Tech, IT & Comms Digest #2
Featuring Technology, I.T. and Communications stories from XIST2, Bambury & Co, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Unipart, Flex IT and many more.
Tech, IT & Comms
Life Sciences Digest #1
The latest news from the Life Sciences sector, from medical innovation to start-ups and funding. Featuring B4 Members Owen Mumford, Partners&, Oxford North, Penningtons Manches Cooper and many more.
Save the Date: An Evening with South Central Institute of Technology...
Join us on Thursday 7th April 2022 to hear from our Anchor Partners at the South Central Institute of Technology about working in the tech sector and how employers across the Thames Valley region can support young people into digital careers and secure future talent.
Top Tips to Stay Safe Online
February 8th saw the 19th annual Safer Internet Day. Safer Internet Day is a day dedicated to advocating safety online and the responsible use of technology for young people. Since online safety affects all those who spend time online, which according to Statista, is 62 million monthly active users, XIST2 have shared their top tips for staying safe online.
Unipart Logistics wins Sky contract extension
Unipart Logistics has signed a two-year contract extension with Sky, Europe’s leading media and entertainment company.
£2.6 million pre-seed funding for next generation virus diagnostic company OxDX
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised OxDX on the completion of its spin-out from Oxford University and its £2.6 million pre-seed funding. The funding will be used to develop its AI-powered diagnostic technology, which will be used to improve the speed, cost and accuracy of diagnostics worldwide.
Hollywood-level tech set to disrupt corporate commercials
Ad for Carringtons Coffee Co. shot using advanced robotic arms with 0-frame delay enabling seamless transition from ‘tropical jungle to coffee shop’
Bramble Energy’s £35 million Series B financing round
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised Bramble Energy on the completion of their £35 million Series B financing round.
First Light Fusion’s $45 million Series C financing round
The corporate team at Penningtons Manches Cooper has advised First Light Fusion on the completion of their $45 million Series C financing round.
Beware online sales scams
A new government press release has been issued reminding the public that online sales scams continue to be a major issue. In fact, 2021 saw a record number of cyber-attacks and online scams.
Oxford Brookes sets out plans to enhance STEM and creative industries...
The University provides an update on proposals for its Headington Hill site which will boost collaborative learning, research and partnership working across technology, engineering and the arts.
Waving goodbye to hand-signal stops
Comms Design, a Unipart Technologies Group company, is pleased to share its recent successful delivery of ‘request to stop’ kiosks to Network Rail for installation across eight stations in the Scottish Highlands.
How to Digitise Your Archives – And Is It Worth It?
Whether you’re a publisher, a library, corporate or private client, you almost certainly have hundreds, if not thousands, of historic archives that are hugely valuable, that require digitising to help preserve historical content or to build an online platform for viewing. Digitising an archive to make works available online sounds easy, but the reality […]
Do SMEs Need Cyber Security?
Recently the Panasonic Corporation reported a major data breach. Hackers had successfully gained access to the Japanese company’s internal network. On top of this the European Medicines Agency has reported that some of the data on the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that was stolen during a cyber-attack in early December 2020 was released online illegally shortly after the attack.