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BUSINESS NEWS
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The Techies Winner Gallery
A ROARING SUCCESS!
On Thursday May 10, Hartham Park in Corsham played host to
the very first tech awards for Swindon & Wiltshire, The Techies
2018. The Business Exchange’s first business award initiative.
The evening celebrated the innovation and
entrepreneurship of the local IT community, bringing
together the area’s finest talent.
The Swindon & Wiltshire Local Enterprise Partnership
(SWLEP) was the event’s headline sponsor and both George
Gill, board member and Paddy Bradley, director of the
SWLEP took to the stage to talk about the opportunity
we have locally and how the SWLEP is working on a core
digital strategy for the region.
Guests enjoyed an ‘Around the World’ market menu
designed by the Hartham Park team and Calne-based
artisan ice cream and sorbet maker Fluffy Puffin wowed the
crowd with their delicious and innovative flavours.
12 Awards were presented including the Future Tech
Superstar award which involved a live interactive vote from
the audience. Each winner received a certificate, award and
a box of goodies from Taste of Bath.
The Techies supported local charity Designability who are
celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. Designability
transforms the lives of disabled people and those living
with long-term health conditions, through the use of
life-changing assistive technologies. The total amount
raised from the evening is yet to be counted, but thanks to
Hartham Park and Fussells Fine Foods for arranging some
fantastic raffle prizes.
The AV for the evening was managed by Malcolm Hill
from Glowing Red Events, Corsham Institute arranged the
videography and Lis McDermott Photography took pictures
of the winners. See page 38 for our winners gallery.
We are already in discussions about The Techies 2019
and can’t wait to make the event bigger and better next
year. Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists and
thank you to all of the team who made the night a success.
The winners in each category are:
Best Tech Security
Foregenix www.foregenix.com
Best Tech Support Service
ISN www.isn.co.uk
Best User Experience
Render www.rendermedia.co.uk
Cloud Innovation of the Year
Brighter Sight www.brightersight.co.uk
Cutting IT Award sponsored by Britannia Quickmove
Blue Frontier www.bluefrontier.co.uk
Future Tech Superstar
Leon Johnson, Render (Pictured on our front cover)
Driven By Data
Infinity Nation www.infinitynation.com
Most Innovative Tech Solution
Ojo Solutions www.ojosolutions.com
Using Tech to Transform Business,
sponsored by Elm Workspace
Render www.rendermedia.co.uk
Social Impact Award
Ojo Solutions www.ojosolutions.com
Tech T eam of the Year, sponsored by the
Swindon & Wiltshire SME Growth project
Purple Lime www.purplelime.uk.com
Flying the Flag for Swindon & Wiltshire,
sponsored by the Swindon & Wiltshire
Local Enterprise Partnership
Cardwave www.cardwaveservices.com
To keep up to date with the latest Swindon &
Wiltshire Techies news visit:
www.the-techies-sw.co.uk and follow us on
Twitter @TheTechiesUK #TheWiltshireTechies
Read our winner profiles online at:
www.tbeswindonandwilts.co.uk
DARING TO BE
DIFFERENT
www.optps.co.uk
THE BUSINESS EXCHANGE 2018
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