It was exciting to meet up with my first Manchester startup recently when I went to their offices in Spinningfields. Wakelet is a small team of people creating the latest technology in content curation. The size of the internet...
Manchester has a thriving technology sector and a particularly active community. This was the first of the tech events I have attended and I wasn’t disappointed. The event began with a showcase of four startups based in...
I went to my first Manchester business event last night, Celebrating Women in Business at iHub, and it was eye-opening. I wanted to find out more about the business scene in Manchester now that I’ve moved here, and also get my...
Email marketing sometimes gets a bad reputation, and has strong associations with spam. Some people think it’s boring. It’s not as sexy as SnapChat, it’s less pretty than Pinterest, and is much less immediate than...
Everybody knows that B2B content is the best. Seriously, it’s informative, engaging and exciting – when it’s done well. Some of my favourite blogs are in the B2B industry and the same goes for SaaS (Software as a...
If you want a top up of confidence to help you on your way to becoming the next tech superstar, look no further than a Code First: Girls event. Always super informal, they go out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and...
It was interesting to attend a cybersecurity event at aql last night. There was quite range of topics discussed, but the focal point was cybersecurity in Yorkshire & Humberside. The talks were given by Stuart Hyde, retired...
With the recent DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack on Dyn that brought down much of America’s internet in October, cybersecurity is once again on people’s minds. Sites that went down included Twitter, Netflix...
I was super excited to go to an event last night at Leeds University, hosted by Glug Leeds. It was an uplifting evening celebrating and fostering creative talent in Leeds, with beer, swearing and lots of GIFs. She Does...
I’m planning to move to Manchester at the beginning of the new year and I’m excited about the potential of building my life here. I’ve moved up north from the english south coast via London, and fallen in love with...