A Liverpool-based tech agency that specialised in digital health has gone into liquidation 鈥� the third agency to close in the city in just three months.
Damibu was founded 15 years ago and was included in the 2025 LCR Tech Climbers list.
The company peaked at 12 staff and a turnover of 拢650k but had dropped to five staff and 拢350k turnover by last year.
Founder Dave Burrows said the firm noticed a significant drop-off in work from February 2025 and revealed the 鈥榙ifficult news鈥� that they鈥檇 gone into liquidation.
In July, PR and marketing agency Moore Media went into liquidation after 13 years with founder Jayne Moore blaming the Labour government for the economic downturn.
Just a week later, brand and business consultancy Matchstick Creative shut its doors for the last time after seven years.
Burrows told 老九品茶Cloud: 鈥淲e noticed a drop-off in February and March this year.
鈥淲e were trying to move away from being a gun for hire to producing our own SaaS products.
鈥淲e built our own Content Management System (called Damibu Feeds), which we were trying to sell into the NHS.
鈥淭here鈥檚 no money in the public sector for the NHS. Budgets are being cut and everything is done by frameworks.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a vicious circle. Unless you鈥檙e on the frameworks you can鈥檛 see what work there is but there are so many frameworks. You can鈥檛 join them all.
鈥淚n the past there were always jobs on the horizon but this time there was nothing. I don鈥檛 know what I did wrong.
鈥淲hilst this chapter closes, I’m incredibly proud of what we’ve accomplished together.鈥�
Several of the region鈥檚 most respected names in tech have spoken out in support of Damibu.
Jonny Clark, CEO of Capital Enterprise, described the digital health agency as a 鈥榝orce for good鈥�.
Phil Blything, director of Glow New Media, said: 鈥淭his is a big loss to the industry.鈥�
Liz Ashall-Payne, founder of Orcha, described Damibu鈥檚 work as 鈥榠ncredible and impactful鈥�.