Global Entrepreneurship Week Networking Event at StartUp Croydon
StartUp Croydon is running a free networking event in November to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022.
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ClearCommunityWeb has been nominated for an award at the Croydon Business Excellence Awards.
Croydon College launches the Croydon Digital Skills Hub!
The newly launched Hub will give residents the opportunity to gain new skills in the growing industry.
CronxTech roundup: 2022 kick-off
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Grab tickets to the Develop Croydon Conference on 8 November
This year's conference theme is "Live/Work Croydon", exploring what makes Croydon ideal for businesses, employees and residents.
Dagile event: how to start a career in web development
Join a free event on Wednesday 13 October to learn more about digital careers, with pizza and networking to follow.
Shop local: new app launches in South Norwood
Loqiva is piloting the Love South Norwood app, with other Croydon neighbourhoods getting apps of their own in the near future.
Develop Croydon: tech sector roundtable roundup
Read a report on local industry leaders' recommendations for promoting and protecting Croydon's tech sector.
What do you want to know about selling online?
Take part in StartUp Croydon's survey on what challenges your business is facing in digital marketing and ecommerce.
Innovation for Growth: a new report from SINC
Croydon-based incubator Sussex Innovation Centre shares a taster of its new white paper. Read on for a full download.
Hozah’s Autopay system revolutionises parking payments
Hozah’s parking technology is set to expand within its home borough, Croydon, to offer a completely touchless and fully automated parking payment experience.
Free courses to help employers fill the digital skills gap
Dagile are offering businesses free digital courses for a range of skill levels.
Apply now: Up to £20,000 innovation grants available to Croydon businesses
The Business Recovery & Innovation Grants Fund makes government funds available to support Croydon businesses impacted by the pandemic.
eCommerce in the first year of COVID-19: free insight report
Uniqodo's first ever annual promotion insight report has the 2020 statistics, trends and insights to help build your strategy in 2021.
Return to the workspace: how to make it smart and safe
Going back to the office represents a challenge, but also an opportunity to work in better, more collaborative ways.
Grow your business with a BIG South London Innovation Voucher
Would an injection of knowledge, skills and specialist expertise help you deliver key strategic projects and grow your business?
The all new Croydon Digital tech directory
A bird's eye view of the flourishing tech scene in the CRONX.
Free training for businesses to fill skills gaps
Innovation South Virtual Campus (ISVC) has launched a range of online courses to help employers fill digital skills gaps in their businesses.
London South Bank University brings digital skills training to Croydon
LSBU is proud to become part of Croydon’s digital ecosystem.
Microsoft comes to Croydon: free virtual courses for SMEs
As part of their mission to help Croydoners break into tech, the Microsoft Team are supporting the digital community with free virtual training sessions.
Cadava: made in the digital heart of Croydon!
Former Kayak and DailyMail lead engineer, Colin Humphrey, introduces us to the Croydon start-up that he founded during lockdown.
Interview: creative agency Scaramanga’s design-led approach
Simon Leadbetter on how he and his creative agency stepped up to support their clients, and their exciting future plans.
Interview: how the Uniqodo team launched a new service in lockdown
Chris Giddins on how his Croydon-based e-commerce team found a whole new audience in lockdown, and what they're planning next.
Ten tips to help you make the perfect pitch online
Our next batch of top tips comes from Ginny Radmall of The Ivy Way, sharing her tips to make effective pitches over video.
Inspiring stories: how Shola West went from flipping burgers to a career in tech
Shola is a Cronx resident who is determined to succeed in digital, and she's spreading that ambition through her Youth Unlocked platform.
dotdigital rated top e-marketer in global research by Forrester Wave
The international tech buyers’ guide called Croydon-based e-marketer dotdigital a “strong performer”.
Croydon named one of the UK’s top 10 tech destinations
Croydon ranks among the top spots in the country for tech businesses, according to research by UHY Hacker Young.
Take a virtual investor tour of Croydon
Experience a virtual guided tour of the borough to see first-hand the scale of development and investment opportunities available in the town centre and beyond.
Estate Apps launches tool to help businesses gather feedback with confidence
The new app by the Croydon-based company lets businesses promote their top reviews when they collect feedback, which can be a lifesaver for start-ups.
Boxpark deli owner launches app to help save restaurants everywhere
Croydon foodie serves up Help Local Street, a free service to help local businesses everywhere while they are closed due to Covid-19
Croydon tech company pivots to launch Local Support Vouchers – a platform to help small businesses
Chris Giddins, CEO and Founder of Uniqodo, talks about the company's initiative to use their platform to support local businesses during the coronavirus lockdown.
Offer Coronavirus (COVID-19) support from your business
Use this service if your business can offer to help respond to the impact of Coronavirus.
Croydon-based company driving a promotional-marketing revolution
CEO Chris Giddins on how Uniqodo was created to fix a problem in online marketing, and the company's move from Shoreditch to the Silicon Flyover.
How I discovered the power of Croydon’s entrepreneurial community
Director of Strata Security and experienced entrepreneur Ben Holt on how Croydon's community spirit gives it the edge over East London.
Calling Croydon’s EdTech start-ups and investors
In September, we hosted Croydon Digital Talks: Future Tech Talent, which featured UCL EDUCATE's Koby Yogaretnam. Koby's talk went down a treat so he offered to write a snippet for readers who couldn't make the event.
Women-led Croydon fintech co transfers over £40 billion a year for 40 years
Hidden in the outskirts of Croydon, Automated Payments Transfer (APT) Ltd’s office has been buzzing every day since 1977.
Croydon’s collaborative communities
Streetpin has launched and is coming to the Business Live Expo on 16 October! Attendees can use Streetpin to create virtual hubs to make the Expo more collaborative.
Focus on Proptech: Share My Space aims to stop wasted commercial spaces
Chloe Cort, founder of Share My Space, on how she got the idea for a digital tool to relieve the shortage of commercial space for small businesses.
Interview: I See Media
Continuing our interview series profiling Croydon's digital businesses, we caught up with Indy Chatwal, founder and owner of thriving social media agency I See Media.
Focus on PropTech: The growing demand for interactive, connected spaces
As innovators at the boundary between digital and real-world experiences, Croydon-based Quintessence reflects on the growing demand for delightful, connected spaces.
Where are the innovative jobs?
You might be surprised to find that working in government creates perfect conditions for innovative tech.
Focus on PropTech: the construction industry is waking up to digital
The Chair of PCSG, one of Croydon's PropTech disruptors, discusses their contribution to Smart Cities and the rising field of digital twins.
Croydon Digital community profile: TMRW
We kick off our new series profiling great Croydon digital businesses with a visit to TMRW, South London's largest coworking space.
Meet the shortlist for this year’s Croydon Business Excellence Awards
Loads of great Croydon techies are honoured in this year’s awards shortlist. But who are they and what do they do?
Why parking tech firm Hozah chose Croydon as its HQ
Our business is part of Croydon's growing digital community. Why is the tech scene taking off here more than in other parts of the country?
Past event
Cyber Security Briefing #6
Digital Transformation - Safeguarding your digital assets.
Past event
South London Co-Founding: How and why to find the right business partner
Join us for our first session for lone entrepreneurs in our new South London Co-Founding programme.
Will you win the award for Croydon’s Best Business for Digital, Data and Technology?
Get your entries and nominations in for the digital, data and technology category of the Croydon Business Awards by Friday 21 June!
Past event
Croydon Chamber of Commerce Business Lunch
Showcasing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Past event
Super scaling a business
What it’s really like
Helping our digital business community sell to the public sector
Notes and practical tips from our packed-out event.
Croydon is digital and we’re #notmessingaround
Introducing Croydon Digital, a blog for and by the digital changemakers of Croydon.