Tech Awards – 2025 Shortlist
The Prolific North Tech Awards celebrate the innovators, teams and organisations driving the North's tech industry forward.
We’re delighted to reveal the winners of the 2025 Tech Awards. This year’s entries showcased an exceptional standard of innovation across the North’s tech sector. Scroll below to see who took home the trophies.
Thank you to everyone who entered, attended, and supported the event – and congratulations to all our winners. #CelebrateTheNorth
Recognising companies and teams
Tech Start-up of the Year - Sponsored by Bruntwood SciTech
- audioadpro
- Birl
- Chapter 2 Dating Ltd
- Harker
- moneyappi
- Novidian
- Origin Matters
- Periphery
- Pet Trust UK
- Sum Vivas Ltd
Tech Company of the Year: Small - Sponsored by Better Placed
- Anumana
- EPIC.LAN
- moneyappi
- Outlier Technology
- The Curve
- Transfer Travel
Tech Company of the Year: Medium - Sponsored by Forbes Solicitors
- Answer Digital
- Tribepad
- Voicescape
Tech Company of the Year: Large - Sponsored by The Eastern Blok
- Apadmi
- Nexus Vehicle Rental
- tombola
SaaS Company of the Year - Sponsored by MLP Solicitors
- Notify Technology
- Summize
- Syrenis
- Tribepad
Best Client Support Team
- AND Digital
- 34SP.com
Tech Hub of the Year
- ANS
- Lancashire Digital Hub
- Exchange Accelerator
- SDK.finance
Best Workplace
- Answer Digital
- Colewood Digital
- Leighton
Recognising projects, apps and campaigns
App of the year - Sponsored by Colony
- Apadmi & Unite Students
- Aspire Software Systems
- moneyappi
- Pharmacy2U
Tech for Good - Sponsored by Colony
- AUDITSU – App Accessibility Scanning Engine
- EcoTechX Limited – Solr2WAter
- In-House Health Limited – The M.E.T.A Programme
- San Digital – Measurement Based Care
- Numodo & Benromach – Raising a Dram to Sustainability
- Pathway Digital Products – Digital Product Passports for the Circular Economy
- Pharmacy2U – Healthy Heart Study
- Recite Me – Making the Web Work for Everyone
- Simanalytica – DECODE-Corby
- Transfer Travel – Turning Wasted Travel into Shared Value
Tech innovation of the Year - Sponsored by GM Business Growth Hub
- CHIME – Built for the Network Operator
- Digital Capability Exchange UK – A smarter, more sustainable way to access top tech talent
- moneyappi – a new frontier for Financial Wellbeing
- Space & Time – From Fragmented to Future-Ready: How Ignition Powers Smarter Growth in Property Marketing
Best Use of AI
- Voicescape & Stockport Homes – a need for smarter income collection
- Lloyds Banking Group – AI Driven Knowledge Management
Recognising talented individuals
Prolific Tech Rising Star - Sponsored by Gateley
- Aden Chapman – tombola
- Camelia Popa – Corlytics
- Ephraim Jones – Elementary Studios
- Jakub Szamuk – Parallax
- Kathryn Dale – Burendo
- Olly Hobson – Cloudax
- Tom Holt – Answer Digital
The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. The public vote is now CLOSED!
You have until 2pm 17 October to ‘Cast Your Vote.’
Tech Founder of the Year
- Felix Robinson – Pet Trust UK
- James Barber – Harker/Jamescape
- Josh Baker – Syntho
- Muhammad Wakil Shahzad – EcoTechX
The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. The public vote is now CLOSED!
You have until 2pm 17 October to ‘Cast Your Vote.’
Tech Female Entrepreneur - Sponsored by Beyond Echo PR
- Hazel Savage – Syntho
- Helen Stewart – Colewood Digital
- Nicky Wake – Chapter 2
The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. The public vote is now CLOSED!
You have until 2pm 17 October to ‘Cast Your Vote.’
Prolific Tech Leader of the Year
- Adam Binks – Syrenis
- Francesca Grey – Answer Digital
- James Bunting – Leighton
- James Hall – Parallax
- Liz Scott MBE – Turing Innovation Catalyst Manchester
- Richard Thompson – ANS
- Richard West – Red Flag Alert
- Tim Lewis – Planet Sport
The winner of this category will be decided by a combination of public vote and judges’ scores. The public vote is now CLOSED!
You have until 2pm 17 October to ‘Cast Your Vote.’
Our Sponsors
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