A winning combination of public and private sector businesses is helping to build Leeds into a major digital tech hub and encouraging startups right across the region. Leeds and surrounding Yorkshire cities and towns are seeing an explosion of startups and new enterprises, encouraged by organisations like NHS Digital and the Open Data Institute.

Agile networking pioneer and UK-based hybrid cloud Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) start-up 6point6 Cloud Gateway has won recognition in the Cloud Excellence Awards.

Six of the fast-growing companies which have recieved backing from The London Co-Investment Fund (LCIF), the Mayor of London’s early-stage tech fund, have won awardss at the UKBAA Awards 2018.   

Judy Naake, the founder of St Tropez Tan and all round successful businesswoman, has been announced as a keynote speaker at this year's VCT & EIS Investor Fourm on 30th November in London.

In partnership with The Invested Investor, a project founded by Peter and Alan Cowley to help entrepreneurs and early stage investors achieve greater success by sharing lessons learned, Angel News is delighted to publish this interview focusing on the altruistic, enterprising, human genomic data expert and CEO of Repositive, Fiona Nielsen. 

This interview was originally published on The Invested Investor https://www.investedinvestor.com/articles/2018/9/11/start-up-spotlight-with-fiona-nielsen

Manchester based CEO of Evergreen Group, Stephen Critchlow, has been recognised for his contribution to sustainable business growth in the North region, in the Barclays Entrepeneur Awards 2018.

International law firm Brown Rudnick LLP has announced the expansion of its International Corporate practice with the appointment of Philip Watkins as a Partner in the London Office. Philip joins Brown Rudnick with Victoria Rodley, Counsel, from Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP.

Small Business Advice Week has partnered with British Business Bank to celebrate ambition in smaller businesses, and to encourage them to explore ‘what’s really possible’.

Investly has appointed seasoned working capital executive Wayne Hughes as its new Chief Executive Officer to make Investly the leading receivables finance platform across the UK and rest of Europe.

Howard Simms, Co-Founder of mobile technology group Apadmi and CEO of their investment arm Apadmi Ventures, has received an honorary Doctorate in Technology.

25 years after graduating with a Mathematics degree, Howard donned a cap and gown to receive an honorary Doctorate in Technology (DTech) from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), in recognition of his significant contribution to enterprise and the development of innovative technologies.

Howard commented: "When I first began my career in tech, I never would have thought my career path would have led me into the entrepreneurial world and to where I am now, with the chance to stand in front of hundreds of hopeful students and deliver a speech. It was an amazing day for my family and I, a real honour from such an esteemed university as MMU, and an incredibly proud moment in my life.”

The next TechInvest event will present 10 of London’s top FinTech innovators to some of the capitals leading startup and scaleup investors.

Richard di Benedetto has been appointed as a director and non-executive chairman of Mercia Fund Managers investment Braintrain2020.