The founder of a company which teaches computer coding and AI has described getting a business of the year award as a milestone for the firm, The School of Coding & AI (SOC) was given the accolade at Birmingham's Signature Awards, which celebrates businesses. The company teaches people on their own, in businesses or in public sector organisations and, in the last year, opened a £2.5m tech lab in Birmingham, redeveloped its Wolverhampton headquarters and launched an international campus in Dubai.