The latest news, case studies and blogs from Sunderland Software City and the region’s tech community.
Children on the other side of the world are being educated from a small office in the centre of Sunderland. Thanks to the support of Sunderland City Council, WordPlay Media has developed and provides a highly-engaging e-learning experience that is teaching the English language to Chinese youngsters. “When children are
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North East based Inflo Software is setting high standards in the world of accounting software after winning a top international award for Accountancy Software of the Year. At the prestigious annual The Accountant & International Accounting Bulletin 2017 awards on the 4th October in London, Inflo scooped the top award
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Go Reboot - the programme which provides an introduction to the North East technology sector to individuals not in employment or education - is celebrating its most recent success story. Prior to joining Go Reboot, Daniel Fletcher struggled to find suitable employment and found this to have a negative affect
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A leading North East training provider has created several new courses in its bid to continue to offer young people the highest quality training qualifications and learning experience. Baltic Training, the only apprenticeship training provider to offer a completely tech-focused, tech driven training solution, has set up five new programmes
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Creative Fuse, the organisation that brings together expertise from the North East’s five universities to support the fast growing Creative, Digital and IT sector (CDIT), is working alongside the teams at Sunderland Software City and Digital Union. Focusing on Creative Fuse’s digital strand, Software City and Digital Union are
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Fans and staff travelling to UEFA Women’s EURO 2017 fixtures in the Netherlands this summer are being encouraged to get more active thanks to a new mobile app developed by a Newcastle-based mobile consultancy, Gospelware. The Active Match App has been launched by the European Healthy Stadia Network in partnership
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North East digital marketing agency Mediaworks has won the prestigious Best Use of Search award at the Big Chip Awards 2017. Now in its 19th year, the Big Chip Awards are one of the most prominent industry awards, recognising both digital and technological excellence. The Best Use of Search award
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An event in Sunderland next week will bring together key players in the region’s tech sector to tackle the shortage of skilled digital workers. Sunderland Software City is working in collaboration with pressure group The Education Foundation to host the first Digital Skills Summit in Sunderland on the 20th June.
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A North East-based asset tracking and satellite specialist have taken part in a major search and rescue exercise involving French coastguard and military personnel. MConnected, which specialise in a range of high–tech asset protection products, applications & services, tested a marine tracker prototype during the drill, which was jointly organised
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