The Prolific North Tech Awards 2020 – The Winners

Entries and judging

Entries were submitted by the region’s most innovative and forward-thinking tech specialists in multiple industries – so thank you to everyone who made an entry. The shortlist only goes to show the immense talent and imagination at play in the North’s tech sector.

We’d also like to thank the industry experts who made up our panel of judges.

Prolific North Tech Awards 2020: The Winners

Best Application of Tech – Health: Cantarus

Also nominated:

• SimpleUsability

Best Application of Tech – Retail / eCommerce: AND Digital – How AND Digital Progressively Replatformed At N Brown Group

Also nominated:

• Cool Blue Brand Communications & Sleepeezee – Everything’s easy, when you Sleepeezee 

Best Application of Tech – Finance: Profile Pensions – Tech Enabled Advice

Also nominated:

• OpenMoney
• The Distance | App Developers – Offspring 

Best Application of Tech – Transport: Autocab – iGo Marketplace

Also nominated:

• ADESA – UK Intelligent Vehicle Inspection (IVI)
• X Shore – 100% Electric crafts 

Best Application of Tech – Public Sector: SPINR – Sharing Data to Save Lives 

Best Use of Data: Spectre 

Also nominated:

• Bind & TyresOnTheDrive.com – Using JavaScript to sell more tyres & save the planet

Best Application of Tech – Security: AppCheck Ltd – Automated Vulnerability Scanner

Innovation Award: Apadmi & SailGP – The SailGP App

Also nominated:

• Autocab – Taxi Chatbot for Facebook Messenger
• Cool Blue Brand Communications – Pocket Property
• Dept & Formula E – Reinventing Motorsport
• Peak – Artificial Intelligence System
• Pentest People – PTaaS (Penetration Testing as a Service)
• PureClarity – Intelligent Ecommerce Personalisation
• Sorted Group
• The Distance | App Developers 

Transformation Through Technology: The Modern Milkman

Sponsored by PureClarity

Also nominated:

• Make Ur Move Limited – The Good Landlord
• Profile Pensions
• Tribus Digital & Willmott Dixon – mi|pre-enrolment 

Technology for Good Award: Hydra Creative & Bumblebee Conservation Trust – Beekind Tool

Also nominated:

• OpenMoney
• The Distance | App Developers 

FinTech Company of the Year: DivideBuy

Also nominated:

• Nivo
• OpenMoney 

SaaS Company of the Year: Autocab

Sponsored by iomart

Also nominated:

• BrightHR
• Peak
• PureClarity – Intelligent Ecommerce Personalisation
• Salesfire
• Shoptimised
• SkillsForge
• Spectre 

eCommerce Company of the Year: 9xb eCommerce

Also nominated:

• Cartridge People 

Best AdTech Company: TVSquared

Also nominated:

• Ruler Analytics

Logistics / Platform Tech Company of the Year: Sorted Group

Tech Growth Business of the Year Award: DivideBuy

Also nominated:

• AppCheck Ltd
• Everon limited
• Hive HR
• Matillion
• Sorted Group 

Tech Startup: Nivo

Also nominated:

• Dynamic Risk Indicator

Tech Company of the Year – Small: The Distance | App Developers 

Also nominated:

• AppCheck Ltd
• AZoNetwork
• Everon limited
• Sorted Group
• Spectre

Tech Company of the Year – Medium: Autocab

Sponsored by Digital City Festival

Also nominated:

• Caboodle Technology
• In Touch
• Matillion
• rradar
• SysGroup 

Tech Company of the Year – Large: iomart

Sponsored by Verlingue

Tech Entrepreneur of the Year: Alexandra Morris – Make Ur Move Limited

Highly commended: Jack Malin – Membr (Fit Cloud Technology Ltd)

Also nominated:

• Anthony Main – The Distance | App Developers
• Michael Common & Matthew Elliott