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Fast-growing smart tech firm on track for £1m turnover after spicing up home heating market

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A fast-growing smart tech specialist has worked with Ideal Boilers to create a smart heating system using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies.

Hull-based Sauce developed a product called Ideal Touch Connect which enables customers to control their heating systems remotely, from anywhere in the world, while also providing real-time performance data.

Founded by friends Matt Gibson, John Polling and Jim Wardlaw in 2016 after meeting at the Centre for Digital Innovation (C4DI) tech hub, Sauce has grown revenue to almost £1m for the year to March 2019, with 40% growth forecast for the current year.

Its headcount has grown to 30, and other clients include global wind power leader Siemens Gamesa, consumer health and hygiene company RB and technology innovator Giacom.

Chief executive and co-owner Matt Weldon said: “Our business is all about helping clients to do business smarter and better, through technology.

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Sauce has grown from three friends to 30 staff in just three years. Pictured are team members (from left) Danny Wilkinson, Claire Clark, Jim Wardlaw, Jack Longthorp and James Hay


“We see ourselves as a fast-tech business. Unlike traditional software companies, we’re able to be much more agile in how we approach developing solutions for clients because we recognise the world of software changes daily.

“We’ve gone from three people to 30 in three years and we’re not stopping there. There are so many opportunities for us because the work that we do is difficult, as it is so specialist, but also so important to the industries we work in.”

Owned by Groupe Atlantic, Hull-based Ideal Boilers is the second largest player in the UK market for domestic wall-mounted boilers.

Jonathan Wilkinson, Head of IoT at Groupe Atlantic UK, said: “Touch Connect has been a big step for Ideal Boilers as we move into the area of smart, connected technology. We’re looking forward to working with Sauce on further enhancing our connected controls offering as well as developing remote monitoring solutions.”


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