
Robotics and EPoS specialist moves into The Catalyst
A Newcastle tech firm specialising in autonomous robots and Electronic Point of Sale (EPoS) systems has a new HQ in The Catalyst at Newcastle Helix. SPARK, founded in 2019 by Newcastle University alumnus Eric Guo, started out by developing an integrated cloud-based software platform combining EPoS, customer relationship management (CRM), stock control and reservation management solutions for the leisure and hospitality sector. In 2021, as the Covid pandemic was impacting the hospitality industry, SPARK decided to diversify, expanding into robotics to address staff shortages and improve service efficiencies. SPARK has introduced 15 unique service robots – from ‘BellaBot’, the cat-like








