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📣 We're hiring a Community Engagement Officer to join the Digital Inclusion Delivery Team!

You'll be helping to grow and strengthen the National Digital Inclusion Network.

If you have experience managing relationships, facilitating training and working in a team - we want to hear from you.

Apply here 👉 https://bit.ly/3rmFCQh

📣 Big announcement last week! SCC has taken a majority investment in Nimble.

Sheffield-based Nimble will continue to operate as a separate company under CEO and Founder Chris Roberts, with additional strategy support provided by SCC.

You can find details from the official press release below and watch this space for more information from our Company Member Nimble, and what it will mean for the team, very soon!

https://sheffield.digital/nimble-joins-forces-with-scc/

Nimble joins forces with SCC Nimble is looking forward to expanding its reach into Europe and extending its services after becoming a part of SCC, a family-run technology solutions and services firm with over 6000 employees globally. Sheffield-based Nimble will continue to operate as a separate company under CEO and Founder Chr...

▶️ Brand new podcast drop featuring an informative and inspiring group interview with four Software Developer apprentices at Tes Institute.

Sheffield Digital Limited on LinkedIn: #softwaredeveloper #apprenticeship #sheffield ▶ Sheffield Digital Podcast drop! This episode features an informative and inspiring group interview with four Software Developer apprentices at Tes…

📣 Big news this morning! Two leading Sheffield tech companies have joined forces.

We are really excited to share that two Sheffield Digital Company Members are creating a powerful new partnership, through Razor's acquisition of 50% of Nimbitech.Here’s the press release with comments from both CEOs, Jamie Hinton and Nick Stewart from Razor and Nimbitech respectively.

We’re looking forward to hearing more about the deal in the future and how the companies will be working together.

https://sheffield.digital/nimbitech-joins-the-razor-group/

Nimbitech joins the Razor Group We are really excited to share the news that two Sheffield Digital Company Members are creating a powerful new partnership, through Razor’s acquisition of 50% of Nimbitech. Here’s the press release with comments from both CEOs, Jamie Hinton and Nick Stewart from Razor and Nimbitech respectively....

Have you met Ross Musgrove? Since relocating back up to South Yorkshire this year, Ross has been sizing up the Sheffield Digital scene; meeting, connecting, volunteering and generally spreading positive energy and getting the Bravand name out there.

Founded in London by Jilly Cross, Ross’s wife, Bravand is a digital design and build agency with a razor-sharp focus on project management, user research and user experience, plus an international network of freelancers across all areas of digital.

In this Spotlight, Jilly and Ross tell us more about their approach, what they’re doing to tackle the ‘massive issue with diversity in digital’, and what ‘always having their clients’ back’ means in practice.

https://sheffield.digital/company-spotlight-bravand/

Company spotlight: Bravand Have you met Ross Musgrove? Since relocating back up to South Yorkshire this year, Ross has been sizing up the Sheffield Digital scene; meeting, connecting, volunteering and generally spreading positive energy and getting the Bravand name out there. Founded in London by Jilly Cross, Ross’s wife, B...

📢New vacancies alert📢

One of these roles across our centres might be just right for you.

👩‍💼 Lead engineer - digital
📚 Engineering trainer
👩‍🔧 CNC operator
👨‍💻 Project manager

To apply and for more info 👉 amrc.co.uk/careers

Have your say!

The QES for Q3 is now live

The Quarterly Economic Survey (QES) is an opportunity for businesses to tell us how they feel.

We hugely appreciate the responses which feed into a much bigger picture and inform local, regional, and national policy.

Fill in the survey here 👉 https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/FK65SYB 👈

It only takes a few minutes and has such an impact

Did you catch our newsletter yesterday? Here it is: https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter27july

Featuring:
- TEAM SY boosts the region’s tech startup ecosystem
- Chris Dymond reflects on the sellout conference - Thinking Digital 2023
- Update from the latest Business Advisory Group
- ZINC is looking to invest in 70 individuals who want to build a new startup
- New podcast episode with Dan Kirby
- Volunteer with CodeYourFuture

Plus jobs and events!

Chris Dymond recently attended another meeting of the SYMCA Business Advisory Group - here he shares the main takeaways from each presentation and his own views about what this means for the tech sector.

Read on for more details on:
- the state of the regional economy
- nuclear energy capabilities
- plans for the Local Investment Zone
- why this will be our last SYMCA update

https://sheffield.digital/posts/symca-debrief-3

SYMCA Debrief Economic Update Lewis Adams, Corporate Policy Officer at SYMCA, covered a lot in his usual policy update however a few points really stood out: SYMCA is introducing ‘Mayoral Priority Evidencing’ (MPE). These will form quick summaries of the evidence base for each economic sector and its impact

TEAM SY has supported almost 300 digital and tech start-ups to:
- explore new ideas and new markets
- set-up and scale-up their companies
- create high-value jobs and gain financial backing.

Here is the full press release issued on behalf of TEAM SY.

TEAM SY boosts the region’s tech startup ecosystem Analysis of information held at Companies House shows that 741 tech companies were started in South Yorkshire in the 19 months between October 2021 and June 2023, the period TEAM SY was fully operational. This compares to 629 startups in the preceding 19-month period. Tech startup birth rates inc

New podcast episode featuring Dan Kirby at The Tech Dept: https://sheffield-digital.captivate.fm/episode/how-did-you-get-here-interview-with-co-founder-ceo-of-the-tech-dept-dan-kirby

This is a great listen for those thinking about starting a journey as a tech entrepreneur, or for those whose fear of failure is stopping them from pursuing new opportunities.

Boost your skills, grow your business Tech founders excel in their fields and often have entrepreneurial spirit by the bucket load, but there’s bound to be some areas of running a business that don’t come easily. Accounting, financial reporting, client relationships, project management, sustainability… these are all specialist are...

Meet The Mentor: Alyzande Renard
Are you looking for a mentor, or considering to join our scheme as one? This time we're introducing Alyzande who recently joined our scheme.

“I've always thought that everyone has something to help someone else. Even beginners can show you how to begin. It's a mindset I followed when I was coaching video game players and using the latest new tech to support that, the new youtube, then wordpress, email marketing and then live streaming.

Now I work as a coach for software developer apprentices and use more of a goal setting and reflective practice to help them blossom into the superstars they will become. So when I saw that Sheffield Digital was looking for someone to mentor a charity owner who needed help with their digitial marketing and web dev issues, I knew I could make myself useful. I'm hoping that with his mentoring, he's learned that you can't do everything everywhere all at once, but you can stay in control and choose what happens.

Our next session we will be looking back at some choices and seeing how they might influence his next choices and decisions.”

Big thanks to Alyzande for volunteering her time towards our scheme.

If you'd like more information about our mentoring scheme, as a mentor or as a mentee, please contact [email protected]

How do See it Be it in Sheffield connect employers to the future workforce?

SIBI makes it as easy as possible for individuals and employers to get involved and, for the majority of the sessions run in schools, all materials are provided with little preparation needed by volunteers. Employers can also develop and deliver their own careers activity, and the SIBI team will help them to do this.

Find out more below!

https://sheffield.digital/posts/connecting-employers-to-the-future-workforce/

Connecting employers to the future workforce Research has shown that young people who have access to employers on multiple occasions are less likely to drop out of education, training or employment. Not only this, after four or more employer encounters, young people are likely to earn 18% more than their peers. The benefits to young people

Did you catch our newsletter yesterday? Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter29june-23

- Bloomberg looking for the UK's most interesting start-ups
- James Charlesworth has created http://genderbiasremover.com
- James Jefferies from Rewilding Britain spoke at SmartSheffield Meetup
- Meet the mentor feature
- Jobs & events

Featured in our latest newsletter:
- Changes to the R&D Tax Relief Scheme: Guest post by Shorts Chartered Accountants
- A few spaces remain at our upcoming Senior Leaders Dinner
- Dash Tabor shares her journey to becoming Founder & CEO of TUBR
- Join Nimble Approach for “Agile Tech Leaders”
- Upcoming events
- Latest jobs



https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter15june

📢 Who is excited to listen to this brand new episode of our podcast? Dash Tabor shares her journey to becoming the founder of AI machine learning startup TUBR.

Under 20 minutes long, full of inspiration and wisdom! We hope you enjoy this on your way home this evening.

Click the link below or find the latest episode in your preferred app.

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/5d4ab343-3ac7-4fba-9add-ad83cff1d257

How did you get here: Interview with Founder & CEO of AI machine learning startup TUBR - Dash Tabor Quickly and easily listen to Sheffield Digital Podcast for free!

Would you like to contribute towards Sheffield's City Goals?

Join at one of these sessions...

📅 Monday 19th June
⏰ 12pm - 3pm
🏢 Sheffield Hallam University, 133 Charles Street, S1 2ND
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📅 Monday 19th June
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These events are support by us, Sheffield Property Association, Sheffield Bid , Business Sheffield , Sheffield Digital and of Small Businesses - FSB

📢 AWS Sheffield is back on 24th May! Brilliant to see the return of this meetup. Please share to spread the word.

- 2 speakers lined up
- Food & drink
- Meet and chat to people within the AWS Community.
- Free and inclusive event

https://www.meetup.com/awssheffield/events/293278508/

AWS Sheffield: May 2023, Wed, May 24, 2023, 6:00 PM | Meetup **May '23 AWS Sheffield** After a brief hiatus(!) AWS Sheffield is back! Please join us Weds 24th May where we'll have 2 fantastic speakers (from AWS and our community, det

A jam-packed newsletter this week!
- Games Careers Week returns 19-25 June The National Videogame Museum
- Tech leaders: a date for your diary
- Hive It podcast episode on Design Thinking
- Meet The Mentor: Neil Bizzell
- Sheffield DM's biggest-ever event is coming this summer
- TEAM SY celebration event

Plus events, jobs and new members!

https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter18may?e=f0d7836d71
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📅 Dates for your diary, news + jobs Organised by The National Videogame Museum (NVM), Games Careers Week brings together organisations, individuals and educational institutions to showcase excellence and celebrate one of the UK’s fastest growing industries, which has a market worth of over £7 billion. Companies can get involved in ...

Have you heard? Games Careers Week returns 19-25 June!

Games Careers Week will not only encourage and inspire young people’s passion to enter the industry but will also help parents understand the credibility of a career in games (with nearly 21,000 people employed in the games sector in the UK in 2022 – a 25% increase on the previous year).

Any organisation, school, university or games studio can participate in Games Careers Week to inspire young people, parents and teachers to discover careers in games. Get involved!

https://sheffield.digital/posts/games-careers-week-returns-19-25-june/
The National Videogame Museum

Games Careers Week returns 19-25 June Games Careers Week will not only encourage and inspire young people’s passion to enter the industry but will also help parents understand the credibility of a career in games (with nearly 21,000 people employed in the games sector in the UK in 2022 - a 25% increase on the previous year). For 2023

- South Yorkshire Investment Zone opportunity
- A very exciting aerospace start-up coming to Doncaster
- Information about Northern Gritstone’s vision to create the Sillicon Valley of the North

Read our update from the latest SYMCA Business Advisory Group Meeting.

https://sheffield.digital/posts/symca-debrief-2/

SYMCA debrief Economic update Lewis Adams, Corporate Policy Officer at SYMCA, presented a review of the Spring budget and his key points were: Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) are now being wound down, however as Sheffield City Region LEP is already well integrated with SYMCA there will be less impact i

‘Give it a go GreenTech’ is an opportunity to explore innovative ideas, build disruptive solutions, learn new skills, and connect with like-minded people.

https://sheffield.digital/posts/greentech-give-it-a-go/

Join TEAM SY and the DMC for a full weekend event to explore innovative ideas for a more sustainable future.

GreenTech: Give it a go What to expect Taking place at The Hallam i-Lab in Sheffield, ‘Give it a go GreenTech’ is an opportunity to explore innovative ideas, build disruptive solutions, learn new skills, and connect with like-minded people. There will be industry expertise and coaching support throughout as you come up

📢 Northern Value Creators is our new Associate Sponsor!
The specialist coaches focus on developing great people skills and showing tech leaders more human-centered ways to lead their teams.

They have already worked with a number of Sheffield tech companies and we are looking forward to learning more through regular Q&As, events and Slack discussions – just a few of the ways they’ll be supporting our community.

Find out more on the link below.

Northern Value Creators is our new Associate Sponsor Northern Value Creators was founded by husband and wife duo, Simon and Amanda Cookson in 2016. They have 20 years’ combined experience of working in tech and education - including managing multi-million-pound digital transformation projects and building the UK’s first digital bank. Along with th...

📢 Sheffield Digital is working on a plan to make 2023 a “year of talent and skills”, addressing the talent and skills gaps for the region’s tech businesses.

We can’t fix everything in a year but, working with the Sheffield Digital community, we hope we can make some positive progress.

Find out more about : https://sheffield.digital/posts/introducing-talent23/

Catch up on community news, tech jobs and meetups across the region in our latest newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter9march2023

Featuring:
- company spotlight on Pendo
- our next event for tech leaders
- Women in Digital Innovation Showcase
- Meet Fabian Evans, Software Developer at the AMRC Training Centre
- Meet The Mentor: Adam Newbold - Squad Lead at AND Digital

📢 Introducing the Women in Digital Innovation Showcase
A space for women in digital innovation to exchange know-how, talk frankly and get help to take the next steps in growing their business.

🗓️ 29th March
📌 Sheffield

Women in Digital Innovation Showcase About the network Women in Digital Innovation (WIDI) is working across the Yorkshire, Humber and North East region, to provide an ecosystem of support for women led digital innovation businesses. This ranges from business start up support to investment readiness, and providing a safe space to speak

“We’re not in it for quick wins. Our recruitment strategy has really just been showing people what Pendo can offer. We have a lot of people that have been to uni in Sheffield and want to stay, so we give them a reason to stay.” James Charlesworth, Senior Engineering Manager at Pendo

Find out how the company’s culture and recruitment strategy is underpinning its success in our new company spotlight!

Company spotlight: Pendo Pendo is a SaaS company which brings product analytics, in-app guidance and feedback together in one product management platform. More than 8,700 companies use Pendo to provide ‘better software experiences’ to 700 million people every month. Pendo launched their Feedback and Roadmaps products wh...

New careers in tech interview 👇

Sarah asks Fabian, a Software Engineer at The University of Sheffield AMRC, if his degree in mathematics prepared him well for his job, which other professional qualifications have been helpful, what he enjoys most about his job, and more...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-2xP32I5Go

Interview with Fabian Evans - Software Developer at The AMRC Sheffield Digital's Sarah Lister interviews Fabian Evans, who is a Software Developer at The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (...

Handy summary of tech and digital meetups/events coming up soon! Find out more details on our calendar: https://sheffield.digital/events/

Please share to help spread the word!

Becoming a B Corp: interview with Mina EV on the Sheffield Digital podcast.
Chris Dalrymple tells us about:
- the process
- why certification took longer than expected
- the impact so far

He also offers advice to other businesses that are considering becoming a B Corp.

Listen on the link below or on your app of choice including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.



https://player.captivate.fm/episode/f15a72af-63b6-4484-b548-4afe4fd198d5/

Our upcoming meeting will be on 22nd Feb at Showroom Workstation which will mark ✨12 Years ✨ since Sheffield Speakers has been chartered as a Toastmasters Club.🎉🎤
If you are interested to improve your leadership skills, come along and see what Sheffield Speakers is all about! 😃💯

Event details ->https://fb.me/e/2bUp2SQUY

Free entrance for guests!

Mina co-founder, Chris Dalrymple, shares the business's journey to becoming a B Corp. Mina recently attained its long-awaited B Corporation (B Corp) certification, following months of commitment to ensuring all standards were met.

Did you catch the latest community news, tech jobs and meetups in our newsletter? https://mailchi.mp/sheffielddigital/newsletter9feb2023

- Need help finding a co-founder?
SIAN has launched a new website to help start-ups find co-founders in the region.

- Help to shape the Local Skills Improvement Plan
What are the main challenges you face in recruiting, training & retaining staff?

- Life as an Engineering Manager at Tes
In a new 'Careers in tech' interview, Sarah speaks to Matt Mitchell about his role

- Community news

- Meetups, jobs and new members!