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In the Court of the Techno-king: The Weird Tech Job Titles of the Future
In the Court of the Techno-king: The Weird Tech Job Titles of the Future

​​As jobs and roles evolve, so too do their job titles. Many roles that exist today would have been unheard of even 10 or 15 years ago, particularly in the tech sector, and as technology progresse...

A personal Board of Directors for your career
Creating a personal 'Board of Directors' for your career

​We live in a world full of information, decisions, and unlimited choices. With all this noise, it can often be hard to navigate through everything alone. With specific people dedicated to making d...

Purpose Vs Pay H1
Purpose vs Pay: how to win the tech talent game

I start with a message of hope. Tech candidates are willing to accept lower salaries for jobs with genuine real-world purpose, versus those where the outcome is made palatable because of how much i...

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Morson Meets… Dr. Penny Trayner, neuropsychologist, tech entrepreneur and DJ

​Our Morson Meets… series sees us spotlight professionals from a range of sectors, backgrounds, and experiences to talk to them about their careers, achievements, aspirations and more.In this edit...

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4 kids under 2, a career pivot and a dream | Adrian Adair meets DevOps engineer Tawfe'eq Babou

In this article, Morson Group COO, Adrian Adair, interviews DevOps Engineer Tawfe'eq Babou for his regular feature in BROOD Magazine. They discuss leaping from marketing to a career in tech, findin...

digital poverty
Why tackling digital poverty is key to tech inclusivity, with Manchester Tech Festival

“Covid 19 pulled digital poverty firmly into the spotlight. During the pandemic, we heard constantly about children not being able to study because they didn’t have access to the internet or having...

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Event: 'Forces for Tech' with Techs and the City & Cinch

​In partnership with Cinch and, Techs and the City, our "Forces for Tech” event will explore how to transition from the Armed Forces into the world of technology. We will hear first-hand experience...

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It’s Getting Meta: the future of jobs in the Metaverse

​For the first time in their 17-year history, Facebook is shrinking.The social networking giant lost around half a million global daily users in Q4 2021, signalling the start of an anticipated and...

Manchester Tech Festival
Inspiring tomorrow's tech innovators | Morson partners with Manchester Tech Festival

Morson is thrilled to be a founding partner of Manchester's first not-for-profit tech community event. Manchester Tech Festival is the first event of its kind that is organised by Greater Mancheste...

Why Manchester is a Great UK City for Start-ups and Entrepreneurs
Why Manchester is THE city for start-ups and entrepreneurs

Manchester, famous for its chips and gravy, great music and great football, it's unsurprisingly that it has a youthful and vibrant workforce. Northern cities such as Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds...

Turning the heads of tech talent: it’s time for companies to get creative
Turning the heads of tech talent: it’s time for companies to get creative

​The pandemic transformed nearly every organisation into a tech company. Consequently, there is an urgent lack of highly qualified talent in the tech sector. It is estimated that there are around 1...

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Machine learning meets The Beatles: AI and its role in Hollywood and music

​Computer advancements like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have the power to change, and often improve, all elements of society, but one application some may be less aware of i...

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The future of digital right to work: protecting our blue collar workers

​After weeks of campaigning from lobbyists, the Government announced that digital right to work checks will be extended to April 2022. The decision is a defining moment for all those who recognis...

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Are we too reliant on tech? What happened when 3.5 billion people were plunged into digital darkness

On Monday 4th October 2021, the internet briefly died. ​Well, a huge portion of it did, anyway. Social networking behemoth Facebook, along with its family of hugely popular services including Inst...

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Smart, data-driven governance or digital dystopia? Inside China’s social credit system

​The TV series Black Mirror’s near-future dystopian stories blended familiar elements of modern technology with the fictional, speculative, and often outright scary potential applications of this t...

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The lowdown: the trends in recruitment you need to know about, to get ahead

The world of recruitment is changing all the time, and staying ahead of the trends is vital in proving the candidate with the best experience possible.​In this blog, our Head of Background Screenin...

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The technology empowering the athletes at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Shortly after the curtain fell on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, the Paralympic games entered full swing - 23 events across two weeks of action in the Japanese capital.While the athletes themselves...

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People of Digital…attracting the right talent with ShipNet CEO, Aden Hopkins

​People of Digital is our digital-first, interview-style video and podcast series, showcasing game-changing technologies and exciting businesses in the digital space, and uncovering emerging trends...

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People of Digital… how Morson helped navigate a challenging recruitment process with ShipNet CEO, Aden Hopkins

​People of Digital is our digital-first, interview-style video and podcast series, showcasing game-changing technologies and exciting businesses in the digital space, and uncovering emerging trends...

Records tumble at Tokyo 2020: how technology is changing the Games
Records tumble at Tokyo 2020: How technology is 'changing the Games'

When an athlete’s training cycle is geared towards peaking at one specific time, how do they deal with it being pushed back a year? As the global pandemic put a grinding holt on many athletes stric...