The Prolific North Tech Awards 2025: The Shortlist

The live awards ceremony returns to The Radisson Edwardian Manchester on 26th November, where we’ll be celebrating the ambitious organisations, projects, teams, and individuals driving growth and innovation across the North of England and Scotland.

Early bird tickets are now available until 16th October – secure your place at this high-profile event and join hundreds of leaders from across the tech ecosystem. Guests will enjoy a drinks reception, three-course dinner, the awards presentation itself, and an after-party to round off the evening in style.

This year’s shortlist has been carefully selected by an independent panel of judges following a rigorous two-stage process. A huge thank you to our judges for their time and expertise – you can find out more about them and the judging process here.

Four categories are still to be decided: Female Entrepreneur, Prolific Tech Leader of the Year, Prolific Tech Rising Star and Tech Founder of the Year. These awards will be determined by a mix of judges’ scores and public votes. Scroll to the end of the shortlist to see who’s in the running and cast your votes before midnight 17th October.

Finally, a big thank you to our category sponsors Better Placed, Beyond Echo PR, Bruntwood SciTech, Colony, Forbes Solicitors, Gateley, MLP Solicitors, The Eastern Blok and the Growth Company for making this year’s awards possible.

Secure your tickets and join us for a night celebrating the very best of tech in the North.

The Shortlist

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

Tech Agency of the Year

Best Workplace

  • Answer Digital
  • Colewood Digital
  • Leighton

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
  • Mental Health – Measurement Based Care
  • Numodo & Benromach – Raising a Dram to Sustainability
  • Pathway Digital Products – Digital Product Passports for the Circular Economy
  • Pharmacy2U & PocDoc – Health 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 The Growth Company

  • 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

Prolific Tech Rising Star Award – 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 OPEN!

You have until midnight 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 OPEN! 

You have until midnight 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 OPEN! 

You have until midnight 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 OPEN! 

You have until midnight 17 October to ‘Cast Your Vote.’

Tickets are now available – but hurry, you’ve only got one week to secure the early bird price!

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