The world’s first ‘gamified’ cyber-security conference takes place this week in a bid to make the subject fun and engaging and attract more people into the fast-developing industry. Staged by Bristol and Bath Cyber, the event is designed to help those attending network through fun social engineering and gamification activities, take part in interactive...
IT bootcamp Mayden Academy has launched a funding scheme to encourage more women to embark on careers in coding. The scheme will offer female students a 70% reduction in course fees on the academy’s Full Stack Track – an intensive 16-week training course for aspiring developers from non-tech backgrounds. The course is designed...
IT firm Priority IT’s computer recycling scheme has been accepted onto the Microsoft Refurbisher Program in a move that should swell a charity’s coffers. Priority IT refurbishes redundant and unwanted laptops and computers which are then passed on to new owners in exchange for a donation to Wiltshire charity Alzheimer’s Support. Now the Westbury-based...
More work linked to an EU-funded satellite programme has been secured by specialist IT group SCISYS as it continues to benefit from its long-running expertise in the space industry. The Chippenham-headquartered firm, which has its roots in the European Space Agency, won two orders with a combined €9.7m (£8.4m) value from Thales Alenia Space...
Three Bath area businesses have this week been celebrating winning a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in recognition of their contribution to the UK economy. Bath creative, branding and communications agency Emberson Group received the award for international trade for its “excellence and sustained growth in international trade”. Group managing director Clare Pratt said...
Nominations have opened for The SPARKies, the coveted awards showcasing the best of the West of England’s tech sector. The awards, now in their seventh year, recognise the businesses and individuals who make Bath, Bristol and surroundings a tech powerhouse and shine a light on their amazing wealth of tech and creative talent. Nominations...
A Bath-based business innovating the way plastic car parts can be repaired is seeking investment to take it to the next level. Pinweld, based at the University of Bath Innovation Centre, is exploring the use of precision weld technology to fix plastic bumpers and other parts that are easily damaged but expensive to repair. ...
Royds Withy King corporate lawyer Ed Chapman is about to swap Bath for the Big Apple to further develop the firm’s technology offering. Ed, pictured, flew to New York today after being selected for a pioneering secondment programme which the firm runs in partnership with Interleges, the international legal network it helped create in...
Global number one business incubator network the SETsquared Partnership, which is backed by the University of Bath, has boosted its services to scale-ups by starting an online investment platform. The network has teamed up with London-based Envestors,the fintech for fundraising company, to help its scale-ups secure financial backing. Founded in 2002 and also backed...
Schools from across Bath and the West of England will battle it out tomorrow to become the regional champion in a new competition aimed at encouraging more women and girls into cyber security jobs. The top-performing schools that took part in a recent NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) CyberFirst competition for 13-year-old girls have...
