An international research initiative led by Northumbria University has been awarded £2.8 million by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop energy-efficient cooling technologies in response to the devastating impact of extreme heatwaves in Pakistan. The S2Cool project brings together a consortium of over 30 partners, including academics, industry experts, and policymakers from the UK […]

Sage, a Newcastle-based accounting software firm, has announced a significant increase in revenue and profits, driven by the growing popularity of its cloud-based products. For the year ending September, the company reported a 7% rise in statutory revenue to £2.332bn and a 43% surge in statutory operating profits to £452m. Annualised recurring revenue climbed 11% […]

Extended Reality (XR) software development firm Luminous XR has raised a further £1m from the North East Venture Fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund and managed by Mercia Ventures. Luminous XR’s platform enables developers to create metaverse-style training programmes and simulate real-life scenarios, such as health and safety training. It is particularly popular […]

The University of Leicester is celebrating having doubled the amount received compared to the previous year. For the most recent fiscal year, it secured a total of £103 million in research awards. This marks a significant milestone as it’s the first time Leicester has exceeded the £100 million threshold for award funding and coincides with the […]

The Global Underwater Hub (GUH), which represents the thriving £8 billion underwater industry in the UK, has opened a new regional office in Newcastle upon Tyne. This strategic move signifies the next step in GUH’s mission to bolster the growth of this diverse, world-leading sector and the broader blue economy. With financial support from the […]

Newcastle has become a magnet for businesses catering to the ageing population of the UK, thanks to a highly influential program operating in the city. The “Internet of Caring Things” programme, which has the goal of positioning the North of Tyne area as a global leader in products and services for seniors, has attracted the […]

LightOx, a Newcastle company developing treatments including light-activated chemotherapy for early-stage oral cancer, is making new breakthroughs in the treatment of early-stage mouth cancers. Its first-of-its-kind in the UK laser treatment in the UK is currently completing pre-clinical testing with the latest advancements funded by Analysis for Innovators (A4I), a grant-funding programme run by Innovate UK. […]

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 […]

Manchester has been recognised as the fastest-growing tech hub in Europe, measured by the rate of increase in venture capital funding, with investment jumping from 48 million pounds ($59 million) in 2018 to 181 million pounds in 2019, industry body Tech Nation said. As well as Manchester, Britain had four other cities in the European […]

The annual FDM everywoman in Technology Awards have opened for nominations for 2021. The awards aim to celebrate the tech industry’s most exceptional talent, from the UK and beyond, creating role models to inspire the next generation of tech stars. Companies and individuals are invited to put forward candidates for categories recognising all stages of […]

Smoothwall has been awarded a national accolade as one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’. The leading digital safeguarding technology provider, which is head-quartered in Leeds, was named as number 62 on the list and was also awarded the ‘Best Improver’ title. The news comes as the specialists in online monitoring and […]

Following on from the success of the 2019 programme, Propel@YH an accelerator programme aimed at helping digital health innovators navigate the NHS in the Yorkshire and Humber region, is returning for 2020. Propel@YH provides support and advice to SMEs focused on digital health, with the aim of accelerating growth and increasing market presence. Applications for […]

More than five new tech startups launched every hour in 2019, contributing to a record 681,704 new business formations over the year – a 2.8% increase from 2018. These are some of the findings of the Centre for Entrepreneurs’ sixth annual analysis of Companies House data. “It is encouraging that despite a politically turbulent year […]

Software testing company will demonstrate how to marry capacity models with load testing One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, will be presenting at DevTest Conference North. The event, which is being held at Plaza Park, Leeds on 24 – 25 September […]

The sky is the limit for fast-growing software developer, RotaCloud The staff scheduling and attendance platform started out as a side-project in 2015, with co-founders, David Brandon, Joel Beverley and James Lintern, working from their shared home in York. Pooling their skills and cash, amounting to just £500, they used that to get the business off […]