Vizolution continues with global expansion plans
by Nicholas Fearn , October 2
Vizolution, a software company headquartered in Swansea, is continuing its global expansion plans with the opening of a second office in Canada. The firm, which has developed a solution that helps businesses improve customer experience, has opened an office in the Prime King Street West location of Toronto. It’s located in the upmarket Workhaus Castle...
Read More >£5.7 million of EU funding announced to push Welsh STEM initiatives
by Nicholas Fearn , October 1
The Welsh Government has secured £5.7 million of EU funding to encourage young people to take science, technology, engineering and maths subjects at GCSE Level. Speaking last week, Finance Secretary Mark Drakeford announced that the money will be invested into the £8.7 million Trio Sci Cymru project to improve STEM education in Wales. It’s aimed...
Read More >Online booking platform doubles its growth
by Nicholas Fearn , September 28
Online booking specialist ThinkBooker has achieved a 43 per cent increase in revenue as a result of new client wins and expansion into new sectors. The brand, which is a product of Cardiff-based web development and technology agency UpriseVSI, has become a key growth channel for the overall business. It’s grown from 10% of the...
Read More >Pupil coding numbers soar at Sony UK TEC
by Nicholas Fearn , September 27
New figures from the Sony UK Technology centre, which produces the Raspberry Pi, show that it’s helped over 2,000 pupils learn fundamental coding skills. Based in Pencoed, the electronics manufacturing facility has seen a rising number of Welsh students taking up coding sessions over the past four years. During 2015 and 2016, 827 pupils took part...
Read More >Cardiff hosts international digital crime conference
by Nicholas Fearn , September 26
Digital crime experts from across the world recently gathered in Cardiff for a conference encouraging collaboration in the fight against online crooks. The IP Wales Cluster meeting took place at the University of South Wales and brought together specialists from the digital crime investigation and enforcement industry. It saw intellectual property crime experts discuss how the...
Read More >£100 million pledged for tech developments in the valleys
by Nicholas Fearn , September 25
The Welsh Government has set up a new group to advise on how £100 million of funding will be invested in emerging technologies across the South Wales Valleys. Economy Secretary Ken Skates has pledged that the Welsh Government will invest £100 million to turn Blaenau Gwent and the South Wales Valleys into a technology hotspot. Known as...
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