{"id":685,"date":"2015-04-28T07:41:29","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T07:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/?p=685"},"modified":"2017-11-14T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T16:25:35","slug":"miles-wins-the-seem-awardat-venturefest-east-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/?p=685","title":{"rendered":"Miles wins the SEEM Award at Venturefest East Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"techsilverWinnerPic\"<\/a>Nottingham\u2019s Miles Waghorn has emerged the triumphant winner of the SEEM \u2018New Business Idea\u2019 Award at the inaugural Venturefest East Midlands with his innovative TechSilver<\/a> e-commerce store.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 1000 delegates gathered at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham for Venturefest<\/a>. A mix of entrepreneurs, business owners, academics, business services and representatives of large multinationals joined together to grow the East Midlands\u2019 innovation eco-system.<\/p>\n

Miles, a 22 year old social entrepreneur, secured the coveted SEEM award for his business idea that provides solutions for seniors. TechSilver<\/a>, a \u2018technology store for the later lifestyle<\/a>\u2019, provides innovative products and supportive services, designed, created or adapted for senior users ensuring they make the most of their purchases.<\/p>\n

Based on feedback he received from \u2018senior\u2019 customers whilst working in the technology department of a major UK supermarket store, Miles decided to make this idea a reality. Six months after completing the ‘HeadStart’ entrepreneurial programme at The Hive, Nottingham Trent University’s business incubation facility<\/a>, TechSilver<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n

Roger Moors, CEO of SEEM said he was delighted that Miles had won the award adding that many senior members of society would now benefit from this support and be able to access technology that they may feel is a little intimidating at times.<\/p>\n

Pictured, Miles receiving the SEEM Award from special guest, Simon Woodroffe OBE founder of \u2018Yo\u2019 Sushi’<\/a>…<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nottingham\u2019s Miles Waghorn has emerged the triumphant winner of the SEEM \u2018New Business Idea\u2019 Award at the inaugural Venturefest East Midlands with his innovative TechSilver e-commerce store. Over 1000 delegates gathered at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham for Venturefest. A mix of entrepreneurs, business owners, academics, business services and representatives of large multinationals … Continue reading Miles wins the SEEM Award at Venturefest East Midlands<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,23,87,192,12],"tags":[34,46,210,7,25,111,216,103,209],"class_list":["post-685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-social-innovation","category-enterprise-start-ups","category-events","category-news","category-sme-support","tag-enterprise-growth","tag-funding","tag-miles-waghorn","tag-news","tag-nottingham","tag-nottingham-business-school","tag-seem","tag-sustainability","tag-techsilver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.miningtheseem.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}