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An entrepreneur who sold the company he cofounded for £47.5m, has started a new venture to make Internet of Things (IoT) technology accessible to SMEs.

Chris Byrd, 36, has launched ThingSIM, to provide lower-cost connectivity and management for IoT enabled devices.

The company has removed a major adoption barrier with the service, which it is selling directly to businesses and through partnership agreements with IT providers from its base at Hull’s digital innovation centre C4DI.

Cornwall-based Agritech company Glas Data has joined C4DI as part of their mission to enhance farm management through data automation technology. With a specially-designed cloud-based data aggregation dashboard and Smart Agriculture IoT devices and sensors, Glas Data enables farmers to collect, collate and visualise data in a simple, time-saving and sustainable way.

C4DI-based EdTech company Cloud Design Box is delivering three free virtual events with partners SalamanderSoft to help teachers and school staff become confident in delivering remote and blended learning to their students.

Yorkshire and Humber’s tech scene has been highlighted in the fourth report of London Tech Week and the UK Tech Cluster Group’s 12 Clusters of Tech series. We’re thrilled to see so many familiar faces featured in the report, including several C4DI members and companies who we regularly collaborate with.

The development at Northallerton is really taking shape with internal fit out now well underway. Have a look at the following photos to see the latest progress.

C4DI member Bombyx PLM has been announced as one of five Yorkshire regional winners for the Rising Stars 3.0 competition.

Rising Stars 3.0 is the UK’s most exciting national competition for innovative, early-stage tech companies, designed to showcase the best the country has to offer and to help companies become investor ready. The Rising Stars competition provides the opportunity for early-stage scaleups to meet leading investors, influencers and corporates.

The first phase of the transformational Treadmills regeneration project has opened to the public, providing a timely boost to the local community and economy in Northallerton.

Supermarket group Lidl – the retail anchor for the £17m scheme – and frozen food specialist Iceland have both opened, with a third 1,300 sq ft store unit available for occupation.

Construction is nearing completion on a new showpiece building for Hull’s thriving tech community.

The three-storey sister building for the Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) offers space for tech businesses to grow and traditional companies to innovate through technology.

The £3.75m building has been developed by regeneration company Wykeland Group and is the latest major investment at Wykeland’s @TheDock tech campus in the Fruit Market creative quarter.

A groundbreaking new collaboration aimed at transforming the future of the UK’s construction industry can be unveiled today.

National framework provider Pagabo has forged a research agreement with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), aiming to together challenge current methods in the construction sector, and pioneer fresh ideas and innovations that embrace new technology and advanced manufacturing methods.

Joining them in the venture are C4DI, the Hull-based incubator company that promotes growth in tech businesses, specialist data centre company Yondr and industry leader Lord Bob Kerslake.

Business & Economy Officer Hambleton District Council Claire Lowe has recently joined the C4DI team and is helping us to build and support the new community at C4DI Northallerton, an exciting new campus, focused on helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate within the agriculture and food processing sectors.