Sponsorship

The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster

We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world.

We do this across:

• A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online-only youth service BBC Three, and our multi-award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services across England. Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
• Ten UK-wide radio networks, providing the best live music broadcasting in the UK, as well as speech radio which informs, educates and entertains. We also have two national radio services each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and 39 local radio stations across England and the Channel Islands, providing an invaluable and unique service to listeners across the UK
• Our digital services including BBC News, Sport, Weather CBBC and CBeebies, iPlayer and BBC Sounds, BBC Red Button and our vast archive.

KrakenFlex is a Manchester-based entity of Octopus Energy; a market-leading supplier of renewable energy and technology, Europe’s best-funded green-tech start-up and quintuple unicorn!

The KrakenFlex solution is a cloud-based SaaS platform that allows flexible management of renewable generation assets- such as wind farms, solar PV, utility storage. Our platform is in the UK, Norway, India, Canada, USA and Japan and is continuing to grow in both B2B and B2C markets

We doubled our team size in 2021 and again in 2022 (with even more growth planned globally for next year!) We’re innovative, agile, work in cross-functional collaborative teams and are driven by 3 things:

1. Being tech first
2. Doing what is best for our customers
3. Sustainability

We want to put our big green dent in the universe and we want our team to be invested in this mission too- that’s why we have an equity option scheme for employees (everyone who joins, gets shares!). And when you work as hard as we do at saving the world, you value your downtime. We get that, which is why we have an unlimited annual leave policy.

Interested in being part of the mission? Visit our careers page!

Sage exists to knock down barriers so everyone can thrive, starting with the millions of small and mid-sized businesses served by us, our partners and accountants. Customers trust our finance, HR and payroll software to make work and money flow. By digitising business processes and relationships with customers, suppliers, employees, banks and governments, our digital network connects SMBs, removing friction and delivering insights. Knocking down barriers also means we use our time, technology, and experience to tackle digital inequality, economic inequality and the climate crisis. Learn more at www.sage.com/en-gb/ 

As one of Manchester’s leading digital businesses, we’re passionate supporters of women in technology which is why we jumped at the chance to support this inspiring event”

Auto Trader started as a magazine in 1977 and has evolved alongside our customers. In 2013 we became a fully digital business, and we’re proud of our rich heritage, which gives us over 40 years of brand heritage and trust. Our purpose is to drive change together. Responsibly. We aim to improve the process of buying and selling vehicles in the UK by continually evolving the ecosystem to provide a better experience for consumers, retailers and manufacturers alike.

Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 43 markets, we deeply understand our customers—and their customers—to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 13,000+ strong team helps people and organisations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work, including being one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running. Learn more at slalom.com.

CTS is the largest dedicated Google Cloud practice in Europe and one of the world’s leading cloud transformation experts. We offer a unique full stack Google Cloud solution for businesses, encompassing cloud migration, transformative working and IT infrastructure, through to machine learning, big data and app development. Over the last 10+ years our open culture has been the backbone of our growth. We’ve nurtured an environment that empowers our people to get the job done. Meanwhile, we invest in their education, development, and whether it’s for family, maintaining mental health, or pursuing their passions   – we give them the flexibility to maintain a real work-life balance. So if you’re passionate, curious and keen to get stuck in.. Come and join us for the ride!

Oscar Technology are an award-winning recruitment consultancy that take an ethical, sustainable and people-first approach to providing highly skilled technical and managerial candidates to hundreds of organisations – from corporations to startup companies.

Our expertise includes software & web development, test & QA, data & analytics, tech security, infrastructure & cloud, product & project office, tech sales, ERP & CRM, marketing & digital and leadership roles.

We are a global organisation, with offices across Manchester, London, Austin, Houston, Tampa, Philadelphia, San Diego, and Amsterdam.

Constellation Automotive Group is the UK and Europe’s largest market-leading integrated digital car marketplace. The Group operates some of the most well-known brands in the automotive industry including WeBuyAnyCar, BCA, cinch and Marshall Motor Group who together employ over 16,000 people across 12 countries and provide services that involve over 11 million different vehicles each year.

TalkTalk is the UK’s leading value-for-money connectivity provider. We believe that simple, affordable, reliable and fair connectivity should be available to everyone.

Since entering the market in the early 2000s, we have a proud history as an innovative challenger brand. Today, we provide landline, fibre, broadband and TV and mobile services to over four million customers. We operate Britain’s biggest unbundled broadband network, covering 96% of the population, supplying services to consumers through the TalkTalk brand, to businesses through TalkTalk Business, and by wholesaling to resellers.

At Zuhlke, we inspire our customers in transforming their visions and ideas into tangible solutions with passion and know-how. Our most valuable asset is our people, we value our people, and we’re working hard to ensure we create the right working environment so that we can all excel at what we do. Working collaboratively and collectively, solving problems for companies around the world, we unleash the power of human creativity and technical excellence.

Actech Recruitment provides technology and digital recruitment services you can rely on. With a wealth of industry experience, we know how to take the hassle out of hiring. Whether the role is straightforward or hard to fill, simply list your requirements and let us handle the search. It’s what we do best.

We understand recruitment is an art form, not a numbers game. It’s a human-focused business that demands skill, passion, personalisation, and a critical eye – not a formula. That’s why we’re all about quality over quantity. Our mission is to find the perfect fit between job and candidate. Because “close enough” just doesn’t cut it.

We put our focus on placements with an approach based on personalisation. We’ll take the time to genuinely listen to your requirements and work with you every step of the way to ensure the recruitment cycle is completely seamlessly on your terms. Not ours.

We’ve placed outstanding candidates across all sectors of the technology world – from Design, Product, and Cloud to Software Engineering, Data, and Development. And our success is reflected in our client and candidate retention rates.

We also provide a range of additional services including candidate career coaching, relocation support, background checks, and pre-interview screening – with the aim of pre-empting any issues before they arise. Because successful hiring involves more than simply meeting job specifications.

Deloitte drives progress. Our firms around the world help clients become leaders wherever they choose to compete. Deloitte invests in outstanding people of diverse talents and backgrounds and empowers them to achieve more than they could elsewhere.

Our work combines advice with action and integrity. We believe that when our clients and society are stronger, so are we. As part of the largest management consultancy in the world, our consultants offer global experience and local knowledge to help clients succeed in any public or private business environment.

Deloitte Digital combines Deloitte’s globally recognised strength in business transformation and technology implementation with the capabilities of a world-class digital agency.

We can support your organisation across the digital lifecycle — from working to define a bold digital strategy to designing and building your online and mobile presence — using agile methods that move quickly from digital concept to digital reality.

AND Digital is a digital services company with a mission to close the world’s digital skills gap. It guides, builds and equips organisations in the development of world-class digital capabilities. Employing 2,000 digital experts, its unique approach of equipping its clients with the digital skills and capabilities they need to excel, rather than leaving them dependent, has been the driver of the company’s rapid growth.

AND Digital empowers organisations including BA, Diageo, Whitbread, Taylor & Francis and the Telegraph Group, with the ability to build digital products AND grow their internal capability along the way. To achieve this, the company blends technical craft and digital product expertise with an award-winning learning and development ethos. Ranked 10th nationally in The Sunday Times 100 Best, and among The Sunday Times Growth 100 2022, AND Digital is also rated as one of The Next Web’s Top 5 fastest growing UK tech companies. AND Digital operates through an innovative series of nimble, Agile ‘Clubs’ across the UK in cities including London, Leeds, Manchester, Maidenhead and Halifax – plus Amsterdam – offering a flexible and highly responsive service to clients.

For more information, please visit: www.and.digital“

We are Multiverse, a tech scaleup with a social mission. We’re creating a diverse group of future leaders by building an outstanding alternative to university and corporate training, through the power of professional apprenticeships.

We’re one of the fastest-growing businesses in Europe and rapidly expanding in North America, working with over 500 clients including Meta, KPMG, Morgan Stanley, Verizon and Visa. In June 2022, we broke the EdTech funding record (again!) by announcing our $220m Series D, making Multiverse the UK’s first EdTech unicorn.

Join us on our journey to democratising access to the best careers and learning opportunities.

Daemon’s all about helping people use technology to make the world a better place. We love building trusted partnerships with our clients, and helping them embrace the tech that can make their business better. For that we need our people to embrace the Daemon way – doing great work in a great place, with diverse talents, all united by our shared values.

Mothers In Science is an international non-profit organization that advocates for mothers and caregivers in STEMM to increase the retention of women in STEMM careers. We support, empower and increase the visibility of mothers in STEMM and help organizations, employers and decision-makers develop evidence-based interventions and policies for promoting equity and inclusion of parents and caregivers. 

Niyo, is an organisation that works to economically equip Black women through upskilling technology boot-camps. We host a range of fully-funded tech boot-camps for Black women with the aim of getting them into tech roles. In doing this, we produce diverse talent and work to remove barriers that Black women face when entering the tech industry. We work with employer partners who support our students with mentoring, coaching, and employment opportunities. We also have a job board that organisations can use to advertise roles to our community of over 5000 Black women.

Angie Vaux Founder & CEO | Women in Tech forum

Angie is the Founder and CEO of Women in Tech forum, a global membership and coaching platform to help people accelerate and grow their career in tech.

Prior to founding her company, Angie held senior leadership positions for world-leading tech companies including SAP, TripAdvisor and Mimecast. Angie has spent 11 years working in Asia and is now based in London, UK where her company is headquartered.

Angie has received international acclaim for her work and has most recently been awarded the ‘10 Most Impactful Women in Tech 2021’ by Analytics Insight magazine, and has been named a finalist by the UK IT Industry Awards for the ‘Most Inspirational Leader 2021.’

www.womenintechforum.com | angie@womenintechforum.com

Tech Returners is an inclusive, accessible, and positive learning and coaching community empowering careers into and through technology with a range of programmes, resources and development tools.

Our organisation is committed to removing the barriers returners face after career breaks. We tackle the digital skills shortage by empowering skilled people back into technology careers and providing continuous support on their journeys through technology and into leadership.

The Confidence Community brings together a range of resources, training programmes, events and networks to create a one-stop-shop for career confidence. We know life is busy and we don’t want to be yet another ignored notification so we’re here to provide the things you need, to increase confidence, to support mental health, to help achieve your career goals and more.

Our mission is to change the world through green technology; providing energy independence, driving a sustainable future and saving our customers money on their energy bills. Together we can create a kinder, more sustainable future.

Natalie Asprey Marketing Consultancy supports start-ups and small business to build marketing functions from the ground up, put strategy in place and provide hands-on delivery of marketing activity.

Taking a no-frills approach to every marketing project and process, we believe in getting to the core of what our client really needs and providing an honest view of where marketing time and resource should be spent.

Natalie Asprey Marketing Consultancy is the Project Delivery Partner for Reframe Women In Tech Conference with extensive experience of community building and events strategy and delivery. 

The traditional world of agency is known to overwork and underdeliver. Our goal is to combat that in an honest, totally transparent, and sustainable way for the entire chain. We know personal connections are what bring us together. Why else would we hold events?

We also know it’s tough to find the time, elevate your ideas, and pick the right suppliers when you’re juggling 100 other tasks. So, with Planit, no matter your industry, job title, or reason for planning, you can deliver your next event with confidence in every step.

We’re greater when we’re in it together

We are committed to building an inclusive community to better drive diversity in tech

Mission: To build a strong community to support, mentor and promote leadership and careers for women in technology in the North of the UK. Women in tech is a never-ending conversation. Does it swirl around a set of anxieties we share in our underrepresented gender — anxieties we might not even understand? More than ever, women in technology need to support each other. Encourage each other. Be each other’s cheerleaders, boosters and sponsors. Pipeline problems aren’t solved at the top, remember, but at the bottom. There’s a massive gender gap in the tech sector and it’s a fact we need to be aware of.

• The fact that women are under-represented – only 1 in 10 IT workers in the IT industry are women
• The fact that women are paid 16% less than their male counterparts doing the same job But is being aware enough? Absolutely NOT. However, being aware is definitely a starting point for us to change the face of technology. We want you all to think about what we, as a group and as individuals can do to eliminate this gap. Ambitions:
• Contribute to change the gender imbalance in the IT industry for the future
• Find professional fulfilment
• Inspire and persuade others to step up, achieve more, reach higher

We are here to: Connect the professional, creative, innovative and hard-working women to achieve their full potential