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The Inner Circle of Lancashire Tech Table: for Technology Leaders is a private, invitation-only boardroom for the most ambitious technology leaders navigating critical growth, investment, and exit decisions. Each gathering brings together carefully selected senior leaders at the sharp edge of growth, where product complexity, talent pressure, platform limitations, and…
read moreThe Demand for permanent staff declines at the softest pace in 9 months. Therefore, the permanent talent pool has shrunk Perm salaries are starting to increase. The best IT talent are remaining in situ; it's becoming more difficult to entice candidates to move because they're risk-averse in an unstable economy.…
read moreFinally, A return to growth. Contract and Temporary recruitment grew this month for the 1st time in 3-months. Candidate availability is slowly rising, probably from the 2025 redundancies that happened late last year The main sectors still with a skills shortage are Engineering, IT/Computing and Blue Collar. A stronger increase…
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read moreTech Leaders Roundtable Event #6: Wednesday, 18th February 2026. The impact and benefits of a FRACTIONAL Expert. Hosted by: Silicon Lancashire, at Strawberry Fields, Chorley We are excited to host our 1st Tech Leaders Round-Table event in 2026, bringing together industry experts and innovators from across Lancashire. This unique event,…
read moreThe Inner Circle of Lancashire Tech Table: for Technology Leaders is a private, invitation-only boardroom for the most ambitious technology leaders navigating critical growth, investment, and exit decisions. Each gathering brings together carefully selected senior leaders at the sharp edge of growth, where product complexity, talent pressure, platform limitations, and…
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“It was brilliant to be invited to the Silicon Lancashire Tech Roundtable last night – a genuine forum where tech leaders across the North West come together to share ideas, experiences, and learn from each other’s journeys.
Thanks to Gary Keay and Keith McMurtrie for organising and inviting me, and to Daniel Fletcher of Forbes Solicitors for hosting.
What stood out wasn’t the networking – it was the real conversations
The conversations since have been encouraging. Multiple tech leaders reaching out about exploring how we could work together on strategy, AI readiness, and transformation initiatives. That tells me something important: when you show up authentically with real expertise and genuine interest in others’ challenges, the right collaborations find you.
This is what I believe tech leadership in the North West should look like – complementary skills, shared thinking, and execution capability coming together to help businesses thrive.
Silicon Lancashire is doing something special here. If you’re a tech leader seeking a genuine peer forum (not a business card exercise), this is worth your time.”
Gary is based in Chorley and is the founder of Silicon Lancashire. He has been part of the Lancashire tech community since 2007 when he founded www.GKRecruitment.com.
To support local IT/Tech/software businesses by identifying and attracting the best possible local talent.
To encourage local IT professionals to work within Lancashire by highlighting the many benefits that the local businesses and community bring.
Gary has built a Lancashire-based talent pool for local businesses of over 4,000 IT/Tech/Software professionals, both permanent and contracted.
