by Alistair Hardaker
Founded in June 2019 by former Edit and Branded3 colleagues Carrie Rose and Stephen Kenwright, Sheffield-headquartered Rise At Seven has already exceeded its own lofty targets.
Last June the firm announced £1.5m turnover in its first year, and shared plans to double that by June 2021.
The company has already hit £4m ahead of its financial year in May and its growth is entirely organic, having returned money from its one early investor.
It is now reinvesting profits back into the business and continuing a hiring spree as it expands into London and the US.
This time last year the company had 14 staff, it now has 62, with 12 in its London office, 49 in Sheffield and one in the US.
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by Alistair Hardaker
Manchester-based digital agency theEword has revealed a new tech platform designed for the property industry.
Rebrix, which consists of a virtual property agent, chatbot, and property marketing automation, is currently building a waiting list of clients and is based at theEword’s offices.
The agency reports that a third of its clients are in the property sector, and it has identified an opportunity for new solutions in the sector.
The platform automates outbound communication through email and SMS and engages customers automatically with messaging based on their position in the buying funnel.
It exists on a company’s website, Facebook and Instagram pages and it uses machine learning to understand and engage each customer.
by Charlie Spargo
Lancaster s SQ Digital has been appointed by three international clients in the spheres of SaaS, fashion and manufacturing.
SQ, which was named for five years in a row among Prolific North s Top 50 Digital Agencies, has won contracts with Symetri - a software-as-a-service company from Scandinavia; Sophia Webster - the luxury designer shoe brand; and Metrol Springs - a global manufacturer.
CEO of SQ Digital, Vilayte Essa (pictured, right), said: “I’m really proud of SQ Digital’s success over the past 20 years. We’ve always prided ourselves on creating and delivering high-quality digital campaigns that deliver effective results.