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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.
Business Wales Just Called Us a Steel Manufacturing Success Story. They're Not Wrong.
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Mar 16, 2026
- Updated
Business Wales has featured Nightingale HQ in their success stories, recognising our work helping steel manufacturers ditch manual admin and use AI tools that actually work on the shop floor.
Major Manufacturing Conference Coming to Town
Nightingale HQ Team Take the Stage at Major Welsh Manufacturing Conference
AI and the future of Welsh manufacturing - we're there!
At the event, we’ll be meeting new partners from TWI and HVM Catapult to explore collaborations focused on AI-driven productivity, optimisation, and sustainability in manufacturing.
Wales Tech Week 2025: Connecting, Showcasing, and Inspiring Welsh Innovation
Wales Tech Week 2025 brought together leading figures from the Welsh tech ecosystem to connect, share insights, and celebrate innovation. Highlights included discussions on digitalisation in manufacturing, honest conversations about the role of failure in entrepreneurship, and a strong focus on collaboration and funding for the sector. Nightingale HQ was recognised with the Best Greentech Award for its work in sustainable manufacturing, reflecting the event’s emphasis on impactful technology and the growing global reputation of Welsh tech.
Nightingale HQ Wins Best Greentech at Wales Tech Awards 2025
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Dec 1, 2025
- Updated
Wales Technology Awards 2025. Nightingale HQ take Best Greentech Award for their work in supporting metal manufacturers to reduce waste and carbon emissions.
Best GreenTech Finalist at Wales Technology Award
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Sep 22, 2025
- Updated
We’re proud to be finalists in this year’s Wales Technology Awards in the Best GreenTech category, and to be part of a community of innovators from across Wales.
Wales tech scale-up collaborate with steel manufacturers to make production greener
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Feb 25, 2024
- Updated
Wales and Ireland-based technology business, Nightingale HQ (NHQ) has supported a major UK & EU consortium as it looks to make reinforcement steel manufacturing greener. The collaboration includes steel manufacturers Midland Steel and Bastal AS, Kuka Robotics, civil engineers OCSC and research partners VTT. The project is funded by EIT Manufacturing and Innovate UK.
Highlighting the STEM stars of Wales
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Dec 14, 2020
- Updated
The skills and knowledge associated with STEM are the driving force of innovation in many businesses, which is what makes STEM so important to the Welsh economy. The inaugural Wales STEM Awards set out to recognise leading businesses making an impact on the Welsh economy and addressing the STEM diversity gap and skills shortage.
Business News Wales
- Ruth Kearney
- News
- Aug 27, 2020
- Updated
Nightingale HQ featured in Business News Wales after offering Free AI & Automation Software to businesses.
Wales 247 Feature
- Steph Organ
- News
- Aug 26, 2020
- Updated
Wales 247 ran a story on Nightingale HQ’s successful £50,000 grant application.
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