A Birmingham-based software firm which specialises in HR products has secured £250,000 of new investment. Natural HR will use the capital to create ten jobs at its base in Newhall Street over the next three years as well as develop product lines. The firm started life in 2010 from a growing need for online employee […]

Altodigital, the UK’s largest independent office technology supplier, has strengthened its relationship with Wolverhampton Wanderers FC by signing a new contract with the Premier League club. Kingswinford-based Altodigital, which has 12 offices around the UK, has a well-established reputation for working with high-profile sports clubs, including Arsenal, Huddersfield Town, Glamorgan County Cricket Club and Cardiff Devils ice […]

Team expands by 60 to service current client base of 50+ One of the UK’s fastest growing and largest independent software testing companies, Edge Testing Solutions, part of Eurofins Digital Testing, is expanding its Birmingham operations to accommodate a fast-growing regional team and is on track for more than 40% revenue growth in England. With […]

U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone carried out a 5G test at a train station in the city of Birmingham as part of its country-wide trial The carrier revealed in a statement today that Birmingham New Street became the first train station to test 5G technology in the U.K. During the test, passengers at the station were […]

Acquisition sees more than 700 Elite connections move to One Connectivity Derby-based unified communications company, One Connectivity, has announced £4 million in its 2018 financial year, beating its turnover target of £2.4 million thanks to profits of £240,000. Despite the company buying Midlands-based business telecoms’ dealer Elite Telecom in March, One Connectivity’s first acquisition buy in […]

Nottingham-based legal cloud software provider, Peppermint Technology, has secured over £7 million strategic investment from Accel-KKR, a Silicon Valley technology-focused investment firm and existing investors Scottish Equity Partners (SEP). The funding will support Peppermint Technology management’s plan to accelerate growth, further develop the company’s Legal SaaS platform and scale resources to solidify the company’s market […]

  Telford-based business telecoms and IT services provider shortlisted for Reseller Sales Team of the Year (£10m plus turnover) at this year’s Comms Dealer Sales and Marketing Awards. After the launch of its pioneering new desk phone, NT Multimedia, and the two highest sales months in the provider’s twenty-year history, Network Telecom has been recognised […]

More than 40 trainee engineer jobs are being created in Nottinghamshire as part of a major recruitment drive by digital network firm Openreach. Trainees will join with telecoms experts to expand, upgrade, maintain and install services over the company’s national broadband network. The firm, part of the BT group, is looking to hire 185 trainee engineers across the […]

Node4, the cloud, data centre and communications solutions provider, has today announced it has been selected as the “Best Cloud & Service Provider Partner of the Year” in the UK by Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that enable Intelligent Data Management, at the annual UK Veeam Partner Summit. The awards recognise Veeam’s local […]

A tech company has raised £2.2m in seed funding for an app to digitise the entire livestock production process. The app, named Breedr, attempts to take the guesswork out of livestock production, from understanding which sires result in the most profitable offspring, to predicting the date of peak profit for each animal to hit the […]

Collaboration with Innovation Birmingham aims to provide small tech businesses with industry support Midlands-based sports fitness clothing brand Gymshark will launch its next phase of business support for digital tech SMEs innovating in the West Midlands. Building on its partnership with Innovation Birmingham, the UK’s largest campus for digital technology businesses, Gymshark has recently reopened […]

A Birmingham-based listed technology company has signed a supply agreement with energy giant E.ON. LightwaveRF will provide its latest range of Lightwave Smart series lighting and power devices. The agreement is part of a collaboration between E.ON and housebuilder Berkeley Group at its Kidbrooke Village development in Greenwich, London. Lightwave’s smart hub, light switches and […]

Whisk, a Birmingham company launched by a former contestant on BBC shows The Apprentice has been acquired by global tech giant Samsung. Whisk is the brainchild of Nick Holzherr and is a nutrition site that enables users to browse recipes based on factors such as personal taste and budgets then add a recipe to their […]

Node4, a cloud, data centre and communications solutions provider, is now certified as a global CREST penetration testing service provider. Established in 2004, Node4 is a Managed Services Provider that offers end-to-end IT infrastructure and services, technical expertise and innovation, all fully managed and flexibly deployed across the company’s own infrastructure fabric. CREST provides an internationally […]

IT specialist partners with Ahead Partnership to improve Birmingham’s tech sector pipeline and diversity of talent Collaborating with social enterprise, Ahead Partnership, Birmingham-headquartered IT specialist, Intercity Technology, will work to enhance the employability skills of local young people through a range of initiatives, including a volunteering programme and work experience scheme. Initially, up to six students […]