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Dorset founder wins Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022

Jelte Liebrand, founder of global marine technology company savvy navvy, has been recognised as one of the most exceptional business leaders in the UK winning ‘Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the year’ at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2022.

Jelte Liebrand from Poole founded and developed savvy navvy, an all-in-one navigation app aiming to simplify boating technology by making...

The winners on stage at the Tech South West Awards

Winners revealed at the Tech South West Awards 2022

The winners of the Tech South West Awards 2022 have been revealed in a glittering ceremony in Bristol.

Over 300 tech leaders attended the awards, now in their fourth year, held under the wings of Concorde at Aerospace Bristol. Tech innovation from across the region was in the spotlight, including farming robots, laboratory automation and subsea 3D imaging.

Dan Pritchard, co-...

Dan Sandhu receiving his Asian Tech Pioneer Award

Sparx CEO Dan Sandhu named as Asian Tech Pioneer

Sparx CEO Dan Sandhu has been named as one of Britain’s Asian Tech Pioneers by equality charity Diversity UK .

Sparx Learning is an Exeter-based socially focused education technology company that has been reimagining the way children learn at home and in school since 2010. The edtech firm previously won the Best Education Initiative Award at the Tech South West Awards 2020.

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UK Technology Fast 50 awards opens entries for South West businesses

Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards opens entries for South West businesses

Companies from across the South West that use proprietary technology are being urged to enter the Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 awards, which is in its 25th year.

The awards rank and recognise the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK, based on the last four years of revenue growth.

Previous winners, including 72 winners from across the South West, are from both...

Bath-based software specialists Rocketmakers were the only company to win multiple awards at the eve

South West wins big at Go:Tech Awards

South West organisations put in a strong showing at last week's Go:Tech Awards , a national event delivered by Business Leader celebrating technology and innovation across the country.

Bath-based software specialists Rocketmakers were the only company to win multiple awards at the event, taking home two trophies for their cabinet.

The company’s Nebula and Orbit software...

A lineup of winners at the Tech South West Awards 2021

Tech South West Awards return to celebrate the best of the sector

The annual Tech South West Awards have opened for entries as the prestigious event returns for a fourth year to celebrate the region’s tech sector.

Covering the whole of the South West from Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset to Bristol, Bath, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, the awards showcase innovation across the region’s fastest growing sector.

Awards include Best...

Esports

Ultrafast broadband provider supports esports award

Exeter-based broadband company Jurassic Fibre have announced they are supporting the 2022 Exeter College Student Awards by sponsoring the Esports Academy Student of the Year category.

The Devon-based firm, which supports the rollout of fibre-to-the-premise (FTTP) broadband in rural areas, is also a sponsor of the South West's first region-wide esports tournament, delivered by Exeter...

IMP Software Co-Founder Will Jordan

The MAT Finance Awards 2021 winners revealed

The winners of the inaugural MAT Finance Awards have been announced by IMP Software, specialists in Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) budgeting and financial management software, which is in use within over 120 Trusts.

The awards were launched in September to provide a unique platform for MAT finance professionals to celebrate their hard work, share best practice and showcase their impact...

Stars

Rising Stars: Top five early-stage tech companies in SW revealed

Tech Nation has today announced the 5 South West Regional Winners of its fourth Rising Stars competition, which recognises the brightest and best early-stage tech scaleups from every area of the UK. In total, 55 fast-growing tech companies from across the UK have been named this year’s Regional Winners - 5 within each UK region. Previous years’ Rising Stars Regional Winners have included...

Forth's Sarah Bolt nominated for NatWest Everywoman award

The founder of a health tech firm with roots in the South West has been shortlisted in the 19th Annual NatWest Everywoman Awards .

Sarah Bolt, founder and CEO of Forth , is one of four finalists for the Demeter Award, the award for the most inspirational woman running a business that has been trading for three to five years.

Forth, which is based just over the Severn Bridge...

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