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A newly minted 3D visualisation company is in the running for a prestigious award after reaching the finals of a Thinking Digital competition. Spearhead Interactive has been shortlisted in the Thinking Digital Start Up Competition to be held in the Sage, Gateshead later this month. The winner will receive membership of the ‘Rackspace Startup programme’, which includes more than £15,000 of cloud hosting. The firm was founded with the help of a DigitalCity Fellowship at Teesside University and consists of Dan Riley and…

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