Three years of helping SMEs to develop their digital capabilities

Date: 16th July 2019

Digital Enterprise was launched in 2016 to help small and medium sized enterprises in the Leeds City Region to achieve digital transformation as they scale up and mature by providing access to funding and knowledge. More and more businesses are embracing digital. Over the last three years… ·    Digital Enterprise has helped over 1,400 businesses to fund their digital projects or access free training to help improve their digital skills. ·    Over 850 businesses have received match funded grants worth more than £3.6 million for digital projects. ·    Each business that received a Digital Growth Voucher had created an average …

Celebrating Leeds City Region’s SME tech heroes

Date: 4th July 2019

Some of the most technologically savvy businesses from across the Leeds City Region were celebrated at the Digital Enterprise Top 100 event on 27 June 2019. The event was the culmination of the Digital Enterprise Top 100 campaign, which recognised the 100 SMEs across the city region identified by Government-backed Digital Enterprise as having invested in and boosted their digital influence and competitiveness. The event saw three Leeds City Region businesses singled out for Special Recognition awards for their investment in and outstanding use of technology. Fleetondemand, which provides cutting edge software to some of the world’s largest fleet operators; clinically-led digital start-up …

Digital Enterprise Top 100 Campaign – apply now so we can celebrate your success!

Date: 8th April 2019

Digital Enterprise is delighted to launch the Digital Enterprise Top 100 campaign, an initiative to showcase the region’s most digitally innovative businesses. The Digital Enterprise Top 100 campaign will profile and celebrate businesses that have achieved growth and success through upgrading digital technology and skills, and firms are invited to nominate themselves or other companies. The initiative will consist of a special report featuring 100 of the best digital companies from across West and North Yorkshire, with a celebratory event taking place in June. Head of Digital Enterprise, Muz Mumtaz, said: “Innovation, skills and digital transformation are at the very …

Free Google conference for Yorkshire SMEs to be held in Bradford

Date: 8th February 2019

Businesses from the Leeds City Region are invited to attend a free event in Bradford next month aimed at helping firms get the most out of Google. The event, which take place at the Great Victoria Hotel in Bradford on 19 February, will examine how organisations can use Google to tap into a range of business tools and benefits, many of which are free of charge. Workshops and sessions will range from explanations of how firms can understand and analyse their own data and target audience; advice on using Google’s business cloud collaboration and productivity apps, G-Suite; and help building …

A new year resolution to grow your business’s ‘digital’ muscles

Date: 18th December 2018

At the start of January, many people make New Year resolutions to improve their lifestyles. But what changes can you introduce to ensure it is also a happy and prosperous year for your business? At Digital Enterprise, we believe that by developing your knowledge of how digital solutions can be used to benefit your business, you can become more productive, improve how you operate, and ultimately grow – it’s the digital equivalent of making a New Year resolution to join the gym. Our Digital Knowledge Exchange is the place to go to help you to flex those ‘digital’ muscles so …