The Prolific North Tech Awards 2024: The Winners

We can now reveal all the winners for the highly anticipated Prolific North Tech Awards 2024.

Hosted on 28 November at the Radisson Edwardian Manchester, the live awards ceremony united innovators and industry leaders from across the North’s thriving tech sector to celebrates this year’s rising stars, incredible inventions, support networks and tech-led businesses.

The event was hosted by Gemma Care, a freelance presenter, host and live reporter who has worked on high-profile, international sporting events such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Formula 1, Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup.

A big thank you goes to our rigorous, independent judging panel and headline partner Car Finance 247 and category sponsors Sedulo, Better Placed and Bruntwood SciTech for helping us make these awards a reality.

Congratulations to everyone that was nominated and of course, the very worthy winners!

The Prolific North Tech Awards 2024: The Winners

Best Client Support Team: AppCheck Ltd

Highly Commended: RiskSmart

Also nominated:

• Branch & Stay In A Pub
• Hyperact & thinkmoney

Best Workplace Award: Answer Digital

Also nominated:

• Atom Technology Solutions Ltd
• Cantarus
• Nimble Approach
• Tangent

Tech Company of the Year – Small: Optalysys

Highly Commended: Phishing Tackle

Sponsored by Better Placed

Also nominated:

• Adventoris
• Atom Technology Solutions Ltd
• Connect Internet Solutions Ltd
• Novidian
• The Curve

Tech Company of the Year – Medium: Answer Digital

Also nominated:

• Apadmi
• AppCheck Ltd

Tech Company of the Year – Large: ANS

Highly Commended: Nexus Rental

 Sponsored by Sedulo

Also nominated:

• Aire Logic
• Auto Trader
• Sync

Tech Hub of the Year: Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester

Highly Commended: Fraser House Hub & fhunded – Lancashire County Council

Also nominated:

• ANS
• Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley

Tech Agency of the Year: Tangent

Also nominated:

• Cantarus
• Phishing Tackle
• The Curve

SaaS Company of the Year: BrightHR

Sponsored by Better Placed

Also nominated:

• Adventoris
• AppCheck Ltd

Tech Start-up of the Year: Digitech Oasis

Highly Commended: urfuture

 Sponsored by Bruntwood SciTech

Also nominated:

• Golingo
• PatchApp UK
• RiskSmart
• SoSquared

Best Tech Infrastructure Partner: Audiebant

Also nominated:

• Aire Logic
• AppCheck Ltd

App of the Year: Bolser & The Football Foundation – Improving the nation’s grass pitches with PitchPower

Also nominated:

• Apadmi & GigPig – The GigPig App
• Golingo
• ND Axon
• PharmAppy
• Pocket Giving
• Propel Tech & Prime Systems – Transforming risk management with a groundbreaking app

Web Development Project of the Year: AND Digital & The Range

Also nominated:

• Car Finance 247

Best Use of AI: Digital Voice for Communities – Dreaming Our Futures

Also nominated:

• BidScript
• GM Business Growth Hub – AI Chatbot
• OnlyCat – AI cat flap
• Primo Dialler – Connect CLI
• Sum Vivas – ‘Liv’ at Liverpool One
• Voicescape & Onward Homes – Transforming income management through AI

Tech Innovation of the Year: Electricity North West – SMART Street IRM

Also nominated:

• Aeroknite Ltd – Wildfire mitigation using fire extinguishing drone
• Car Finance 247
• Jaywing – Comprehend
• Phishing Tackle

Tech for Good Award: Luna’s Light – VR Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Highly Commended: Everyone Can

Also nominated:

• Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant – TransplantPath
• Digital Voice for Communities – Dreaming our Futures
• Gigmate
• ND Axon
• Pocket Giving
• Propel Tech

Transformation Through Tech Award: Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant – TransplantPath

Highly Commended: Voicescape & Onward Homes – Transforming income management

Also nominated:

• Car Finance 247
• Elite Dynamics – Digital Transformation of the holiday park & marina industry
• Godel Technologies & Sofology – Transforming the Payment Experience for Sofology’s Customers
• Ponderosa Agency – Driving change: Digitally transforming Bill Plant Driving School

Best Health Tech Start-up: MolMart

Highly Commended: Luna’s Light – VR Upper Limb Rehabilitation

Also nominated:

• ND Axon
• PharmAppy
• XR Therapeutics

Prolific Tech Leader of the Year: Andy Eva-Dale – Tangent

The winner of this category was by a combination of judges scores and public voting. 

Also nominated:

• Anish Kapoor – AccessPay
• Ramzan Anwar – G6 Motion Control

Prolific Tech Rising Star: Ayaan Mohamed Ali – Digitech Oasis

The winner of this category was decided by a combination of judges scores and public voting. 

Also nominated:

• Jacob Alcock – North West Cyber Resilience Centre
• Joe Asher – Answer Digital
• Lucy Taylor – Answer Digital
• Megan Bower – Burendo
• Ruaridh Leedale – Answer Digital

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