Monday 2 April 2012

A new start for ‘start-ups’

A "transformational moment for the UK start-up community" was how Google’s Eze Vidra described the opening of Google Campus in London this week. The centre, opened by Chancellor, George Osborne, is designed to offer desk space and mentoring for new technology companies and links to the Government’s Tech City initiative. On the BBC News technology page, the article on Google Campus includes a video tour of the premises in the Old Street area of East London. Some existing organisations such as TechHub and Seedcamp, have already moved into the building; Seedcamp being ‘an early stage investment programme…for about 20 fledgling technology companies a year.”
The article also looks at different opinions on whether such an approach is too London-centric as technology hubs are also developing in different areas of the country. Read the full article on this new technology start-up area, being referred to by some as ‘the Silicon Roundabout’, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17548128

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