One of the region’s largest hubs for new and growing companies is throwing its backing behind our West Midlands Tech Awards 2018.
As well as offering office accommodation, Innovation Birmingham runs various support and mentoring programs for tech companies which are creating to new jobs, products and services
So it is apt the city centre campus has chosen to sponsor the Digital Start-up of the Year category at our inaugural West Midlands Tech Awards which will celebrate investors, individuals, companies and public sector organisations across 12 categories.
The awards are being run jointly by BirminghamLive and sister website CoventryLive.
Innovation Birmingham brings together the public and private sectors, creating a place for people with ideas, expertise and experience to drive collaboration and innovation.
It is home to more than 170 businesses working in fields such as coding, software, digital gaming and low carbon technologies.
Its incubator programmes include Entrepreneurs for the Future and Serendip which partners start-ups with corporations such as Barclays and TATA Motors to create an environment for tech SMEs to grow.
Innovation Birmingham’s managing director David Hardman said: “As we are the largest campus for digital technology businesses in the region, we need to be at the forefront of identifying, supporting and celebrating digital excellence in the West Midlands.
“Sponsoring the Digital Start-up of the Year category aligns nicely with a key driver for us – supporting digitally based enterprises, helping them establish and grow their ventures.
“Our business support programmes are all about connecting ideas, promising processes, products and services with the right networks to stimulate growth.
“We want digitally based enterprises to have the maximum scope for success in what is an extremely competitive market.
“Acknowledging the digital start up of the year provides an ideal way for us to pro-actively reach out across the region and recognise key emerging prospects in the sector.”
About the Awards
The West Midlands Tech Awards 2018 will showcase those firms, investors and innovators which are driving the region’s thriving tech sector forward.
They are open to individuals and companies based in or connected to Birmingham, Coventry, Warwickshire, the Black Country, Solihull and South Staffordshire.
There is still time to enter – the deadline is Friday, October 26 – so visit for more information and to submit a nomination.
The 12 award categories are:
– Digital Start-up of the Year
– Digital Investor of the Year
– Digital Business of the Year
– Innovation in Education
– Innovation in Manufacturing
– Innovation in Public Services
– Innovation in Medicine and Health
– Innovation in Marketing and Advertising
– Innovation in Arts and Culture
– E-commerce Site of the Year
– Digital Young Person of the Year
– West Midlands Woman in Tech Award
The awards ceremony takes place at the ICC, in Birmingham, on Thursday December 13.
If you have any questions or would like more information about the awards please contact Kate Evans on 0121 234 5025 or [email protected] or Paige Jackson on 0121 234 5054 or [email protected].
To discuss sponsorship opportunities please contact Hayley Pearce on 0121 234 5785 or [email protected].