As the government seeks to remedy the immediate economic turmoil facing the country, it must not forget to take the long view too. Levelling up communities around the UK must not be neglected, and the tech industry sits at the very heart of that ambition.
The new government has inherited a robust and thriving digital sector. Investment into the UK’s world-beating technology companies has remained strong in 2022. So much so, that London is now the world’s number one destination for fintech investment for example, with £5.3bn raised in the first six months of 2022, according to figures from the Global Startup Ecosystem Report.
Whilst this is something to celebrate, this statistic is a reminder that the opportunities in the tech industry are not distributed equally across the UK. All too often, the abundance of opportunity and fruitful careers that the tech sector has to offer is confined to the UK’s ‘golden triangle’ of London, Oxford and Cambridge....