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A guest post from @Keirwhitaker ! The Shopify Economy In late July I headed North to Hull (a surprisingly hard place to get to from my home town of Bath) to give a presentation on Shopify at the C4DI, in particular why there’s never been a better time for designers and developers to start engaging … Read more

It’s all happening… demolition has started! (Scroll down for the time-lapse video!) After being in the C4DI beta for just over 12 months, it feels like another milestone. There is a huge amount of activity on the new C4DI site. not only has the dry dock been pumped out (it really was more like a wet dock for … Read more

We are delighted that two of our members are collaborating with this brilliant project. Matjaz Korosec of Mogo Freedom and Jay Moy of Make Moving Messages generated another creative adventure! Mal Williamson of Creator College and Jay Moy of Make Moving Messages invited Mogo to become a movie theater and host The Tea Break Film … Read more

Email. Like it, loathe it, tolerate it, manage it, it is here to stay (as far as I can tell) and is something that we all use every day. Email overload is common phrase you hear time and time again and I admit to saying this on a number of occasions. It’s no fun opening … Read more

We are working closely with the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) to ensure that the digital/tech sector grows rapidly in the next few years. Sarah Clinch is the business development manager from the LEP and is very keen to promote you and your company! Please read on and help! “We have fantastic digital companies in the … Read more

I’m delighted to announce that we are partnering with Amazon Web Services and are now part of the AWS Activate Programme! What is the Activate programme I hear you say?! Amazon Web Services provides startups with low cost, easy to use infrastructure needed to scale and grow any size business. Some of the world’s hottest … Read more

We welcomed the guys from Twilio last week who were travelling up from London to Newcastle. What better way to spend some of their day than at the C4DI experiencing the great community, not to mention the “bl**dy hell, this is quick” internet! Twilio are doing some very, very clever things with communications online:   We … Read more

We are delighted that the wonderful guys and gals at Zapier are supporting the C4DI. Following on from a fascinating “conversation with” chat with Wade Foster, their CEO and Co-Founder, they are going to be providing startups based at the C4DI with three months free zaps on their basic plan. We are very grateful for the … Read more

Yesterday was a significant milestone in the history of the C4DI and the tech sector in Hull. We launched the C4DI Accelerator with a packed venue of members, guests and interested people. We will be running the accelerator programme in March 2015 with applications being invited later this year. Successful accelerators have valued companies supporting them and we … Read more

The people make the C4DI. A terrific community of members who work together, collaborate together and have fun together. Since we opened the doors last July (has it been that long!?), we’ve been looking for ways for members to communicate better. Not everyone is in every day, so we needed an online solution where people can ask … Read more