Koko Digital to produce Chris Moyles game for Sony Music

Viral game company Koko Digital is to produce an online game for Sony Music to promote Chris Moyles’s new album.
The company, which is based on Keele University Science and Business Park, will create the “advergame” to publicise the Radio One DJ’s upcoming release The Parody Album, due to hit the shops on November 23.
The Parody [...]

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Keele Science Park companies in the running in Business Boost competition

Four companies from Keele University Science Park are in the running for up to £8,000 of prizes in Newcastle’s Business Boost competition.
Developer X, Blinds Now, Serve Medical and Save Local Trade are all vying for the cash prizes on offer at the awards ceremony on October 21.
The aim of the Business Boost competition is to [...]

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Keele University Science and Business Park hosts free social networking seminar

Companies interested in using social networking sites to develop their business can learn more at a free breakfast seminar.
Hosted by Keele University Science and Business Park in association with Kent House, the seminar will include:

A look at what social networking is, how to get it right and avoid the many pitfalls
An in-depth study on how [...]

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Students Speed To Success

Funding from the Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) has enabled four Keele University students to successfully turn their business ideas into real companies, which are now trading and earning them money.
Rebecca Mulhearn, Scott Bordoni, Nicola Smith and Matthew Forde started on the SPEED (Student Placements in Enterprise Education) programme in January 2008. Run by the [...]

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Rust sensor monitors roads

Rusted metal in concrete structures can be detected through new technology that uses electromagnetic fields to measure corrosion through non-ferrous material.
The non-destructive technology from SciSite, a spin-out company from Keele University, is being used to survey stretches of motorway such as the Hammersmith Flyover in west London and car parks across the country.
The equipment includes [...]

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