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Design Museum Expo Deliver a Major New Exhibition About Changes Sweeping in Textile Sector
Jul 18, 2013Design Museum is collaborating with the UK’s innovation agency, the Technology Strategy Board, to deliver a major new exhibition about the sweeping changes in manufacturing that are transforming our world. New manufacturing ...
Tags: Design Museum, Textile Sector
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Tech City Are Struggling to Gain Capital, and Are Having to Make People Redundant
May 22, 2013Leaders at Tech City firms say their companies are struggling to gain capital, and are sometimes having to make people redundant as a result. A third of Tech City's business leaders said that their companies were hampered by a lack of ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The UK Could Face a Shortfall of 33,000 Technology Workers by 2050
Jan 23, 2013IT and tech salaries rise to avoid a brain drain from the UK. A study revealed that the UK could face a shortfall of 33,000 technology workers by 2050. According to specialist recruiter, Randstad Technologies, the UK's workforce will ...
Tags: IT tech salaries, UK, technology workers
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The UK Faces a Shortage of 33,300 Skilled IT and Tech Workers by 2050
Jan 22, 2013The UK faces a shortage of 33,300 skilled IT and tech workers by 2050 due to a skills deficit, an ageing workforce and restrictive migration policies, according to recruitment firm Randstad Technologies. The firm based its findings on the ...
Tags: UK, IT workers, Randstad Technologies
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The Government Should Be Backing 'tangible Technology' Rather Than 'web Fads'
Jan 11, 2013The government should be backing 'tangible technology' rather than 'web fads' like internet projects and games development, says Sir James Dyson. "There seems to be an obsession with Shoreditch’s so-called ‘Silicon ...
Tags: tangible technology, internet projects, games development
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Amazon Would Create 100 New Jobs at London-Based Global Digital Media Centre
Jan 10, 2013Amazon will create 100 new jobs at its London-based global digital media development centre. The centre, which is located near The Barbican, opened in September and is home to the design and development teams for Pushbutton and ...
Tags: Amazon, global digital media, London tech hub, digital service
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Government Has Urged The Government to Do More to Help Engineering and Science Firms
Jan 8, 2013The inventor of the Dyson vacuum cleaner, Sir James Dyson, has urged the government to do more to help engineering and science firms and focus less on the "glamour of web fads" coming out of Silicon Roundabout. Dyson believes that ...
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Amazon Announces a New Hub in Central London to Focus on The Development of Digital Media
Dec 26, 2012Amazon today announced a new hub in central London to focus on the development of digital media products. The eight-floor workplace in Glasshouse Yard, near Barbican and close to Silicon Roundabout, will house the design and development ...
Tags: Amazon, digital media products, application programming interfaces
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The Government-Backed Silicon Roundabout High-Tech Incubator Has Been Criticised
Dec 25, 2012The government-backed Silicon Roundabout high-tech incubator has been criticised by the think tank Centre for London in a report published today. The report points to a shortage of mentoring facilities, rising rents, inadequate broadband ...
Tags: Silicon Roundabout, report, London, government
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Vodafone Is The Latest UK Technology Company to Invest in Start-up Technology Businesses
Dec 21, 2012Vodafone is the latest UK technology company to invest in start-up technology businesses in London. The mobile giant will open a new technology and incubation centre in East London, an area dubbed as Tech City due to its proximity to the ...
Tags: Vodafone, technology business, incubation centre, company news
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TCIO Asks Companies Around Silicon Roundabout to Share Their Experiences of Broadband
Dec 17, 2012The Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO) is asking companies around Silicon Roundabout to share their experiences of broadband in the area. The group was boosted recently when Vodafone and Amazon announced plans to invest in the ...
Tags: TCIO, Silicon Roundabout, broadband
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UK Prime Minister David Cameron Announces a £50m Investment in London's Tech City
Dec 7, 2012UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a £50m investment in London's Tech City to create facilities for start-ups and entrepreneurs. The money will go towards a building incubator facilities at Old Street's technology hub ...
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Joanna Shields Has Resigned From Her Role as European Boss of Facebook
Oct 23, 2012Joanna Shields has resigned from her role as European boss of Facebook to become chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO). Joanna Shields will join as the chief executive of TCIO in January 2013. The government ...