Mike Barritt, Co-founder and Director of not-for-profit membership organisation Software Cornwall has scooped the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2021 Tech South West Awards , hosted last Thursday (Nov 25) at the Market Hall in Plymouth.
Back in 2010, Mike was working for Oxford Innovation and created a Director peer group, bringing founders of software companies together which...
Audio visual reading app xigxag has opened a £250,000 public funding round on the crowdfunding platform Seedrs with over 72% already raised.
Xigxag, available on Google Play and the App Store, is the first app to offer customers audiobooks and ebooks in a single format called the x-book, which indexes human-voiced narration to the corresponding text so users can listen and read...
Feritech , which is based near Falmouth in Cornwall, has scooped the ‘International Success’ award in the Tech South West Awards 2021.
The winners were announced at a live event at Market Hall, Plymouth, last night.
Feritech MD Rob Ferris says: “This is a huge honour and we are delighted to have won this award in the face of stiff competition from right across the South West...
In SWTD’s final article on the nominees for the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tech South West Awards, we spoke to Mike Barritt, co-founder of Software Cornwall and one of the county’s most prominent tech entrepreneurs.
In 2010, Mike Barritt was one of the founding Directors of Software Cornwall, the not-for-profit membership organisation supporting the tech sector in Cornwall....
With funding from Cornwall Development Company , Windracers Ltd ran a trial of their twin engine, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), named ULTRA from 13th to 15th November at St Merryn Airfield in North Cornwall.
Windracers is a non-profit organisation that provides transport services to the humanitarian aid, research and environmental protection communities using UAV’s....
Cornish software development company Headforwards shares how it is following through on its pledge to make the new FibreHub building a space for all businesses, by extending invitation of its HeadTalks to a broader audience.
For many years, the Headforwards team has used HeadTalks as a way of sharing industry specific ideas within the technology sector. Now, the company is opening up...
Hayle-based marine tech innovation programme Marine-i has announced it is helping Research Development UK establish a marine acoustic monitoring service for the emerging Celtic Sea Floating Offshore Wind (FLOW) opportunity, to aid deployment strategies in these areas.
Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is designed to help the marine technology sector in...
Marine-i has agreed to support Falmouth-based consultancy group Submarine Technology Limited (STL) in the development of a cutting-edge multi-axis robotic arm.
Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the Marine-i aids businesses in the marine technology sector in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, offering them RD&I expertise and test facilities.
Marine-i has welcomed proposals announced by the Crown Estate for floating offshore wind leasing in the Celtic Sea.
These proposals have been made as part of the growing Celtic Sea Cluster announced earlier this year that has been established to help drive market creation for floating wind through industry collaboration.
According to Celtic Sea Cluster’s website, floating...
Authored by Toby Parkins, director of Headforwards
This week, we’re officially celebrating the launch of FibreHub: a 20,000 square feet building with lettable office space, hot-desking facilities, an eat-in or takeaway café and areas for networking and events.
FibreHub is home to digital, software and tech organisations, but the building will be well used by many more people...
