News1st May 2017 Year three – join us today! Why we need you to become a member. Sheffield Digital turned two years old on 21st May. Now we have launched a campaign to significantly increase Sheffield Digital’s membership. Why? Because we need to put the organisation onto a sustainable financial footing so that we can make plans for the future and put some proper resources in place to do the work. But, just asread more...
News21st June 2017 Introducing MakerHub Laura Bennett provides an update on MakerHub CIC's pivot and plans for the future. We’ve got a good thing going on in Sheffield I’ve written before about the entrepreneur ecosystem here: about how friendly everyone is and how introductions are readily made. My friend Elizabeth Shassere echoes this, writing about her first forays into entrepreneurship in this city. I was commissioned in January to write a report on theread more...
Events and News14th June 2017 CMC Playground returns Where kids can get hands on with digital creativity. After it’s highly successful first appearance last year, Playground returns to the Children’s Media Conference from 4th to 9th July at the Cantor Gallery. Playground is an exhibition of digital art which you can interact with, plus there’s a Maker Space were you can make your own digital art. You’ll get to explore interactive digitalread more...
Companies5th June 2017 Company Spotlight: Evoluted Helping businesses see there's more to digital than social media. Evoluted is a company that actually conforms to the stereotypical tech business story. Managing director Ash Young started making websites while he was at Sheffield University studying software engineering. He set up Evoluted as soon as he graduated in 2006 and the company began with Ash and colleague Gareth Davies working out of a bedroom.read more...
Companies1st June 2017 Company Spotlight: Hive IT Meet the company that was our first company member. Hive IT are one of the newer arrivals on the Sheffield digital scene – the company was started in 2014, when founder Jonny Rippon decided he could “do it better” and left Technophobia to set up on his own. Today, Hive IT employs 18 full time staff and, with contractors, can have up to 30read more...
Events and Skills news23rd May 2017 Call for businesses to get involved in the first Digifest New event to introduce young people to the digital sector. Digifest, which takes place on Tuesday 4th July, is a new event designed to celebrate digital learning activity and inform young people and their families about the exciting opportunities in the digital sector. The event will be held in Sheffield Hallam University’s brand new STEM centre opposite Sheffield station. It will combine taster sessions andread more...
Companies and News23rd May 2017 Tutora named amongst 100 Hottest UK Startups More success after smashing their latest crowdfunding target. Just two months after raising their latest round of funding, Sheffield startup Tutora are celebrating ranking 77th on the Startups 100 List. Heralded as the ‘longest running index of the best new UK businesses’, the Startups 100 List is highly competitive, highlighting the head-turners of the entrepreneurial world. Previous Startups 100 lists have featured the likesread more...
Events1st May 2017 Celebrate with us at The Platform – 18th May. We've got some fantastic speakers lined up for our 2nd birthday party. Two years ago, Sheffield Digital was just an idea. Today, it’s a vibrant community organisation that’s busy connecting, representing and promoting Sheffield’s digital community. Come and hear about what we’ve achieved so far, and our plans for the future, as well as from some of the people and firms who are shaping the Sheffield tech scene rightread more...
