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Tech Leaders Roundtable Event #5: Wednesday, 26th November 2025. Cyber Security Awareness Hosted by: Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach, & Chorley Council We are excited to host our 5th Tech Leaders Round-Table event in 2025, bringing together industry experts and innovators from across Lancashire. This unique event, sponsored by Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach,…
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…
read moreTech Leaders Roundtable Event #4: Wednesday, 3rd September 2025. Building your “Data-Driven" Strategies. Wednesday, 3rd September 2025: 10.00 - 13.30. Strawberry Fields, Chorley in Jonathan Rothwell. A Digital Transformation leader. Focusing on strategy, leadership, delivery, innovation, programme and project management, and business process. With over 20 years of industry experience, he…
read moreTech Leaders Round-Table Event 2025: Hosted by: Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach, & Chorley Council We are excited to announce the 3rd Tech Leaders Round-Table event, bringing together industry experts and innovators from across Lancashire. This unique event, hosted by Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach, and Chorley Council, will provide a dynamic…
read moreTech Leaders Round-Table Event 2025: Hosted by: Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach, FHunded & Chorley Council We are excited to launch the 2025 Tech Leaders Round-Table event, bringing together industry experts and innovators from across Lancashire. This unique event, hosted by Silicon Lancashire, Northern Reach, FHunded, and Chorley Council, will provide…
read moreNafisa Naheed, Creative and Digital Curriculum Leader at the College to meet 1st year students who are studying #software development and #Cyber Security, T-Level studies. we had an interactive 2-hours career development session where I covered the following topics: 👉 An Overview of the IT employment landscape in Lancashire -…
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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.
