Gloucestershire-based LatchAid has launched its pioneering breastfeeding support app, with the NHS prescribing it in a pilot project across South Devon & Torbay, Lancashire & South Cumbria, Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon & Wiltshire, and Gloucestershire.
The project, funded by the Health Foundation, NHS England and NHS Improvement, aims to assess the effectiveness of...
Another UK first launches in Bristol today with CanCan , the country's first city-wide borrow and return scheme for hospitality, events and corporates. Built around an app connecting users to smart trackable cups & food containers each fitted with a unique QR code, the innovative scheme gives traders and businesses cost effective and easy ways to reduce their use of disposable cups and...
Bristol Technology Festival (BTF) has unveiled a packed schedule for its tech showcase event, taking place during the week of October 11-15.
Now into its third edition, BTF is an annual celebration designed to bring together events, people and communities to share, learn and explore technology developments in the southwest region. Events will encompass a range of sectors from green...
The Tin Coast Partnership have commissioned award-winning Cornish tech firm, Data Duopoly, to develop an interactive experience for visitors exploring the tin mining World Heritage Sites in West Cornwall.
The XplorTINCOAST app aims to bring this wild stretch of coastline and its historical stories to life, better connecting visitors to the area. As well as enhancing the visitor...
The South West plays a key role in ensuring the UK’s public sector functions effectively. The region is home to some of the nation’s most important service providers, including HMRC, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Met Office, not to mention 36 local councils.
Like many private companies, these organisations are increasingly turning to technology to provide better,...
Bristol-based service design and UX specialist Mace & Menter has made four key appointments to its team, including former Defra and Portuguese government service designers. The growth comes as the company expands its innovative work with government and the NHS to help improve the way people experience services.
Andrew Grimes joins Mace & Menter as Experience Design Director,...
Software Cornwall are hosting their quartlery Tech Connect event on Thursday 22nd July, 1-3pm.
Tech Connect events offer the perfect opportunity to engage with Software Cornwall members as well as the wider tech and software community. They can include a mixture of talks, workshops and some guided networking.
This month's Tech Connect will explore facial recognition, virtual...
Abode PR , the Bath-based, award-winning global B2B technology public relations agency, is delighted to celebrate an outstanding year for the business with new international clients, a growing headcount and an exciting brand refresh.
Abode PR was created in 2017 by Founder & Director Jessica Gillingham, also a former director of Visit Bath, after identifying a niche in the short-...
As he heads to the G7, journalist and Tribe Tech podcast co-host Robert Hillier pleads with politicians to acquire a better understanding of technology to inform the policy decisions that will shape our future.
Within the leaders of the G7, we have degrees in classics, law, public affairs, arts, economics and, in Chancellor Merkel, a Doctor of Quantum Chemistry (who’s surprised? And...
With the G7 starting in Carbis Bay on June 11, the South West has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase the best of its thriving technology ecosystem.
Preparations have been underway for months for the meeting of world leaders including Joe Biden, Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson on the Cornish coast. The conference’s Build Back Better slogan encapsulates an ambition to create...
