21.11.2017 Now in its 3rd year, last week’s Northern Stars pitching competition was as strong as ever – proving that tech innovation continues to thrive “up north”. Whittled down from 200 to only 20 contestants, the event saw the finalists deliver a live three-minute pitch about their business. The occasion took place at Stoller Hall, Manchester,
13.11.2017 MP for Bury North, James Frith, pays a visit to Rammy-based Advertising Technology company Dream Agility. The meeting was set up by the MP in an effort to get local companies to commit to the living wage, but James quickly found that the company already subscribed to the salary proposal. Short but sweet, the visit
06.11.2017 The National Graphene Institute (NGI) hosts a unique evening which will explore the value and challenges of collaboration between Tech businesses and university. Manchester’s Tech cluster is booming. The most recent lending figures from Natwest show that the city is starting to close the gap on London as the UK’s primary cluster. But what is
03.11.2017 Dream Agility beat a selection of companies, from 5 difference continents, to win the 2017 Global Tech Challenge Award at the Bounce Busan Global Conference. The competition was delivered in front of an audience of 500 and concluded a daylong conference that featured keynote speeches and panel discussions. Established by the Korean government, the event
18.10.2017 Dream Agility attend their first eCommerce exhibition and pick up 2 more awards: Best eCommerce Website (Music / DVD / Game) and Best Innovation. What a couple of days. The 2017 eCommerce Expo and Awards Ceremony provided us with talks, pitches, networking opportunities, fun times, and 2 awards. Given that it was the first event
02.10.2017 IS IT ME, OR IS THE WORLD GETTING SMALLER? Yes, Silicon Valley is regarded as the Global epicentre of technology – it’s the home of Google, Facebook, Apple and Twitter. However, from recent experience Australia is becoming the fastest adoptee of machine learning technology in retail, globally. Amazing to think we are conducting all of
02.07.2017 You know it’s going to be an interesting night when the Mayor of Greater Manchester stands up and says: “We live in a qualification obsessed environment. Schools are treated like exam factories!”. At the recent Bury Means Business seminar, there was a whole host of business and community leaders speaking candidly on the relationship between
04.05.2017 BIG news to share! We’ve been selected as one of the 22 startups in the BridgeCommunity’s 2017 program cohort. To say we’re thrilled would be an extreme understatement. This program connects us to Fortune500’s looking to partner and pilot with startups to solve their most pressing issues. The killer line-up of enterprises we get the
05.01.2017 Google’s announcement last year of their intention to move from traditional text ads to expanded text ads is about to be realised with the deadline of January 31st 2017 looming. The purpose behind the new style is the new ads is to maximize presence and performance with a bigger headline and an extra-long description with
LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION! ELIZABETH CLARK, CEO OF AWARD-WINNING GOOGLE SHOPPING SPECIALIST DREAM AGILITY, RELIVES THE HOPE AND THE GLORY OF THE GRAND FINAL OF TECH NORTH’S NORTHERN STARS PITCH COMPETITION. So here I am at Old Granada Studios! For over half a century the headquarters Granada Television, this 1950s style building is the spiritual home of Corrie
15.11.2016 AT THE CLICK OF A BUTTON, DREAM AGILITY’S NEW TRACKING PIXEL GIVES LEAD GENERATION WEBSITES, WHOSE SALES ARE OFFLINE, THE SAME ADVANTAGES AS ONLINE-ONLY RETAILERS. Thanks to the pervasiveness of etailers such as Amazon, Asos and Made.com, assigning credit to a marketing touchpoint has never been easier. Shoppers who purchase online naturally create opportunities to
14.11.2016 Dream Agility was awarded Best Digital Business of the Year at the Digital Entrepreneur Awards, held at the Palace Hotel in Manchester last week. Having already won EMEA Google Partners New Business Award and the Northern eCommerce Award for Innovation, the Digital Entrepreneur Award represents for Dream Agility a hat-trick of major awards in 2016 and brings further
20.10.2016 ELIZABETH CLARK, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF AWARD-WINNING SHOPPING SPECIALISTS DREAM AGILITY, PUT FLOWERS IN HER HAIR AND HEADED TO THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES IN SEARCH OF GOLDEN PAYMENTS. BACK HOME, SHE REFLECTS ON HER TRIP AND OFFERS INVESTMENT TIPS FOR STATESIDE UK ENTREPRENEURS, WARNS OF THE PERILS OF FREE POURING AND HINTS
26.09.2016 Google Premier Partner Dream Agility has been selected by The Protein Works, one of the UK’s largest sports nutrition brand, to manage its Google and Bing Shopping accounts. This represents a significant client win for the Ramsbottom-based company whose patent-pending technology will seek to drive increased sales and profits for The Protein Works. The Protein
22.09.2016 Google Premier Partner Dream Agility is celebrating its second award of the year with the announcement last night that it had won Best Innovation at the inaugural Northern eCommerce Awards. The ceremony, delivered by Don’t Panic Events and Prolific North in association with UKFast, took place at The Point, Emirates Old Trafford, in Manchester
09.08.2016 Dream Agility’s reputation as a provocateur amongst the UK tech community was given a boost recently when the news filtered through that we had passed the eBay Developer Program’s rigorous compliance tests enabling us to provide innovative next generation solutions for our clients. Marketplaces and paid search are usually considered mutually antagonistic by online retailers
02.08.2016 Google has introduced the first significant change to the structure of its text ads in 15 years meaning that online retailers face the potentially daunting prospect of reworking thousands of listings or face competitors stealing a march from them. The global launch of expanded text adverts, introduced to better serve the billions of people now
18.07.2016 Dream Agility has been shortlisted at the inaugural Northern E-Commerce Awards (NECAs). Our integrated feed and bidding tech platform has been recognised by the judging panel as one of the outstanding entrants for the ‘Innovation Award’. Dream Agility chief executive Elizabeth Clark said: “We’re delighted to be recognised at an event that celebrates the very