Caerphilly start-up incubator Welsh ICE launches accelerator
by Nicholas Fearn , January 28
Caerphilly-based start-up incubator Welsh ICE has launched its own accelerator to provide businesses with tailored support to help them grow, boost exports and create new jobs. The accelerator will be running for twelve weeks in Caerphilly and is open to businesses with a growth strategy that can create 10 jobs and turn over £2 million...
Read More >New Year, new promises – but how will UK HR Predictions affect Wales?
by Adrian Lewis , January 27
The early January HR press is awash with optimism. We’re hearing ‘it’s never been so good’! With record employment, the press are calling 2016 ‘The Year of the Candidate’. Let’s take a minute before we all get carried away! The CIPD recently called for caution. Employment in 2016 is due to exceed the forecasts made...
Read More >Happus is offering up free tech support to UK SMEs
by Nicholas Fearn , January 26
Caerphilly-based tech firm Happus and not-for-profit campaign Do It Digital have teamed up together to offer free tech support to SMES across the UK. This comes as the firm was recently named as one of Small Business Saturday’s 100 top businesses an event held in the Treasury with chancellor George Osbourne in attendance. Do it Digital...
Read More >North Wales 3D tech firm wins prestigious industry award
by Nicholas Fearn , January 25
A North Wales-based tech firm that specialises in providing 3D scanning services has been awarded with a prestigious industry award. OR3D is the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Geomagic Software award from 3DSystems.com, a company that invents 3D technologies. The award is in recognition of OR3D having the largest amount of Geomagic software sales...
Read More >Newport movie analytics platform to pilot at major film festival
by Nicholas Fearn , January 21
Movie analytics platform Tweview has been selected to pilot at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which is one of the biggest film events in the world. Paul Shepherd, the founder of the platform, will represent the Newport-based start-up at the festival next week. During the event, he’ll have the chance to demonstrate and put Tweview to...
Read More >Welsh entrepreneur launches location sharing app
by Nicholas Fearn , January 20
A Welsh entrepreneur has developed an app that lets you find out your location and share it with others. Sam East came up with Shake Locate after running into difficulty when he tried giving his father directions to his location within a new city. The app, which launched last week on both Android and iOS, pinpoints...
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