CREATIVE & DIGITAL

AWARD FOR FOCUS

Focus Technology has received a special recognition award from cloud communication partner NFON for achieving higher than forecast sales in the past year.

NFON is demonstrating strong growth in the UK and is delivering cutting edge hosted voice communications, call recording, monitoring and analytics and customer engagement solutions through partners like Focus.

Focus MD, Andrew Davenport, said: “The last few years have been challenging for a lot of businesses. Seeing a major shift on how and where people want to work has enabled us to offer the superb NFON platform to address the challenges associated with a mobile workforce.”

NEW LIVESTREAMING PLATFORM

A start-up from Falmouth University’s, Launchpad, has released a new platform to allow anyone to create live interactive gameshows.

Codices, one of the UK’s leading interactive gameshow creators, started its gameshow journey on the livestreaming platform Twitch where it launched its gameshow extension Quiz Kit, which amassed over four million monthly viewers and has been used by over a million different live streamers to create live online quiz shows.

Codices co-founder and CEO, Tim Edwards, explained: “The one thing everyone wants to do when watching a gameshow is play along. We found by making them live and interactive it increased the enjoyment factor significantly.”

Adrian Scales, senior investment manager at Falmouth University, said: “Following the success of Quiz Kit it’s brilliant to see Codices launching their own standalone platform for content creators. We’re incredibly excited to continue to work with the team on this next step in their journey.”

B CORP FOR XIGXAG

Cornish tech startup, xigxag, has been awarded B Corp status.

Xigxag, which has developed an audiobook app, joins 5,700 companies across world that have committed to positive social and environmental benefits as part of a conscientious movement to harness the power of business as a force for good.

Co-founder, Kelli Fairbrother, says the accreditation forms a cornerstone of xigxag’s strategy to differentiate from big tech competitors.

She said: “Achieving B Corp certification is one of the best accolades to be awarded. It validates our ambition to make books more accessible, engaging and sustainable. And it allows us to credibly start a conversation in our industry about the essential role that digital books must play in the future of sustainable book consumption.”

ROYAL VISIT TO GOONHILLY

HRH The Princess Royal was at Goonhilly Earth Station recently to learn about Cornwall’s pioneering place in the evolution of the UK space industry.

As part of her visit, she was able to hear about Goonhilly’s support for NASA’s pivotal Artemis-I Mission, which marks the beginning of a new phase of lunar exploration.

Ian Jones, CEO at Goonhilly Earth Station said: “Welcoming The Princess Royal in our 60th year offered an opportunity to shine a light on the exciting space activity happening here in Cornwall and the cluster development we have been able to stimulate.”

PODCAST ON TARGET

Penzance-based digital marketing agency, Target, has launched the ‘Performance Marketing Podcast’.

Podcast host and head of growth at Target, Josh Fletcher, invites leading experts from the digital marketing industry, including data scientists, paid search specialists and influencer marketing experts, to participate in lively discussions about their area of expertise, trends and best practices.

In a recent episode, ‘Optimising Your Website for Voice Search’, Fletcher speaks to James Poulter, the CEO of Vixen Labs – a global leader in voice search marketing.

“We are so excited to launch The Performance Marketing Podcast”, said Fletcher. “Our intention is to offer our peers a fun and informal source of information where they can gain insights and draw on the experiences of industry heavyweights and thought leaders.”

The Performance Marketing Podcast is available to stream now on a number of platforms including on YouTube and Spotify.