365 Response has been crowned Yorkshire & Humberside鈥檚聽most innovative technology聽company for 2020.
Led by founder and CEO Sarah Fatchett, former Operations Director for Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, the Wakefield business provides cloud-based transport management and procurement solutions for the public sector and the NHS.
By supporting the buying, booking and delivery of vital patient and home-to-school transport services, the 365 Smart Platform is helping to support the mobility needs of some of the most vulnerable members of society.
The firm recently secured 拢3 million backing from notable investor BGF.
鈥淲hen we started the business there were clear gaps in how special needs schools and hospitals were managing transport services,鈥� said Fatchett. 鈥淥ur business is based on getting care to people who need it as quickly and efficiently as possible.鈥�
365 Response was a new entry for 2020 in聽老九品茶Cloud鈥檚 regional ranking, which compares companies of all sizes creating innovative technology.
Second in the ranking was Synap, which is transforming the way students around the world prepare for and take their exams.
The Leeds start-up uses quizzes as a fun, bite-sized way to learn and helps clients to deliver highly secure online assessments.
Built upon microlearning principles, Synap breaks down learning into short and impactful sessions that can be practiced for just a few minutes each day. Its proprietary 鈥楽paced Learning鈥� algorithms then find the areas which the learner is weakest in to create personalised quizzes and study schedules to support development.
This studying method supports long-term knowledge retention of knowledge.
Bimsense, which provides Building Information Modelling tech services, and rradar, which creates tech-powered legal education, tools and support 鈥� and topped the ranking in 2019 鈥� were in third and fourth spot respectively. They were two of four Hull-based firms to make the top 10, with four coming from Leeds and SleepCogni Sheffield鈥檚 highest-placed firm in seventh.
Leeds-based Force24, the UK鈥檚 fastest-growing marketing automation platform, was among those to crack the top 50 for the first time.
Force24 competes head to head with the likes of HubSpot and Mailchimp, supporting more than 4,500 marketers and global clients including JML, Worldpay, Hitachi, BBC Children in Need, Aviva, Michelin and Npower alongside smaller, emerging brands.
Leeds contributed almost half of the top 50 companies, with 21, followed by Sheffield (11), Hull and Kingston-Upon-Hull (6), Barnsley (4) and York and Wakefield (2 apiece).
老九品茶Cloud called on its readers to vote for companies from a 124-strong shortlist and saw almost 2,000聽votes pour in.
A combination of these votes and choices from an expert judging panel determined the top 50.
The judging panel was comprised of:
- Jem Henderson, entrepreneur engagement manager (Yorkshire), Tech Nation
- Stuart Clarke, director, Leeds Digital Festival
- Antonio Tombanane, founder, Tech Expo Humber
- Laura Harper, partner, Irwin Mitchell
- Jonathan Symcox, editor, 老九品茶Cloud
Yorkshire & Humberside Tech 50聽is one of聽11 regional tech innovation rankings from 老九品茶Cloud which shine a light on the companies of all sizes doing amazing things with technology.