Will Northern Powerhouse future grow bleak after tech body boss quits
Government-backed agency Tech North is facing uncertainty following the resignation of its first head, Claire Braithwaite, after less than a year in the role.
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Technology targets: The gender divide
By Mark Soden
The Consumer Electrics Show (CES) showcased the newest products to 170,000 industry members and tech press, highlighting innovative trends for 2016,. However, one key issue blatantly exhibited was the lack of gender diversity within the sector.
30 Digital Champions: The small business creating creamy bundles of gooey deliciousness
Our Microsoft 30 Digital Champions project continues, and confectionery brand Mallow & Marsh is the next company on the list. Chief whisk Harriot Pleydell-Bouverie revealed how she is able to introduce a working pattern so flexible that the staff don’t have a holiday allowance.
Setting the collaboration and communication wheels in motion
Many firms are now turning to Unified Communications (UC) collaboration tech to not only improve productivity, but also boost the sense of pride among staff, as well as motivation and morale. But why, despite this, do many still fall foul of getting UC right
Treatwell: The arduous task of rebranding a business turning over 100m
So you’ve spent years building your business from the base up, acquiring customers, closing funding rounds and building the team. After deciding the company needs a fresh new look, how do you go about doing that to an established company worth a nine-figure amount
Why 2016 will be the year that flexible working is fully embraced
By Jason Downes
There is no denying that flexible working has grown enormously over the last few years. It used to be viewed as a slight oddity for people to be working out of coffee shops or from home but now it is very much the norm in modern society.
30 Digital Champions: Meet a business helping Brits keep a healthier regime easier
With a fair share of Brits looking back with guilt at their indulgence over the festive season, we find out how IsosHealth founder Abigail Wilson created the company to deal with just this kind of thinking.
You dont have to create a new product category in order to dominate a market
Seminal offerings are often forgotten years later or lose their cachet. After all, who remembers Archie, the first Internet search engine developed in 1990″ And would you tell anyone to “Yahoo! it”?
Life is richer when you’re organised so why is it so difficult to be
The pace of business is getting faster, making it tough to stay on top of ever increasing workloads. And with the pressure of getting things done representing a clear and present danger to work/life balance, Bruce Kornfeld, CEO of Gyst, looks to a future where technology helps, rather than hinders those aiming to strike the right balance.
30 Digital Champions: The events firm shaking up the way companies do away days
Our quest to find the nation’s best examples of companies thinking digitally and adopting new technologies bring us to Chillisauce – a business which has achieved remarkable growth since founding at the turn of the millennium.