Week of 23 March 2026 · 2 stories
Leeds tech roundup, week of 23 Mar
Two stories dominated the Yorkshire tech calendar this week. A Leeds consultancy picked up a significant national contract to build digital infrastructure for the flexible energy market, while Barnsley's long-awaited digital campus The Seam finally opened to the public.
Product & launches
- Leeds tech consultancy appointed to national energy platform A Leeds-based tech consultancy has been appointed to design and build the digital platform underpinning a national flexible energy market, according to Prolific North. The project puts Yorkshire engineering talent at the centre of the UK's shift toward more responsive, distributed energy infrastructure. No contract value was disclosed in the report, but the scope is national. For Leeds's growing cleantech and digital services sector, it's a meaningful signal that local firms are competing for and winning work at that scale. (Prolific North)
Community & events
- The Seam digital campus opens in Barnsley The Seam, Barnsley's new digital campus, opened this week with a ceremony featuring the Yorkshire Roses, the BBC reports. The venue is designed to support tech education, digital businesses and creative industries in a part of South Yorkshire that has historically had less digital infrastructure than Leeds or Sheffield. Its opening adds another node to the region's growing network of purpose-built tech spaces. Whether it attracts sustained occupancy will be the real test over the coming months. (BBC)