Technology and startup news from Newcastle and North East England. Tweets by @jpjhill and @paul_a_smith.

North East England
Joined August 2012
Ignite alumnus RT @TechCrunch: Shuttlecook, A More Spontaneous Cook-At-Home Food Delivery Service, Launches In London tcrn.ch/1xd2mwI
It's @SuperMondays at Newcastle University tonight from 6pm! Startup stories - get a free ticket now: eventbrite.co.uk/e/supermond…
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Everyone enjoy that? Check out a startup an give them some love. See us soon #igniteshowcase
You can find and book clinics at this address treatmentsaver.com/ Want to raise £400k to recruit & develop SaaS platform #igniteshowcase
Help clinics make money. Made clinics over £2m of business. UK market in treatments is £10bn #igniteshowcase
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You can use @treatmentsaver to search for botox or laser eye surgery, and clinics can buy your love with discounts #igniteshowcase
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.@treatmentsaver is a more experienced startup, which wants to become the destination for people booking treatment online #igniteshowcase
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Would you rent money from your car, or would you lie awake worrying that it’d be squished like a shiny wheeled banana? #igniteshowcase
In four weeks, more than 50 people have signed their cars up to @rentecarlo in Newcaslte. Owners take 75% of earnings #igniteshowcase
Ready for more? Here’s @Rentecarlo. They let people hire their cars out to other people rentecarlo.com/ #igniteshowcase
“People will always be spontaneous, and that’s why @shuttlecooked works”. Want to be aggressive in London market #igniteshowcase
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54% repeat order rate in two weeks. 71% week-on-week growth. 600 meals delivered in Newcastle shuttlecook.com/#igniteshowc…
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.@shuttlecooked targets busy people in city centres, meaning there’s a decent cluster to deliver to, and spreads the word #igniteshowcase
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.@shuttlecooked texts you a recipe. You can get the ingredients sent to you that day, and make it in under 30 mins #igniteshowcase
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.@shuttlecooked is next, looking to provide dinner for busy people, whether they’re a lawyer, spacewoman or ghost whisperer #igniteshowcase
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.@clinkgifting to raise £250,000. Targeting revenues of £500,000 by staring meaningfully at folk like the dating industry #igniteshowcase
.@clinkgifting has partnerships with @vouchshare, Cupid and Blurtit. Is a distribution site rather than a destination #igniteshowcase
Clink allows brands to distribute samples and enables people to send things to each other #igniteshowcase
If you had “sticker” in your Demo Day drinking game, it’s time to down your pint now. Thanks, Clink #igniteshowcase
Our next pitcher is @clinkgifting. They’re all about allowing users to send gifts to each other clinktogether.com/ #igniteshowcase