Midlands Business News

Enable has opened up its potential in the public sector technology market after the company was accepted onto the government’s G-Cloud iii Framework as a Specialist Cloud Services supplier. G-Cloud provides central government departments, executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies with an innovative, cheaper and faster way to access and purchase government-approved IT products and [...]

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One of the UK’s leading exhibitions dedicated to new technology is returning to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this month. Vendors from across the UK and Europe will be showcasing their latest products at CRN Partner Connect in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall on Thursday, May 16. Resellers from all over the UK are expected to [...]

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Mansfield iCentre-based Kurio is making giant strides in sports technology, having recently launched its unique made-to-measure compression wear for athletes.

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Two Nottingham-based technology businesses have joined forces with the aim of providing a complete solution for all business phone and IT needs to companies in Derby, Nottingham and the wider East Midlands.

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One of the UK’s leading independent metering specialists has signed a new agreement that will help it enhance its automated meter reading (AMR) range.

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30 Midlands-based climate change practitioners are being enrolled onto Birmingham Science Park Aston’s Pioneers into Practice exchange programme this week (w/c 29th April 2013).

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Accelerate Associates, the market research agency for the medical technology, bioscience and laboratory industries, based at BioCity Nottingham, has recently completed a report for the University of Newcastle considering the future market for induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). The University’s Institute of Genetic Medicine is home to world renowned experts within the field of iPSC. [...]

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The “what’s your postcode?” company Postcode Anywhere was delighted to officially open its doors to customers, partners and friends to celebrate and reflect on its incredible journey.

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Staff from LaSer UK, the consumer finance specialist headquartered in Solihull, went head to head against their Belfast colleagues in an Apprentice style Charity Shop Challenge to help collectively raise £1,400 for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

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Hexagon Metrology is to host a series of software training events specially designed to boost measuring skills at its technical centres in Shropshire and Wiltshire.

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The Government has been urged to put design and technology at the forefront of its new TechBacc qualification.

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Cenex – the UK’s first Centre of Excellence for low carbon vehicle technologies – today announced an extension to the Plugged-in Midlands scheme, offering a package of grant funding opportunities for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle charging infrastructure which will run until 31st March 2014. The new scheme will complement the original Plugged-in Midlands (PiM) [...]

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Solihull-headquartered LaSer UK’s ‘Big Thinking’ has led to Birmingham Children’s Hospital being chosen as the business’s main charitable focus for 2013, having raised a massive £55,000 for fifteen local charities last year. ‘Big Thinking’ is the theme driving LaSer UK’s ‘Make A Difference’ programme, which combines fundraising, volunteering and environment initiatives, engaging employees to support [...]

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Leicestershire-based biomass boiler technology experts Rural Energy have unveiled a new cutting-edge management system which allows businesses to use laptops, tablets and mobiles to manage energy consumption.

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The crime deterrent power of SmartWater forensic marking is to be made openly available to the commercial vehicle sector for the first time, it has been revealed.

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An exciting new conference will feature some of the biggest names in UK manufacturing and highlight excellence in innovation and technology.

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MWA Technology is looking to celebrate its 20th birthday in style in this month, when it heads for its largest ever appearance at Sustainability Live 2013 (April 16-18).

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Staffordshire materials technology company Ceram is expanding its construction services by setting up a Technology Development Group (TDG).

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Despite continuing uncertainty within the UK economy medical technology, repair and maintenance firm, Hugo Technology, has continued to go from strength-strength during 2012, building on its success of 2011.

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Birmingham-based technology business Droplet marked its London launch in style by announcing it has sealed the backing of two major retailers.

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Technology company, Postcode Anywhere is pleased to announce three new appointments to help fulfil continued expansion.

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Up to €20,000 will be awarded to circa 12 selected entrepreneurial companies that participate in the Low Carbon Incubator Programme 2013, designed to make low carbon ideas into commercial successes.

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An Apple iPad, Epson printer, Samsung Galaxy Tablet and Epson digital projector were up for grabs at a big Technology Expo event held at the Lion Quays Waterside Resort, near Oswestry.

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Birmingham-based The Audio Suite is celebrating a ‘dream call’ which resulted in their expertise being utilized to help with the audio post production on Steven Spielberg’s latest film, ‘Lincoln’. The Audio Suite was asked by the post-production team at the Los Angeles-based production company DreamWorks Studios to re-record lines, in a specialised process called ADR, [...]

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A young girl seriously hurt in a road accident successfully came through a life-saving skull operation with the help of a team of scientists and engineers at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry. Experts at the MTC used the centre’s advanced three dimensional modelling technology to generate a template of a large piece of the [...]

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Having recently been appointed as Severn Trent Water’s Strategic Instrumentation, Control & Automation (ICA) partner, Imtech UK’s Capula business division is now assisting the company’s aim to improve the effectiveness of ICA across the organisation.

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An innovative, Rugby-based technology company plans to create two full-time positions and increase profits by 30% by the end of 2013, following the launch of its latest product, a Generated Energy Management System (GEM).

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A Birmingham-based independent metering specialist is celebrating a ‘big birthday’ in style after it announced 25% growth, the creation of five new jobs and plans for a significant investment drive.

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The 10th annual euroLED event has secured high profile industry figureheads from across Europe and the US to headline its two-day technical conference.

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In a bid to increase margins and improve efficiency, the country’s largest campus-based university, Manchester Metropolitan has selected Leicester’s MCR Systems to overhaul its electronic point of sale (EPoS) systems.

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TBS Enterprise Mobility has today announced the introduction of its unique TM Discover tool, which delivers superfast business intelligence insight underpinned by real-time capability.

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AstraZeneca, a global pharmaceutical company, has signed an agreement with Ceram Research Ltd, the international materials development company,

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A new kind of flat, directional loudspeaker developed by Coventry company, ZonarSound, will be launched at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) tradeshow in Amsterdam later this month. The speaker is capable of directing sound to targeted audiences, providing listeners with sound clarity without interfering with surrounding areas. It will be particularly useful in environments where [...]

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A team of development engineers from ZF’s Powertrain Technology Division has its sights set on expansion as it approaches the first anniversary of taking up residence at the University of Warwick Science Park’s Warwick Innovation Centre.

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Warwick Warp Ltd, a UK-based developer of novel fingerprint recognition technology is pleased to announce the appointment of Bruno Moreau as Chairman, effective immediately. Bruno joins Warwick Warp from ASK S.A, a world leader in the area of contactless transport cards (Navigo, Oyster etc.) and also in identity solutions such as biometric passports, driving licenses [...]

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Wolverhampton-based antimicrobial technology specialist BioCote has launched a new ‘Partner Portal’ to strengthen support offered to partners. BioCote supplies companies around the world with antimicrobial solutions, providing both additives and support to help manufacturers produce antimicrobial treated products. The new Partner Portal builds on the firm’s commitment to client service. BioCote is the only company [...]

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A leading healthcare technology company has been chosen to take part in a prestigious NHS blood transfusion trial which could save the taxpayer £40million a year.

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A Coventry University spin-out company specialising in particle technology has joined forces with another Midlands-based SME to explore the potential of a pioneering new product.

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A Nottinghamshire technology and engineering firm, Technology 18 Ltd, has undertaken a project in conjunction with the Sustainable Construction iNet (iNet), which could lead to the creation of up to 5 new jobs.

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A 3D body measurement system developed in conjunction with Aston University has been highlighted by Government as an example of good practice between industry and academia. The partnership, between Select Research – who created the pioneering ‘Body Volume Index’ system, and Aston engineering academics, now features in a Department of Business Innovation and Skills video [...]

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A Staffordshire sound technology company has saved Christmas for one of the UK’s most prestigious hotels.

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In recent years the UK’s sustainable growth rate has declined, and is currently battling the largest public sector deficit relative to GDP of any large Western economy.

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MIRA Technology Park, the 1.75 million sq. ft. Nuneaton-based technology park development granted Enterprise Zone status in August last year

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Aerial mapping company Bluesky has launched the first ever countrywide 3D map of trees.

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Wolverhampton-based antimicrobial technology expert BioCote Ltd has appointed Dr Andrew Summerfield to the post of regulatory affairs manager.

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Birmingham and London based digital agency TBC Digital have created a suite of mobile applications to support delegates at Dell’s Inspire 2012 event in London 6-7th November. The Inspire 2012 app is available on iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone and provides a wealth of information for delegates. Prior to the event the apps [...]

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Totalpost Services Plc has delivered a state-of-the-art x-ray threat detection system to East Midlands Airport Handling Ltd (part of the HAE Group) to enable greater threat detection through enhanced freight screening. Totalpost has supplied state-of-the-art security screening equipment to international cargo screening and handling company East Midlands Airport Handling Ltd which is based at East [...]

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HRH The Princess Royal has seen the latest in bioenergy technology developed by Aston University researchers from the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI).

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John Rishton, the Chief Executive of global power systems company Rolls-Royce, and an alumnus of The University of Nottingham, is today opening a new £5.1million Aerospace Technology Centre at the University’s innovation park.

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A West Midlands supplier is building business in London and the South-east.

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