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Tech Nation aims to make the UK the best place to start and grow a digital business.
We do this through business growth programmes, a visa scheme for exceptional talent, sharing digital entrepreneurship skills, and by championing the UK’s digital sector through data, stories and media campaigns.
Press Releases
13 February 2020 – Tech Nation announces the winning rising stars of UK tech
29 January 2020 – 30 fastest-growing UK tech scaleups selected for Tech Nation’s leading growth programme
15 January 2020 – UK tech sector beats both US and China to lead global growth in 2019
28 November 2019 – Tech Nation reveals the UK’s top regional early-stage scaling tech companies
18 November 2019 – UK takes significant step towards legal certainty for blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies
1 November 2019 – Government allocates £2 million to Tech Nation to support the growth of UK lawtech
7 October 2019 – Tech boom strengthens Birmingham’s reputation as engine of UK innovation
3 October 2019 – Collaboration between US and UK tech sectors flourishes as UK scaleups grow at rapid pace
30 September 2019 – Belfast looks to the future with a fifth of jobs now in the tech sector
16 September 2019 – Tech Nation’s three leading growth programmes open applications
9 September 2019 – UK AI Investment reaches record levels as scaleups tackle fake news and climate change
5 September 2019 – 23 leading UK scaleups join Tech Nation’s Fintech growth programme
3 September 2019 – Bristol tech startups have attracted £305m in fundraising in first seven months of 2019
30 August 2019 – Demand for digital jobs soar in Cardiff as the race to become Wales’ first unicorn ramps up
27 August 2019 – Edinburgh recognised as one of the UK’s leading tech hubs
21 August 2019 – US and Asian investment in UK tech skyrockets
13 June 2019 – Tech Nation continues to see rising worldwide demand for UK tech visas
12 June 2019 – High-value tech jobs boom across the UK
11 June 2019 – Tech Nation opens applications for first ever Applied AI growth programme
10 June 2019 – UK’s digital tech sector has created one tech ‘unicorn’ a month for last year
5 June 2019 – Fintech Growth Programme for leaders of the UK’s most promising scaleups
4 June 2019 – Innovate Data Commons for UK tech reveals record $4.8bn venture capital in investment in first half of 2019
14 May 2019 – Tech Nation Report 2019: UK leads Europe in scaleup investment
24 April 2019 – New study reveals UK strength in £2.3bn ‘tech for social good’ companies
17 April 2019 – 20 leading scaleups join Tech Nation’s first national cyber security growth programme
27 March 2019 – New wave of UK banking pioneers take centre stage in Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme for 2019
13 March 2019 – Ground-breaking legal support boost for UK Insurtech sector
6 March 2019 – The “Rising Stars” of UK tech shine at Tech Nation’s newest startup competition
21 February 2019 – Venture capital investment in UK AI startups increases almost six-fold in five years
6 February 2019 – Tech Nation launches the UK’s first national cyber security scaleup programme
25 January 2019 – Tech Nation names 30 UK companies to watch at Upscale 4.0 kicks off
20 December 2018 – UK tech leads European success in 2018
27 November 2018 – Leading figures from UK tech appear in ‘Upscale’, Tech Nation’s first book
6 November 2018 – UK is biggest source of intra-Europe investment in early-stage companies
23 October 2018 – UK regions come to the fore in producing $1bn tech companies
11 October 2018 – Startup jobs multiply as Tech Valleys ambition takes off in Wales
4 October 2018 – Manchester startups raise over £200m in 2018 as city’s tech sector continues to grow
27 September 2018 – Leeds digital tech sector thrives as mix of corporates and startups collaborate for success
19 September 2018 – Birmingham set for rapid tech growth as city embraces 5G trial
12 September 2018 – Bristol is UK’s most productive tech cluster
6 September 2018 – Tech Nation names 20 Fintech companies to watch as UK Fintech goes from strength to strength
26 July 2018 – Belfast startups thrive on back of region’s skills and talent pool
19 July 2018 – Tech Nation Board focuses on founders with five new directors from across the UK
18 July 2018 – Reading digital density is seven times higher than UK average
27 June 2018 – North East rides tech wave after digital business births rocket
20 June 2018 – Scottish tech sector booms on back of talent and skills base
13 June 2018 – Fintech leaders will select candidates for Tech Nation’s first every fintech programme
11 June 2018 – UK extends lead over Europe
23 May 2018 – Cambridge has double the tech density of the average UK cluster
17 May 2018 – Tech Nation Report 2018 Launch
3 May 2018 – Tech Nation Takes Off