The Growth of Voice Search in Business

Date: 8th November 2018

I was delighted to attend the recent Leeds ‘Go Digital – Live!’ event (8th Oct) as a speaker on digital; it was a day full of value with a great line up of sector experts.   My presentation looked at how voice search will impact on business within the next three years.   As a champion and mentor for the Digital Knowledge Exchange Programme, and a tutor on digital courses, I am really interested in helping businesses to grow by embracing technology. I was keen to explore this topic given that recent reports from ComScore predict that “voice searches will …

Digital Growth Vouchers – Phase four launches Monday 1 October

Date: 24th September 2018

Businesses looking to invest in digital technology can sometimes be put off by the perceived cost, however with Digital Enterprise’s help, improving your digital capabilities can be as cheap as ‘micro’ chips. Let us help you turn your digital dreams into reality. On Monday 1st October, Digital Enterprise will launch phase four of its immensely popular Digital Growth Voucher scheme, which aims to help SME businesses in the Leeds City Region grow by providing up to £10,000 of funding for new digital technology. For the latest phase, we have made a number of changes to the scheme, providing even more …

One week to go for the Getting to Grips with Google half-day event

Date: 24th September 2018

In just over a week’s time on Tuesday 2nd October, as part of Wakefield Business week, we’ll be hosting a half-day ‘Getting to Grips with Google’ event at the Hepworth, Gallery Walk, Wakefield, WF1 5AW between 8:30am – 1:00pm. Pascal Fintoni, who recently saw the Google 2018 conference, will provide the latest debrief so attendees are up to date with all the latest changes with Google and what’s coming next. Pascal will then deliver two further sessions on building your Google Toolkit, (covering everything from Search, Gmail, Maps, Drive, Hangouts, Google docs and more) before ending the morning with a session on rediscovering YouTube. He …

Connectivity Vouchers – now worth between £500 to £1,000

Date: 30th July 2018

High speed broadband has revolutionised the way businesses operate. It is allowing them to work more efficiently, boost productivity and access digital and cloud services which can make a real difference and help drive them to even greater success. Whilst most businesses see the advantages of improving their digital connectivity, sometimes the cost of doing so can prevent them from taking this step. With this in mind, Digital Enterprise launched its Connectivity Voucher, a £1,000 one-off payment which could be used to fund the entire costs of a upgrading a business broadband connection. The Connectivity Voucher funding has helped businesses …

York businesses set to get to grips with Google

Date: 30th July 2018

Google is coming to York to help small businesses from across the region learn crucial skills for the digital age. The free ‘Getting to Grips with Google’ event will take place at the City of York Council West Offices on Thursday 23 August from 8.30am till 4.30pm. The event is being delivered by the Digital Knowledge Exchange, part of the government backed Digital Enterprise business support programme, which helps eligible, growth focused businesses, based in the Leeds city region to scale up and achieve digital transformation through access to funding and free learning opportunities such as workshops, masterclasses, digital conferences, …