Dynamo North East

Last night was an unforgettable evening as we celebrated the North East's thriving tech sector at the Dynamites Awards 2024, headline sponsored by Nigel Wright Group... 🎉 In attendance of 450 people, 14 exceptional winners took home the coveted Dynamites trophies, showcasing outstanding achievements across a range of categories: 🏆 Northumberland County Council – Dynamites Best Use of Data Award sponsored by Oliver Wyman 🏆 Kinewell Energy – Dynamites Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Award sponsored by Gateshead College 🏆 Leighton – Dynamites Growth Explosion Award sponsored by LDC 🏆 Inflo – Dynamites International Success Award sponsored by Invest Newcastle 🏆 SQCDP.co.uk – Dynamites North East Tech Startup Award sponsored by North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC) 🏆 Layers Studio – Dynamites People's Choice Award 🏆 Accenture UK & Ireland and DWP Digital – Dynamites Project Excellence Award sponsored by Neptune North 🏆 London North Eastern Railway (LNER) – Dynamites Remarkable Innovation (Large) Award sponsored by Greggs 🏆 Transmission Dynamics – Dynamites Remarkable Innovation (SME) Award sponsored by Greggs 🏆 Jack Gooday – Dynamites Rising Star Award sponsored by UK Tech Cluster Group 🏆 Bede Gaming – Dynamites Skills Developer Award sponsored by Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland 🏆 Aspire Technology Solutions – Dynamites Sustainability in Tech Award sponsored by Sage 🏆 Charlie Hoult – Dynamites Tech Champion Award sponsored by Nigel Wright Group 🏆 GL Assessment – Dynamites Tech for Good Award sponsored by tombola Each winner, finalist, and supporter deserves recognition for their contribution to making the North East a stronger hub for tech and innovation 👏 To all who supported us, thank you for making the Dynamites Awards truly special. Here’s to another year of success, innovation, and collaboration. Until next year! 🫡 #Dynamites24 #DynamoNorthEast #Community

Season’s Greetings from Dynamo North East 🎄✨ Wishing our members, partners, and the entire tech community a joyful holiday season and a prosperous New Year! We’ve got an exciting 2025 ahead. Check out our latest blog to explore: 🪞 Reflecting on Our Journey So Far 💡 Our Vision and Strategic Priorities 🤝 How You Can Get Involved 🎯 Exciting Opportunity: Join Our Advisory Board 📋 Membership Updates 📣 Messages from Our Leadership 🔮 Looking Ahead Here’s to a new year filled with innovation, collaboration, and growth – together, we can make the North East of England a better place to start and scale a technology business or department! 🌟 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eYcMU8kV

Mincoffs Solicitors delivers Iron Kingdoms acquisition for Steamforged Games Ltd 🤝 A celebrated miniature fantasy wargame with a 20-year legacy is among the latest acquisitions for a leading tabletop games developer, thanks to legal support from the North East-based law firm. Steamforged Games is known for adapting triple-A video game titles into tabletop games, such as Dark Souls, Monster Hunter: World, Resident Evil and Horizon Zero Dawn, along with a series of award-winning own intellectual property (IP) games including Bardsung, Epic Encounters and Animal Adventures. And the brand has further expanded its impressive library with the acquisition of the IP of Iron Kingdoms from US-based publisher Privateer Press, which includes the acclaimed wargame Warmachine, the Iron Kingdoms roleplaying series and the Formula P3 painting line. Antony Hall, partner and head of commercial services at Mincoffs, and associate solicitor Jenny Wade, worked closely with Steamforged founder and CEO Richard Loxam to structure, advise on and negotiate the deal. Read more 👇 https://buff.ly/4iGmGSo

Wordnerds secures £1.6million investment! 🤖 Gateshead-based Wordnerds' innovative AI customer insight analysis tool has helped the company secure £1.6m in funding. Several well-known organisations such as Sainsbury’s, M&S, Network Rail and the Department for Work and Pensions use Wordnerds’ flagship product, enabling them to identify in real time how customers talk and what they talk about. Read more 👇 https://buff.ly/3P0ktU9

A North East insurance specialist has scooped two prestigious industry awards for its ‘exceptional customer service’ 🏆 Collingwood celebrated a double win at the 2024 Insurance Choice Awards, hosted by Smart Money People. Held at the Banking Hall in London this month, the event brought together some of the most respected names in the insurance industry, with Collingwood receiving top honours in two major categories. The company – based in North Tyneside and employing more than 200 people from in and around the area - won the award for the Best Motor Insurance Provider as well as taking home the coveted Treating Customers Fairly Champion award. The Insurance Choice Awards, now a well-established industry highlight, are unique in being entirely customer-led, allowing customers themselves to decide the winners. This year saw over 41,000 votes cast, highlighting the fierce competition and customer engagement in every category! Well done, team Collingwood! 👏 https://buff.ly/3CZZa2s

Join us for a festive evening networking event and an update from the Dynamo Advisory Board! 🌲 Here’s the details to get involved: ⏲️ Time/Date: 17:00-21:00, Wednesday 11th December 2024 🎟️ Tickets*: https://lnkd.in/e9v2wcMv This event is hosted with thanks to Gateshead College for the hospitality 🙏 *Please note we have a limited number of tickets remaining and this event is exclusive to Dynamo members only. Tickets are allocated on a first-come basis. #Networking #Tech #Business 

The award ceremony is over for another year, and the celebrations are still in full swing. What a fantastic night! 🎉 Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to everyone who joined us and followed the journey here on socials! ❤️ A huge thank you to our fantastic sponsors – the Dynamites wouldn’t happen without you: 🧡 Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland 🧡 Gateshead College 🧡 Greggs 🧡 Invest Newcastle 🧡 LDC 🧡 Neptune North 🧡 Nigel Wright Group 🧡 North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC) 🧡 Oliver Wyman 🧡 Sage 🧡 tombola 🧡 UK Tech Cluster Group And a special thank you again to our headline sponsor, Nigel Wright Group, for an incredible third year as the headline sponsor and supporter of the Dynamites Awards! 👏 See you all at #Dynamites25... 🧨 #DynamoNorthEast #Tech #Awards

The awards are nearly over, with one left to go! 🥁 The People’s Choice Award, which opened to the public vote, allowed you, the Dynamo community, to tell us who YOUR winner is! In third place, with 8% of the votes, iamproperty 👏 Coming in second place with 11% of the votes, CREATE The Metaverse Project from Newcastle College 👏 And the winner, with 12% of the public vote, congratulations to Layers Studio!! This year’s People’s Choice winner! 🎉🏆 #Dynamites24 #DynamoNorthEast #PeoplesChoice

Now for a brand new Dynamites Award! 🎆 The North East Tech Startup Award, sponsored by the North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC), aims to reward new organisations that have quickly captured attention and are demonstrating exciting potential! 💡 Our very first winner of the North East Tech Startup Award is SQCDP.co.uk! Congrats!! 👏🚀 #Dynamites24 #DynamoNorthEast #TechStartup

Onto this year’s Tech for Good Dynamites Award winner! 🌍 Sponsored by tombola, this entry told a compelling story about the transformative effect this project is having on those in education. The Tech for Good Award goes to GL Assessment! Congratulations GL Assessment ⭐👏 #Dynamites24 #DynamoNorthEast #TechForGood