As the capital recovers, the next Mayor of London cannot ignore the tech and investor community
Russ Shaw is founder of Tech London Advocates and Global Tech Advocates.
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When the candidates for the Mayoral election gathered at Here East in 2016 to speak to the capital’s technology community, no one could have predicted the extent to which Brexit and a global health pandemic would utterly transform the five years that followed. Unfortunately, since then, it seems the ambition of London’s tech sector appears to have outgrown that of its next Mayor.
London Tech Manifesto launched to help fuel UK recovery
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The London Tech Manifesto recognizes many of the challenges facing the UK at the moment - COVID-19 and Brexit being front and centre.
A number of organizations in the UK s capital have come together this week to launch the London Tech Manifesto, with the aim of outlining a number of key policy priorities for the sector ahead of next month s mayoral elections.
The document outlines that London, and the UK more broadly, face a number of significant economic challenges - namely Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic - and that the technology sector could be a driver for growth in the future, if fostered properly and if a number of constraints are addressed.
London tech manifesto calls on next mayor to support tech industry
The London tech manifesto, put together by several tech organisations, calls on the city’s next mayor to support tech companies, increase digital skills investment and tackle the lack of diversity in the sector
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A group of organisations have published a London tech manifesto, calling on the next mayor of the capital to put a clear focus on technology to help the capital’s post-pandemic economic recovery and to champion digital skills, infrastructure and diversity.
The manifesto, developed by Tech London Advocates, Here East, Plexal, TechUK, Centre for London and London first, sets out a roadmap on how a new mayor can help tech companies in the capital to continue to grow and promote London as a global hub of digital excellence.
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