Luke Myer, MP for Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland, visited AltLabs in Middlesbrough and met with CEO Imran Anwar.

Alt Labs are an innovation consultancy – working with businesses locally and nationally on product service, business model innovation and experience innovation.

Through their work with both local startups and national brands, they have supported the development of new AI tools, augmented reality, apps for public services, and more.

Luke said: “It was great to visit AltLabs and chat to Imran. I’m proud that we have a company like this driving world-class changes in tech & business innovation from Teesside.

“We discussed my push for government investment in digital and AI for Teesside, and what I can do to support our tech sector locally. Teesside leading the way!”