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Time is ticking to apply to Rising Stars, Tech Nation's new competition to find the UK’s most ambitious early-stage tech startups. Building on the success of Northern Stars (launched when we were Tech City and Tech North), Tech Nation are on the hunt for the best tech companies from all areas of the country - from Lands End to John O’Groats and everywhere in between. Previously known...
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Tech Nation is born. Tech City UK and Tech North have now merged and as of this week now come under the singular title and banner of 'Tech Nation'. Now, as the re-launched 'Tech Nation', they are promising to expand their network of growth programmes, events, skills and data resources to reach all corners and clusters of the UK. We reported on the Tech City UK / Tech North merger to Tech...
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About three months ago we highlighted that applications were open for Northern Stars 2017 - a Tech North startup pitch competition, open to 'Northern' based early-stage tech startups, who've raised no more than £2 million in equity-based investment and have a product on the market that's gained traction. And last week the 20 Northern Stars finalists for 2017 were ann...
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The human brain, powerful though it may be, forgets up to 40% of information just 20 minutes after we have learned it. After one week, this becomes 80%. This makes study and revision frustrating and leaves you with the sense that all the time you’ve spent doing just that has been wasted. Worse still, it can leave a student feeling as though they have somehow failed if they don’t come a...
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Northern Stars 2017 - a Tech North pitch competitionApplications are now open for Northern Stars 2017 - a Tech North startup pitch competition, open to 'Northern' based early-stage tech startups, who've raised no more than £2 million in equity-based investment and have a product on the market that's gained traction.For the first time, all 20 Northern Stars finalists will recei...
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Tech in the North of England - watch this documentary that paints a fab picture of the current tech scene in the North of England.Sometimes reading article after article about startups can be tough going, especially if you are 'on the go', or if you'are just about to sit down for the night, after a busy day of business (and expresso's). With this in mind, and if you've an hour or so spare to focus...
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Our friends at Tech North are on the hunt to discover the most promising early-stage tech companies operating in the North of England(Applications close on October 9th!) The poetically named Northern Stars Pitch Competition is travelling the length and breadth of Northern England to find innovative and potentially disruptive startups to go head-to-head with their peers and win an impressive bundl...
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