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Greater Manchester recognised as Top Digital Tech City

Manchester has been named the UK’s Top Digital Tech City as a result of a deep dive study into digital businesses using artificial intelligence, the first of its kind. Manchester scored ahead of London in the AI survey, due its lower business rates, as well as the city-region’s scale of digital … [Read more...]

Seashell Trust switch to programme of virtual events

Stockport based charity, the Seashell Trust, has launched a programme of virtual events to enable the organisation to continue to raise funds during the coronavirus outbreak. Although the charity has been forced to rethink its events calendar while social distancing measures are in place, the … [Read more...]

Stockport creative agency announce move to Profolk

Stockport based creative agency, Create8, have announced the company is moving their office into the town centre, where the team will take up space in new co-working office, Profolk. The creative agency hopes that the move into Stockport town centre will help the business build new connections … [Read more...]

Stockport technology firm secures £1.35 million investment

Culture Shift, a Stockport technology firm, has received a £1.35 million in a round of venture capital investment. The Stockport business has developed a software platform to allow users to confidentially report workplace harassment and has been supported by Praetura Ventures, a VC firm which … [Read more...]

Stockport Business Summit prepares for a digital future

Over 100 business representatives from across Stockport came together at LSH Auto to attend the Stockport Business Summit.  This year’s summit, chaired by Steve Oliver, CEO of musicMagpie and held in partnership with Stockport Council and Stockport Economic Alliance, focussed on how the … [Read more...]

Digital screens to be unveiled for Stockport Town Centre

Out-of-home advertising specialist Lucid Outdoor will unveil two LED screens in Stockport next month An 8m by 4m digital display will hang in Redrock, and a 5m by 3m screen will go up in the Merseyway shopping centre.  The screens will be used for showing live sports, films, local events, weather … [Read more...]

Stockport awarded £50,000 to improve digital skills

Stockport Council has been awarded a share of a £500,000 Greater Manchester fund to ‘Get Greater Manchester Digital’. The aim is to equip more Greater Manchester residents with the digital skills needed for life and work and ensure that everyone in the city-region, whatever their age, location … [Read more...]

Andy Burnham to open inaugural Digital City Festival

Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, will open the city-region’s first five-day Digital City Festival, celebrating Manchester’s thriving digital sector. The Digital City Festival, which centres on the Digital City Expo, will welcome delegates from marketing, tech, ecommerce and media and … [Read more...]

Taxi technology firm to supply black cab operator

Stockport based taxi technology firm, Autocab, has announced that it will supply its taxi technology to black cab operator CityFleet. The announcement will see CityFleet's taxis using the Stockport firm’s booking and dispatch technology and passenger app across London, as well as in Liverpool and … [Read more...]

Digital public services plans outlined for Greater Manchester

The Leader of the Stockport Council and Greater Manchester's lead for Digital City Region, Councillor Elise Wilson has shared the city-region's ambitions for digitising public services, the Digital Platform, via a blog post. In her blog post, Cllr Wilson has shared how while many public services, … [Read more...]

Cheadle software firm expand through European partnership

Cheadle taxi software firm Autocab has announced a partnership with Austrian software firm, expanding the company’s reach across Europe. The Cheadle software firm’s new partnership will allow customers of taxi firms who use Autocab’s iGo app to book trips across 400 cities in Europe, including … [Read more...]