Continuing with our series around National Coding Week, here is an insight into the coding world of our back-end developer, Ian Brooks. Ian has been registered blind since the age of 5 and had a total of 32 eye operations to bring his sight up to the level it is now - just 10% with glasses. He has always enjoyed using computers and started to program in Basic at the same time as he learned to read and write. Conspexit Founder & CEO/CTO, Eirik Moseng, says: "To quote Sir Winst

National Eye Health Week runs from the 18th - 24th September. It’s mission is to educate people about the importance of eye health and help prevent avoidable sight loss. One in five people will live with sight loss in their lifetime and the importance of regularly having an eye test cannot be overemphasised. This can be the first step to saving your sight and hence, charities, organisations and health professionals working in the sight loss sector are joining together to rais

This week marks National Coding Week, a global initiative aimed at inspiring and guiding people from all walks of life to learn how to code. Here at Conspexit, we’ll be posting experiences and recollections from our amazing team of programmers, who are working on a ground-breaking, computer-vision based App to transform the lives of millions of visually-impaired individuals. From a raw beginner to those already possessing a vast number of code-crunching years under their coll

This summer’s UK General Election turned into one of the most extraordinary in recent times. The Prime Minister, Theresa May had a near 20 point lead in the polls when the snap election was announced. The Government was therefore confident of securing a sizeable and indeed, greater parliamentary majority. They say a week is a long time in politics but 8 weeks…well, a lot can and did happen in that time. The results on the night lead to a hung Parliament, with many famous and

Summer is well and truly here, and nothing says Summer more than Ice Cream and of course that essential summer accessory, sunglasses! Not on

We’re challenging our fellow entrepreneurs to lead the way with inclusive hiring. It’s something CEO’s often talk about but when it comes to actually committing and offering a disabled person a job within their company, they all too often find a convenient excuse. In all honesty, it’s not an unnatural response. When you’re dealing with tight budgets and short timelines, and striving to start or grow a company, then the additional ‘hurdles’ can seem insurmountable. But if you