Tag: Tech City



Infrastructure and Workspace key to maintaining London’s position as Global Knowledge Hub

Posted on 1 June, 2015 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

London’s creative and technology-led businesses are outgrowing their traditional city centre tech-hubs and moving to new locations on the outskirts of the capital, a new report claims. According to the Bilfinger GVA-published London and the... Read More

Deloitte moves Digital Team to Tech City

Posted on 23 May, 2014 by Cliff Goodwin under Business News

One of the world’s biggest accountancy firms has moved part of its digital team to East London’s Tech City. Deloitte — one of the “Big Four” professional services firms alongside PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG — will... Read More

Flourishing Tech Sector increases Share of City Office Space

Posted on 19 March, 2014 by Neil Bird under Business News

London’s flourishing tech sector is rapidly expanding beyond its Silicon Roundabout heartland and increasing its share of City office space. Last year, according to new figures from DTZ and JLL, take-up among tech firms accounted for over one million... Read More

Paris Plans its own Silicon Valley

Posted on 26 September, 2013 by MOVEHUT under Worldwide Property News

Plans have been unveiled in Paris for their version of our Tech City and California’s Silicon Valley.The ‘mega digital incubator’ - as it is rapidly becoming known as, will house around 1000 start-up businesses in a listed building known as Freyssinet... Read More

The Challenges Hindering Tech City Growth

Posted on 21 May, 2013 by Neil Bird under Business News

A skills shortage and a lack of access to capital are the two biggest challenges facing start-ups in Tech City a new survey has found. Rising commercial property rents in Shoreditch are also a factor hindering growth according to industry insiders. The... Read More

Tech City Hampered by Lack of Investment

Posted on 23 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Business News

Last week we reported that London’s tech cluster, based around Shoreditch’s so-called Silicon Roundabout, is growing at twice the rate of the financial sector. This data came from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) which predicted that... Read More

East End Tech Sector is Engine of Capital Growth

Posted on 16 November, 2012 by Neil Bird under Business News

The East End’s tech, media and creative sector is set to overtake the City in terms of economic growth over the next five years according to forecasters. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has found that the industries based around... Read More