Tech Awards – 2024 shortlist

The Prolific North Tech Awards celebrate the innovators, teams and organisations driving the North's tech industry forward.

We’re excited to unveil the shortlist for the 2024 Tech Awards, with our judges impressed by this year’s outstanding submissions. Scroll below to see if your team has made the list…

Congratulations to all our shortlisted finalists!

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Recognising companies and teams

Best client support team

  • AppCheck Ltd
  • Branch & Stay In A Pub
  • Hyperact & thinkmoney
  • RiskSmart

Best workplace award

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

Tech Company of the Year: Small - Sponsored by Better placed

  • Adventoris
  • Atom Technology Solutions Ltd
  • Connect Internet Solutions Ltd
  • Novidian
  • Optalysys
  • Phishing Tackle
  • The Curve

Tech Company of the Year: Medium

  • Answer Digital
  • Apadmi
  • AppCheck Ltd

Tech Company of the Year: Large - sponsored by Sedulo

  • Aire Logic
  • ANS
  • Auto Trader
  • Nexus Rental
  • Sync

Tech Hub of the Year

  • ANS
  • Digital Catapult North East Tees Valley
  • Fraser House Hub & fhunded – Lancashire County Council
  • Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester

Tech Agency of the Year

  • Cantarus
  • Phishing Tackle
  • Tangent
  • The Curve

SaaS Company of the Year

  • Adventoris
  • AppCheck Ltd
  • BrightHR

Tech Start-up of the Year - sponsored by Bruntwood SciTech

  • Digitech Oasis
  • Golingo
  • PatchApp UK
  • RiskSmart
  • SoSquared
  • urfuture

Best Tech Infrastructure Partner

  • Aire Logic
  • AppCheck Ltd
  • Audiebant

Recognising projects, apps and campaigns

App of the year

  • Apadmi & GigPig – The GigPig App
  • Bolser & The Football Foundation – Improving the nation’s grass pitches with PitchPower
  • 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
  • Car Finance 247

Best use of AI

  • BidScript
  • Digital Voice for Communities – Dreaming Our Futures
  • 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

  • Aeroknite Ltd – Wildfire mitigation using fire extinguishing drone
  • Car Finance 247
  • Electricity North West – SMART Street IRM
  • Jaywing – Comprehend
  • Phishing Tackle

Tech for Good Award

  • Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant – TransplantPath
  • Digital Voice for Communities – Dreaming our Futures
  • Everyone Can
  • gigmate
  • Luna’s Light – VR Upper Limb Rehabilitation
  • ND Axon
  • Pocket Giving
  • Propel Tech

Transformation Through Tech Award

  • Apadmi & NHS Blood and Transplant – TransplantPath
  • 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
  • Voicescape & Onward Homes – Transforming income management

Best Health Tech Start-up

  • Luna’s Light – VR Upper Limb Rehabilitation
  • MolMart
  • ND Axon
  • PharmAppy
  • XR Therapeutics

Recognising talented individuals

Prolific Tech Leader of the Year

  • Andy Eva-Dale – Tangent
  • Anish Kapoor – AccessPay
  • Ramzan Anwar – G6 Motion Control

The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. Voting has now ended.

Prolific Tech Rising Star

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

The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. Voting has now ended.

Our Sponsors

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Better Placed

Bruntwood SciTech

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