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Why is Google Investing In The Welsh Tech Ecosystem

The Economic Intelligence Wales‘ (EIW) 2020/21 annual report released last month illustrates Wales’s resilience and agility over the past eighteen months in the face of Brexit and COVID-19.

The UK as a whole has seen both business starts and closures trending upwards but the report shows that Wales is outperforming all other areas of the UK. In Q1 2021, business starts in Wales were up 31% on Q1 2020 (14% in UK) with business closures down 1% in the same period compared to an increase of 7% across the UK.

This week saw the release of The 12 Clusters of Tech report, an initiative from UK Tech Cluster Group (UKTCG) and London Tech Week and like EIW, the Welsh report paints a prosperous picture of the tech scene in Wales.

“Part of the reason AMPLYFI is growing so fast is our location. People join our team from all over the globe to solve hard problems without compromising on their quality of life. AMPLYFI’s combination of ground-breaking technology, culture and Welsh countryside allows us to compete for the smartest people with the biggest organisations in the world, which in turn helps us build better solutions for global decision makers.”...