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Insider view: Collaborative spirit is at the heart of Exeter tech firm Dashboard

Elizabeth Chandler, a Commercial Intern at Dashboard , discusses the importance of workplace culture at the Exeter Science Park-based cleantech firm.

Dashboard is not just a technology company; people are the “beating heart” of Dashboard. To outline what we do, Dashboard harnesses new technologies for our customers to deliver profitability, safety, security and environmentally sustainable...

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Robert Hillier: Govtech - Better never, than late

So, a thought came to me this week, after I’d finished playing 5-a-side football with nine other men, sweating and panting over each other in ultra-close proximity (don’t worry, we immediately socially distanced after the match). And, as we made our own way home to our secure household bubbles I remarked - to myself obviously - that I’m just as happy following incoherent and baffling...

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Feyaza Khan: Let's give Power to the People - not PayPal

Last week I bought some cryptocurrency. Not enough to break the bank, but enough of a step to make me feel empowered, which apparently, is the point of crypto.

When I lived in Dubai in 2009, Bitcoin had just been unveiled and was seen as a novelty and used by online retailers to promote whatever they were selling. It was also being given out for free, which with hindsight sounds...

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Peter Evans

Peter Evans: How tech is revolutionising the South West

When a man is tired of London…well, you know the rest. That historical nugget from Samuel Johnson has always annoyed me – in part because it is trotted out by every person who has ever lived inside the M25, but mainly because it is simply untrue. It does not even remotely stand up to scrutiny.

At the start of last year, I was dog tired of London. Fifteen years of commutes, £7 pints (...

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Alicia Buxton-Smith at Jurassic Fibre

Alicia Buxton-Smith, Jurassic Fibre: Ignore the stigma and pursue the career you want

Throughout the pandemic, I’ve been able to continue working as a key worker in the utilities sector and it shows there will always be jobs available.

As a Service Delivery Engineer, I install our broadband for the customer and get them connected. The installation can be either overground, by attaching cables to poles, or underground, by pulling cables through ducts. We’re regularly...

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Robert Hillier: Give kids the tech tools to succeed

The national curriculum is letting my children down. They can write a sentence in hieroglyphics, but can’t set up a zoom call. They can tell me the Earth spins on an invisible axis but not what 5G is. I’m not decrying a polymathic education – I appreciate knowledge of history and geography is vital to an appreciation of the universe.

The national curriculum came in to being with the...

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