Paul Richardson

Soccer Shack - A Movement for Community, Connection, and the Love of the Game At Soccer Shack, we’re not just creating a football venue - we’re building a movement. Founded in August 2024, Soccer Shack is a first-of-its-kind indoor football hub designed to bring people of all ages together through the power of sport, namely football! We’re here to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing families and communities today: youth inactivity, rising screen time, mental health struggles, and the loss of safe, trusted spaces for connection and play. Our Northampton flagship is more than just a place to kick a ball. It’s a vibrant, safe, and inclusive community hub where children as young as 18 months, teens, parents, and even grandparents can come together - whether that’s for toddler football classes, school holiday camps, adult leagues, walking football, or evening socials. We’re a kids’ venue by day, transforming into a lively social space for adults by night, fostering meaningful engagement across generations. In a world where families often struggle to find places they can enjoy together, Soccer Shack offers a unique, all-ages environment that promotes physical activity, mental well-being, and lifelong memories. Our mission is simple: to create safe, engaging, and inspiring spaces where children and adults alike can play, grow, and belong. We believe every town should have a place like Soccer Shack - an indoor, weather-proof, all-year-round venue where football is just the beginning. While we’re starting in Northampton, our vision is national and global: a Soccer Shack in every community, transforming lives through sport, connection, and shared experience. Together, we’re not just building a venue - we’re rebuilding trust, joy, and community for a new generation.

Brawn create positive energy and connect those who like to lift. Our all-in-one tech solution gamifies the lifting experience on the gym floor and has been proven to support member retention. If you are a gym owner or manager, get in touch today to learn more.

RESPONSIBLE is a pioneering tech company at the forefront of circularity, transforming how brands, retailers, and marketplaces engage with resale. Our proprietary technology streamlines the acquisition, processing, and sale of second-hand products at scale, reducing the demand for new items and championing sustainable consumption. With headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a satellite office in New York, RESPONSIBLE is committed to making sustainability the natural choice for both brands and consumers alike.

KickX is not here to start up another UK leisure business, we are playing bigger! KickX is here to launch a new category of sport - called Hybrid Football ®. Hybrid football is a ‘different’ way to play the beautiful game. It takes the core skills required in association football and blends them with other sports, challenges and technologies to create fresh hybrid formats. This is the evolution of football. Played in more accessible indoor spaces, on smaller pitches, with fewer people and needing less prior-organisation, Hybrid Football ® is here to help people play more, play different and play better. Through the transformational power of football, KickX will inspire our audience to be fitter, healthier and happier in their everyday lives.

Persona Systems proudly presents AgriMax, a groundbreaking IoT hub and cloud platform tailored for the agricultural sector. Designed to revolutionise farming through advanced technology, AgriMax offers unparalleled precision, efficiency, and connectivity. By integrating real-time data analytics, AI-driven insights, and seamless third-party AgriTech product integration, we empower farmers, educators, and industry stakeholders to optimise operations, enhance productivity, and navigate the complexities of grant management. AgriMax is more than a product; its a commitment to sustainable and innovative farming, ensuring every stakeholder in agriculture has the tools to thrive in todays dynamic environment.

Energym is a smart-tech fitness company based in Birmingham, UK. We build clean-energy generating gym equipment that turns your workout into usable electrical power. Working with the country’s top universities and engineers, we’ve developed innovative patented systems to capture and convert human energy into electrical power to charge your favourite devices including laptops, electric scooters and smartphones. We believe in unlocking the potential of clean-energy generation to help customers and businesses reduce their carbon footprint.

Arx Alliance is a specialised cyber and supply chain risk management platform that allows organisations to monitor risk across their extended supply chain, and also within their own digital ecosystem. Arx takes the complexity out of cyber. Practical issues such as enforcing IT security protocols, and improving network visibility are made simple within the platform. In addition, Arx’s proprietary assessments enable any organisation to level up its cyber security practices, within the latest regulatory frameworks. Help and remediation advice is made available to simplify what could otherwise be a difficult process. By constantly monitoring data from both internal and external sources, Arx significantly reduces the likelihood of a security breach. Users are able to visualise their supply chain on an easy to use dashboard, giving management a clear and up to date view of the network in real-time. In addition, those vulnerabilities that are most likely to cause potentially costly disruption in the event of a cyber-attack are highlighted. Arx bridges the gap between the IT department and the boardroom, helping empower decision-makers with visual, quantifiable and actionable data. Ultimately, Arx promotes a collaborative approach to supply chain risk management. By enabling tailored, rather than one size fits all solutions, and fostering close collaboration along the supply chain, Arx helps its members forge sustainable, cyber secure relationships.

We work with founders building category-defining technology companies that positively shape the world, making it more sustainable, healthy and inclusive.

Soccer Shack - A Movement for Community, Connection, and the Love of the Game At Soccer Shack, we’re not just creating a football venue - we’re building a movement. Founded in August 2024, Soccer Shack is a first-of-its-kind indoor football hub designed to bring people of all ages together through the power of sport, namely football! We’re here to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing families and communities today: youth inactivity, rising screen time, mental health struggles, and the loss of safe, trusted spaces for connection and play. Our Northampton flagship is more than just a place to kick a ball. It’s a vibrant, safe, and inclusive community hub where children as young as 18 months, teens, parents, and even grandparents can come together - whether that’s for toddler football classes, school holiday camps, adult leagues, walking football, or evening socials. We’re a kids’ venue by day, transforming into a lively social space for adults by night, fostering meaningful engagement across generations. In a world where families often struggle to find places they can enjoy together, Soccer Shack offers a unique, all-ages environment that promotes physical activity, mental well-being, and lifelong memories. Our mission is simple: to create safe, engaging, and inspiring spaces where children and adults alike can play, grow, and belong. We believe every town should have a place like Soccer Shack - an indoor, weather-proof, all-year-round venue where football is just the beginning. While we’re starting in Northampton, our vision is national and global: a Soccer Shack in every community, transforming lives through sport, connection, and shared experience. Together, we’re not just building a venue - we’re rebuilding trust, joy, and community for a new generation.

Brawn create positive energy and connect those who like to lift. Our all-in-one tech solution gamifies the lifting experience on the gym floor and has been proven to support member retention. If you are a gym owner or manager, get in touch today to learn more.

RESPONSIBLE is a pioneering tech company at the forefront of circularity, transforming how brands, retailers, and marketplaces engage with resale. Our proprietary technology streamlines the acquisition, processing, and sale of second-hand products at scale, reducing the demand for new items and championing sustainable consumption. With headquarters in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and a satellite office in New York, RESPONSIBLE is committed to making sustainability the natural choice for both brands and consumers alike.

KickX is not here to start up another UK leisure business, we are playing bigger! KickX is here to launch a new category of sport - called Hybrid Football ®. Hybrid football is a ‘different’ way to play the beautiful game. It takes the core skills required in association football and blends them with other sports, challenges and technologies to create fresh hybrid formats. This is the evolution of football. Played in more accessible indoor spaces, on smaller pitches, with fewer people and needing less prior-organisation, Hybrid Football ® is here to help people play more, play different and play better. Through the transformational power of football, KickX will inspire our audience to be fitter, healthier and happier in their everyday lives.

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