for follow-on investment in the supercomputing start-up. Mark Vickers, CEO at Ebb3, said: “We are proud to have secured Maven’s confidence and investment in Ebb3. We were able […]

A national accountancy software firm has acquired a Sheffield-based developer that specialises in the education market. IRIS Software Group acquired education software as a service specialist Results Squared for an undisclosed sum. Headquartered on Savile Street in Sheffield, Results Squared has developed software for school messaging apps that are used across the UK. Founded in […]

Newcastle’s Hedgehog Lab has expanded its headquarters at the Generator Studios after posting a huge rise in sales. The technology consultancy, which boasts offices in London, Boston, Austin, Denmark and India, has leased space extending to 7,500 sq ft having outgrown the initial 1,700 sq ft of space acquired in 2012. The additional space is a […]

Warrington’s Vimto Out of Home (OoH), the 40-year veteran drinks industry supplier has consolidated its distribution, scheduling, billing and stock management with Portech Systems’ Field Service Executive (FSE) workflow management system. Following Vimto OoH’s acquisition of frozen drinks supplier The Noisy Drinks Co. in 2015 the company had been operating a combination of paper-based job […]

Cheshire-based MPP Global has raised £12 million in Series B funding from investors including Albion Ventures and Grafton Capital. Headquartered in Warrington, MPP Global delivers digital monetisation services to media companies such as Sky, News UK and the Daily Mail Group. The investment will allow MPP Global to expand into new markets and continue the […]

Cybersecurity firm VST Enterprises has closed its fourth funding round, securing 11.4m, giving the company a valuation of £220m. The Manchester-based startup, which was founded in 2012, secured the funding from private investors including serial entrepreneur Chris Lightbody and director at KPMG Guy Weaver. VST Enterprises has created a scannable code technology called VCode, which […]

Newcastle technology consultancy Hedgeghog Lab is on track to hit its growth targets after enjoying a tremendous start to 2017. The app developer has offices in London, Denmark, India and the US, won more work in the first quarter of 2017 than in the whole of 2015. The headcount during the first three months grew from […]

Edge Testing is a leading expert in providing world-class software testing solutions. The award-winning company is typically engaged when organisations are implementing a new system or making significant changes to an existing system. It ensures that systems are fast, secure, available and work as expected in an increasingly complex IT landscape. Founded in 2007, Edge […]