Here are the articles from the digital and tech world that caught my eye this week.
Richard Gregory
NED and Advisor at Ash.tv, Fluid Digital, Ruler Analytics and Circleloop, co-founder of SAScon, former Director of Tech North, ex-digital agency MD.
Firms planning to take on more staff are being hit by labour shortages, with a 'reversal' in the number of migrants in employment, says HR body the CIPD. As Brexit approaches next March, the CIPD says there has been a slowing down in the growth of…
Richard GregoryThat's a hell of a shift in numbers. Interestingly the majority of the decrease if from Non-EU born workers, and the report doesn't highlight where else people are migrating too instead.
There's no doubt that London has firmly established itself as a leading digital hub. Last year, the turnover by its digital tech businesses was £64.1bn, the highest of any cluster in the UK, and 40% of new technology startups were based in…
Nested, the London-based “data-driven” estate agency that provides a cash advance to help you buy a new home before you've sold your old one, has raised a further £120 million in funding. The new round is a mixture of equity and…
Richard GregoryWhat a beautifully simple business idea.
Last night we were thrilled to hold the first event for Tech Nation's new Angel Community, at our new home in Bonded Warehouse, Manchester. An evolution of last year's, Tech North Angel Network, this community will initially host events in…
Richard GregoryTremendous to see this programme going national
Tech-enabled outsourced communications pioneer Moneypenny has secured 'significant investment' from private equity backer ECI Partners in a deal which reportedly values the business at over £100 million. The Wrexham-headquartered company…
Richard GregoryImpressive investment. I wonder how they plan to deal with competition from AI-based services like x.ai?
Dream Agility, the award-winning advertising technology company led by tech entrepreneur Elizabeth Clark, has been acquired out of administration. Patrick Lannagan and Conrad Pearson from business advisory firm Mazars were appointed as joint…
EE has announced which six UK cities will be the first to get faster 5G mobile networks. Building on existing trials, EE will turn on 5G in London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham and Manchester by mid-2019. By the end of 2019, another 10…
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