Over one million NHS patient records have been accessed by the cybercriminals who attacked the University of Manchester on 09 June. The data had been gathered by the university for the purposes of medical research from more than 200 hospitals. The data includes reports of major-trauma patients across the country and treatment for victims of terrorist attacks. Among the leaked […]

Newcastle-based technology and IT consultancy Accenture is giving every member of its team three days a year to take whenever they want to volunteer at charities across the North East. Solution Architect Dominic Taylor, who works at Accenture in Cobalt and is the company’s charity lead, has encouraged other businesses to do the same: “It is […]

Bristol-headquartered cyber security firm Stripe OLT has launched a Manchester office, in a milestone move that represents a “significant leap forward” on its mission to expand into new areas across the UK. Situated in the heart of Manchester, the Spinningfields location is a tactical expansion, allowing Stripe OLT to “establish stronger connections with existing clients, as […]

Networking technology giant Cisco has become the latest supporter of Manchester’s growing Digital Security Hub (DiSH) cyber security accelerator, launching a series of initiatives to support the centre’s ambitions to be at the forefront of security innovation in North West England. Manchester already hosts a growing cyber security ecosystem and the city is just a short drive from 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. […]

Manchester’s Sale Water Park is set to receive a new state-of-the-art charging hub in a £1 million deal with EV charging network Be.EV, with 16 ultra-rapid charger bays set to go live at the 152-acre parkland and lake in August. This is the latest project in Be.EV’s wider collaboration with Trafford Borough Council, which has already seen […]

North-west network provider Boshhh has announced its launch across the UK providing a platform for users with poor credit ratings to build credit via an essential utility service. The first-of-its-kind platform enables people to take out cost-effective mobile phone plans to help build their credit score and aims to make mobile phone contracts accessible to everyone, […]

Manchester-based Versori, a provider of data infrastructure solutions, has raised £2.75 million in a funding round led by Stage 2 Capital with angel investors, which it aims to use to bolster product development efforts for the integration and visualisation tooling of its flagship product Switchboard. Switchboard is an innovative any-to-any system integration and workflow automation platform that is powered […]

  A Teesside-based company is setting its sights on the US market, with plans to create 50 new positions following a successful investment round that raised £3 million. SaaS platform Salesfire secured £2 million from Mercia Equity Finance, a part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, as part of a larger funding effort totaling £3.05 […]

Service Express, a global data center solutions provider, today announces the full integration of its 2021 U.K. acquisitions of Blue Chip and The ICC Group. Merging the three companies combines decades of expertise, employing over 1,000 talented individuals and a strong foundation in providing exceptional maintenance and managed infrastructure solutions to companies internationally. Service Express […]

Borderless Security has announced the availability of FilesDNA, an advanced e-signature solution that integrates the security company’s custom protocols into a new offering for digital management of files and contracts to be shared globally. FilesDNA leverages blockchain technology to create a safe, secure and convenient solution for signing paperwork, contracts and legally binding documents. Driven […]

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 […]

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 […]

Software platform fissara has secured a £250,000 boost on the back of an NPIF Maven Equity Finance-led funding round. Fissara allows clients to plan, manage, schedule and track their mobile workforce as they move, and its technology is used by the likes of O2, Motorola, Clarke Telecom, OM-3 and Peel Land and Property. The investment will allow […]