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GoSmarter in Wales

GoSmarter is built by Nightingale HQ, a proudly Welsh business. Built in Wales. Serving manufacturers who take the work seriously, wherever they are.

The Welsh manufacturing sector punches above its weight. High value manufacturers across Mid Wales, South Wales, and the North compete globally on tight margins. Metals processors, structural fabricators, and specialist manufacturers all face the same pressures:

  • Rising energy costs with no early warning
  • Compliance demands that pile on the paperwork
  • Data admin that eats the productive hours in every shift

GoSmarter exists to help. Not with a vision board. With tools that work on Monday morning.

We show up at Wales Tech Week, the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group, and the Welsh Government High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Cluster. That’s where the real conversations happen: what’s actually slowing manufacturers down, and what technology can do about it. The answer is yes. But only if the technology is practical, low-risk, and doesn’t need you to rip out your existing systems.

Posts and news here cover GoSmarter’s presence at Welsh events and commentary on the Welsh manufacturing and tech ecosystem. Plus updates from the Nightingale HQ team in Cardiff.

Wales is building something. We’re part of it.

Tony Woods, Founder of Midland Steel Joins Nightingale HQ as Board Advisor

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Sep 13, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ has appointed Tony Woods, Founder and CEO of Midland Steel as Board Advisor to strengthen industry expertise as GoSmarter enters its next growth phase.

Nightingale HQ Appoints Wendy Owen as Board Advisor

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Sep 2, 2026

Nightingale HQ has appointed Wendy Owen, a safety and compliance expert with over 35 years of cross-sector experience, as Board Advisor to support the company’s next stage of growth.

Nightingale HQ Shortlisted for AI Tech Innovation of the Year

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 27, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ has been shortlisted for AI Tech Innovation of the Year at Insider’s Made in Wales Awards 2026, recognising the impact of our GoSmarter.ai platform on Welsh manufacturing.

Nightingale HQ and Steph Locke Shortlisted for Two Wales STEM Awards 2026

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 24, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ has been shortlisted for the Sustainability Award at the Wales STEM Awards 2026, and co-founder Steph Locke is a finalist for STEM Woman of the Year.

Where to Meet Nightingale HQ This Autumn: Our 2026 Events Calendar

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Aug 24, 2026
  • Updated

Our Autumn events calendar is out. From Belfast to Cardiff, Birmingham to the Netherlands, here is where to find Nightingale HQ over the next few months, and how to get in touch if you would like to meet.

Driving Wales–Ireland Trade

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Jul 8, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ’s Ruth Kearney met John O’Loughlin and Iain Quick of Welsh Government in Ireland to discuss Wales-Ireland trade, and the government support that has backed Nightingale HQ’s growth.

Thinking Bigger: Steph Locke at the Cardiff and Vale College FinTech Wales Coding Bootcamp, May 2026

  • Steph Locke
  • News
  • May 18, 2026
  • Updated

On 18 May 2026, Steph Locke joined Cardiff and Vale College and FinTech Wales for a coding bootcamp inspiration day. She talked about mindset: thinking bigger, thinking differently, and thinking ethically. This is what the room looked like.

Nightingale HQ teams up with Welsh manufacturing clusters across North and Mid Wales

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • May 14, 2026
  • Updated

Nightingale HQ, the team behind GoSmarter, met manufacturers in Anglesey and Welshpool and delivered a practical talk on continuous improvement through modern technology with support from cluster partners in Wales.

Less Paper. More Metal. GoSmarter Pitches to Women Angels of Wales

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Apr 1, 2026
  • Updated

On 24 March 2026, GoSmarter.ai pitched its £500,000 Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) raise to Women Angels of Wales, taking the “Less Paper. More Metal.” message in front of one of Wales’ most active angel investor networks. The event was hosted by Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Brewin Dolphin in Cardiff and brought together three founders: GoSmarter.ai by Nightingale HQ, Astral Automation Solutions, and Holidity.

Practical AI for Welsh Manufacturers: GoSmarter at the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group (MWMG), April 2026

  • Ruth Kearney
  • News
  • Mar 31, 2026
  • Updated

GoSmarter co-founders Steph and Ruth are heading to the Mid Wales Manufacturing Group in April to run a hands-on session on Continuous Improvement through modern technology.