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...]
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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...]
Amshire – Official IT Partner to Power Maxed Racing
Power Maxed Racing have today announced their partnership with IT Security & Infrastructure specialist, Amshire. Amshire will be working alongside Power Maxed Racing to ensure the infrastructure at their Warwickshire site is up-to-date and running the latest software whilst … [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...]
Greater Manchester launches new STEM Framework
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has (GMCA) developed a new STEM Framework to develop the city-region’s science, technology and maths (STEM) skills base and support collaboration between organisations in the sector. The framework aims to increase opportunities for Greater Manchester … [Read more...]
Stockport tech firm earns Top Employers status
Stockport-based tech firm, CDL, has been awarded the Top Employers certification for the fourth consecutive year, ranking the business in the top tier of places to work in the UK. The award is offered by the Top Employers Institute, the global authority on recognising excellence in people … [Read more...]
Expert Opinion: How tech businesses are conquering financial RegTech
Greater Manchester is emerging as one of the UK's leading centres of FinTech, with RegTech - employing new technologies to meet increasing regulatory requirements in the financial industries - one of the fastest growing niches in the industry. Richard Brown, from Stockport recruitment agency … [Read more...]
Innovate UK: North West firms invited to apply for share of £9.4m DfT fund
North West firms are among UK based organisations invited to apply to Innovate UK for a share of up to £9.4 million to show how new technologies could deliver improved rail services for passengers and operators. Funding for this ‘first of a kind’ competition is under the Small Business Research … [Read more...]
Stockport technology firm tackles air pollution in the workplace
A research-led Stockport technology firm has developed a range of solutions to tackle hidden indoor air pollution at work. Plasma Clean – which made its name providing kitchen ventilation solutions to McDonalds, Burger King and Hilton Hotels among others – is now adapting its cutting edge plasma … [Read more...]
Agreement signed to reduce region’s STEM skills gap
Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, signed an agreement with the Science and Industry Museum to work together on reducing the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills gap in the region, in line with the GMCA’s Local Industrial Strategy. The agreement was signed by … [Read more...]
Manchester Airport gets ‘Friendly WiFi’
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has become the first airport operator in the UK to be certified as offering safe, child-friendly WiFi to its passengers. The move means that passengers at all its airport will now have the ultimate reassurance that the airport’s free WiFi network will filter out … [Read more...]
Starkey’s Livio AI Named to TIME’s List of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019
Starkey Hearing Technologies is proud to announce that Livio AI, the world’s first multi-purpose hearing aid, has earned a place on TIME’s 2019 list of best inventions in the accessibility category. A widely recognized and prestigious designation, this list highlights inventions that are making … [Read more...]