Bristol-based creative business Istoria Group announced the inaugural Tim Marsh Memorial Award on Wednesday 28 June. The award was set up in memory of former team member Tim Marsh, who passed away in 2022 after a short illness.
Tim was a Co-Founder and Head of Technical at Solverboard – an Istoria Group Incubator Hub business. The company went on to be purchased in 2022 by AIM-listed global software and services company Sopheon, where the innovation product was re-branded as Acclaim Ideas.
Istoria Group CEO Sam Rowe commented, “Tim was an exceptionally talented person. He was highly regarded by his peers in the tech world and also hugely appreciated on a personal level by all who came across him because of his kindness and constant readiness to offer support and mentorship. Tim was a born educator and never happier than when sharing his expertise and helping bring people of all ages and backgrounds forward to realise their potential.”
The award is intended to further Tim’s legacy of ‘using tech for good’ and is set to encompass an intense six-month programme of mentorship, aimed at helping an incipient tech business become market-ready. Half a dozen ‘Ask Me Anything’ sessions with Tim’s Co-founders at Acclaim Ideas are included, ensuring the recipient gets real-world business advice.
The first recipient of the award for 2023 is Bristol tech company Founder Angela Loveridge, whose initiative, Better Together, supports parents in keeping their children safe online.
Angela was a finalist in Istoria Group’s women-led Micro Business Incubator Hub Competition and when they launched the Tim Marsh Memorial Award, Angela immediately came to mind as the perfect fit.
Angela commented, “I am absolutely delighted and truly honoured to be the first recipient of the Tim Marsh Memorial Award. Although I didn’t have the pleasure of meeting Tim myself, I can already sense that he was clearly a remarkable individual, both in terms of his talent and his commitment to using technology for good. The award is a wonderful initiative and the incredible benefits that come with it are very exciting. I look forward to working with the team so that Better Together can empower more parents to keep their children safe online.”
Istoria Group is a Bristol- and Indianapolis-based, women-led collective of creative agencies with distinct but complementary skill sets, a fantastic collaborative spirit and the shared ambition to make clients more visible, more relevant and more compelling to their customers. In 2022, the company received B Corp accreditation in recognition of its ‘people, planet and profit’ ethos.
On Wednesday 28 June, Istoria Group announced the inaugural Tim Marsh Memorial Award in memory of former team member Tim Marsh, who passed away in 2022 after a short illness. The award was set up to further Tim’s legacy of ‘using tech for good’ and is set to encompass an intense six-month programme of mentorship, aimed at helping an incipient tech business become market-ready.
The first recipient of the award for 2023 is Bristol tech company Founder Angela Loveridge, whose initiative, Better Together, supports parents in keeping their children safe online. Angela was a finalist in Istoria Group’s women-led Micro Business Incubator Hub Competition and was chosen as the perfect fit for the award.
Istoria Group CEO Sam Rowe commented, “We knew at once Angela was someone we wanted to support, to help ‘Better Together’ reach its full potential. When we launched the Tim Marsh Memorial Award, Angela immediately came to mind as the perfect fit.”
Angela Loveridge added, “I am absolutely delighted and truly honoured to be the first recipient of the Tim Marsh Memorial Award. The award is a wonderful initiative and the incredible benefits that come with it are very exciting. I look forward to working with the team so that Better Together can empower more parents to keep their children safe online.”
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