Entrepreneur Phil Benson has a passion for social enterprise. His latest project aims to bridge the gap between the business and education sector.

Phil already has a number of ventures under his belt. One of these is Xing Education; an enterprise-based learning opportunity for local schools and college-aged children.

By working with these young people and helping them to develop key business and life skills, he has been able to gain a fresh insight into the benefits of a business-to-education relationship…

Using a design-led, technology-driven approach, Hull House Group aims to make our city one of the happiest places to live.

We spoke with Founder Steve Dam and Co-Director Scott Pilgrim to discover more about their work and how they are innovating the property sector through digital.

We’ll soon be launching a brand-new service tailored to meet the unique needs of hardware & product innovators…

Upstream Health specialises in mobile-friendly applications that are set to completely transform health and social care services across the world.

To discover more about how the team are using emerging and innovative technologies to disrupt the healthcare sector, we spoke with C4DI member Darren Crombie, who is the CEO and Founder of Upstream. 

Specialising in videography and photography, digital content creator Luke Thornton produces compelling visual media that showcases businesses of all shapes and sizes.

We caught up with the camera wizard to find out how quality video content is key if you want to attract new customers and clients.

Cloud-based computing and its amazing capabilities are currently hot topics, with many companies wanting to transition to the Cloud, whilst others are left wondering how this technology can improve their businesses.
 
We spoke with C4DI member David Gilbey, Director and IT Specialist at Just Gilbey Ltd, to uncover the benefits of the Cloud and find out whether the move truly is for all businesses…

 

Last week the C4DI received some beautiful artwork as a thank you for hosting the tremendously successful “Women in Tech” event as part of “Women of Hull” week!

Healthcare IT Specialist Darren Crombie shares his insights on how to pick a place to base your company:

“I’d worked for years in big consultancies with big offices.  With the traditional reception, cubicles, and coffee room chat, but I had never considered how to rent a space, or what kind of options there are out there”…  

Good2Learn – an edtech startup based in the C4DI has just won its first award of the year for best e-learning content UK 2018. The award was the result of a joint collaboration between Good2Learn and learners in the Grimsby Institute. Together, the group produced 30 online maths and English video tutorials for children aged between 7 and 11, with content written by qualified teachers and linked to national curriculum.

GDPR forces business to consider us as individuals; to think about the relationship they have – or would like to have – with us.

GDPR Consultant Michael Curran explains how individual consent is significant in the up-coming GDPR legislation…