Oliver Dowden: London’s tech trailblazers will lead the charge to tackle climate change Humans have long innovated their way out of adversity, and now it’s time for tech to take on one of the greatest challenges of our time. In 2019, the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. It is one [...]
Tech jobs are an engine at the heart of our 21st century economy If the strength of UK tech was ever in doubt, just take a glance at today’s end-of-year report from Tech Nation and the Digital Economy Council. Despite an incredibly turbulent 2020, stat after stat speaks to the sector’s resilience. As a result of the pandemic, tech, the ultimate disrupter of other industries, has found itself [...]
Civil servants are moving to Canary Wharf in a cost-cutting drive Today marks an impressive milestone with the opening of our new Canary Wharf Hub. It’s part of our long-term Civil Service transformation to reduce government buildings from 800 to 200 by 2030. We’ve seen 6,000 civil servants leave Whitehall to come and work in London’s financial centre including those from HMRC, OfGem and the Ministry [...]