After months of planning our in-house capability to deliver hybrid events is at an international standard. We now launch our High Growth series of bite sized insights.
Over the coming months C4DI and Barclays Eagle Labs will deliver several episodes of the High Growth Series.
Director of International business development, Bob Spence and Community Manager, Louise Cooke are delighted to confirm the C4DI membership of One Call. One Call is led by Tech Entrepreneur Gohar Sultan who previously worked with Bob developing advanced technology within the Middle East FinTech sector. One Call is currently based in Lahore Pakistan which is where Bob originally met Gohar.
Trades services company Trade Chimp has joined forces with software development experts Arc Studios in a joint venture product development deal that will see hundreds of thousands invested into Trade Chimp over the coming years.
It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces from the C4DI at the Hull Daily Mail Business Awards.
Software development company Sauce was rightfully crowned Start-up Business of the Year and Young Achiever of the Year, Amy Knight was rewarded for her hard work at social marketing agency eskimosoup...
C4DI Member Rob Lewis has 30 years of experience in corporate innovation. A year ago Rob founded 54DegreesNorth to leverage his experience to create a digital health innovation pipeline. Building on this foundation Rob has launched a brand new, co-developed process called Edenic Innovation with partners yesyesBD.
The process helps companies address 3 key challenges facing all businesses today - how to prevent themselves being disrupted; how to use digital technology; and how to think differently. The process comes in various tailored packages to meet companies needs, it leverages digital talent and a framework of innovation scopes that forces a company to think differently and digitally...
Agile is a new method of delivering projects that is more efficient at delivering results, can save time, reduce costs and minimise the associated risks of traditional 'waterfall project management'. Agile emphasises responding to change, collaborating with clients, breaking down work into manageable chunks and frequently delivering a working product for feedback.
This week, we caught up with Steve Bowman to find out more about Agile and how he uses the method in his everyday life.
On Thursday 2 November, SparkFund will be popping into C4Di to chat about funding and grant opportunities for start-ups, SMEs and freelancers. This will include 1 - 2 - 1 surgeries for delegates which will focus on exploring the specific opportunities relevant to their needs and that of their business alongside support on...
The UK automotive industry is having a bit of a moment. With sales, jobs, and turnover at an unprecedented high, there doesn’t seem to be much that can keep it down. However, in an increasingly technological world, where customers can order their lunch from their phones, send a virtual card from their desktop and check in to a flight before they even get to the airport, customers are expecting more and more from their online buying journeys, particularly when it comes to a lifestyle purchase, such as a car...
C4Di based company My Pockets have been running a year long project for Hull 2017 called Fuzzfeed.
My Pockets record the real conversations of Hull teenagers then make puppets that look like the teens. The puppets lip sync to the conversations. The project is funny, original and gives the rest of the work insight into the hidden mind of the teenager...
Digitull is just one of those well-deserving winners. The exciting project is a collaboration between Hull Children’s University, Hull UK City of Culture 2017 and C4DI member, Forward Thinker. The online platform allows pupils from schools across the city to upload their creative work so it can be viewed by their fellow classmates and the general public...
This year’s Hull Digital Awards took place on Thursday 7 September and we’re proud to say that many of our members were recognised for their hard work and innovation within the thriving tech industry.
Moodbeam, a brand new product that allows us to track our moods at the touch of a button, won the award for Best Emerging Technology. We caught up with Co-Founder and Director, Christina Colmer McHugh, to find out more about this exciting device...
Yesterday's digital awards was a magnificent, irreverent, outlandish celebration of the best things the regions digi-tech businesses and startups achieved in 2017. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees - we are very proud of all the outstanding talent in the region.
Read highlights from the night and find out the category winners via the link below.
Pot noodle anyone?
What better way to start off a series of marketing meetups than to get the superpower that is Google involved? That’s exactly what John Gilbert did when he began organising Hull’s Marketing Meetup, getting Becky Boyd, a Google Digital trainer in to talk to us about all things SEO, Social media and analytics. A record 130 rsvp'd for the event find out what we learnt...
