London Tech Week day five: A week that gave me confidence in the UK tech ecosystem Opinion From the office to the climate, the conversations at London Tech Week point in a clear direction: UK tech is moving from potential to deployment.
London Tech Week sums up everything wrong with UK tech Opinion London Tech Week is complacency in conference form. We wheel out the same statistics about unicorns and call it a job well done.
Sadiq Khan’s AI fearmongering will set London back Opinion Sadiq Khan's warnings about AI has made London look like a city anxious, rather than ambitious, about AI, and investors will take note.
London claims number two spot in global ranking of AI hubs July 11, 2025 London has claimed the number two spot in a new global ranking of tech talent hubs, second only to San Francisco, as the capital continues to ride the wave of AI innovation. However, behind the headlines, the race for digital skills is intensifying, and the UK still faces significant challenges if it wants to maintain [...]
London Tech Week day 3: Let’s use that NHS budget on tech June 11, 2025 From NHS waiting lists to global warming, if we get it right we can use technology to address our biggest challenges, writes Russ Shaw.
London Tech Week day 2: Tech diplomacy in action June 10, 2025 Day 2 of London Tech Week made it clear our global influence grows through emerging markets, writes Russ Shaw.
TikTok to create over 500 UK jobs as major plans revealed June 9, 2025 TikTok is to create more than 500 UK jobs and open a second office in London, it has been revealed. The Chinese-owned social media firm has confirmed its UK workforce will expand to 3,000 by the end of 2025 and it will open a new 135,000 sq ft office in London’s Barbican. The group already [...]
London needs the Conservatives to restore its tech crown May 27, 2025 The Tories left London with more tech unicorns than France and Germany combined. Now Labour is quickly unravelling our legacy, writes Alan Mak MP.
What3words: Losses slashed as jobs cut and sales double April 22, 2025 What3words shed jobs and significantly cut its pre-tax loss as sales more than doubled in 2024, it has been revealed. The London-headquartered tech business, which is backed by ITV, Mercedes-Benz and former F1 champion Nico Rosberg, has reported a pre-tax loss of £10.6m for its latest financial year, down from the £16.4m it posted for 2023. New accounts filed with [...]
Forget gadgets, London’s tech prowess is now all about experiences April 15, 2025 London is becoming the global testbed for a new kind of tech, and it's all about the experience economy, writes Paul Armstrong.