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  • Purple Frog is a CompTIA UK Spotlight Awards finalist

    FSB Awards 2020 The FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020 celebrated the best small businesses from the length and breadth of the country, offering national recognition for those who have made the biggest impression over the last 12 months. The 12 area awards finals took place between February and April 2020, with the UK final taking place at a VIP attended awards ceremony in London. Purple Frog were delighted to be West Midlands area…

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  • New board members at Purple Frog

    Purple Frog is very pleased to appoint two new members to the board; Chantal Matthews as Finance Director and Andy Parkes as Business Development Director. Chantal has worked alongside us for many years through her Accountancy firm. She recently sold her accountancy business to concentrate on her consultancy work and is delighted to join the board to oversee Finance. Andy Parkes has also worked with Purple Frog over the past few years on an…

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  • Nick Edwards joins the growing Purple Frog team

    The Purple Frog is growing again and Nick Edwards has recently joined us. He will be joining our Power BI development team who look after our Power BI clients as well as working on cloud based technologies including Synapse Analytics. Nick has a strong background in managing enterprise data and creating visual reporting solutions. He is looking forward to the challenge and we are delighted to welcome him onboard.

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  • Purple Frog delighted to be Digital E-commerce Business of the Year Finalist

    FSB Awards 2020 The FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020 celebrated the best small businesses from the length and breadth of the country, offering national recognition for those who have made the biggest impression over the last 12 months. The 12 area awards finals took place between February and April 2020, with the UK final taking place at a VIP attended awards ceremony in London. Purple Frog were delighted to be West Midlands area…

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  • Shropshire data expert takes latest innovation to Europe

    A leading ‘big data’ expert from Shropshire who is on a mission to drive-up data security across businesses is set to launch his company’s latest innovation on the European stage. Alex Whittles, founder and director of Telford-based Purple Frog Systems, has been selected to speak at an international tech conference DataGrillen in Germany. Alex will use the conference, to be held in June, as an opportunity to showcase Power BI Sentinel –…

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  • Shropshire Chamber Awards Finalist 2019

    The frogs were delighted to find out that they’d reached the finals of the Shropshire Chamber Business Awards in the Best Small Business Category. Alex Whittles said: “I’m delighted that the hard work of the team this year has led to our nomination as a finalist for the second year in a row.” Purple Frog are up against other three other local successful businesses: Gee 7 Wealth Management invisiFRAME Iron and Fire Ltd The…

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  • Frogs on the march…Data in Devon 2019

    Frogs on the march…Data in Devon 2019 A couple of our frogs recently had the opportunity to take part in Data in Devon, run by Jonathan and Annette Allen, or as those in the community know them, Father Jack and Mrs Father Jack, and William Durkin. Alex Whittles and Reiss McSporran made their way down to Exeter for the opportunity to spread the word about Azure Data Factory (ADF) and Data Flows (Power BI and ADF!). The 2-day…

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  • Global tech expert shares skills at grass-roots level

    Alex Whittles is an internationally-recognised speaker and is one of a handful of experts in the UK to hold Microsoft’s coveted Most Valuable Professional (MVP) status. However, such recognition does not diminish Alex’s passion for staying connected to the local community. Indeed, in his role as a STEM Ambassador, one of Alex’s key ambitions is to deepen Purple Frog’s role within the community by sharing his global knowledge at…

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  • Data expert to join tech leaders in Germany

    Shropshire ‘big data’ expert, Alex Whittles, with links across the globe has been selected to speak at an international conference in Germany later this year. Alex is one of several high-profile business owners who will address delegates at the 2019 DataGrillen conference in June. Purple Frog specialises in developing business intelligence technology and is recognised throughout the IT sector as a leader in its field when it comes to…

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  • Shropshire big data firm shortlisted for prestigious award

    Purple Frog Systems Ltd in Telford, which designs and manages cutting edge Business Intelligence solutions (BI), has been named a finalist in the West Midlands round of the Federation of Small Businesses 2019 awards. The company, which recently celebrated its best ever year, has been shortlisted against two other Midlands-based companies, Lettingproperty.com and eTravelSafety, for a digital innovation award The award recognises businesses which…

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