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Tech City – the inside story

Tech City – the inside story. Newham Chamber of Commerce, Friday 16 December Chris Orange, Gateway to London. The inward investment agency for east London Public/private sector partnership, established 2002 Free and confidential business location advice: Promote east London for business

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Tech City – the inside story

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  1. Tech City – the inside story Newham Chamber of Commerce, Friday 16 December Chris Orange, Gateway to London

  2. The inward investment agency for east London Public/private sector partnership, established 2002 Free and confidential business location advice: Promote east London for business Attract new investment Support existing businesses Make connections Gateway to London

  3. 4 November 2010 announcement – east London Tech City UKTI – Tech City Investment Organisation Gateway to London role Commitments from major corporates: Facebook, Intel, Cisco, etc May 2011 – TweetDeck acquired by Twitter for $40m May 2011 – Digital Shoreditch Festival Sept 2011 – Google Launchpad Nov 2011 – Entrepreneurs Festival A brief history - milestones

  4. “a hub that stretches from Shoreditch to the Olympic Park...” Concentrated in EC2A/N1/E1, but... Work-space supply dwindling, rents rising Focus widening – east London, London-wide, rest of UK... Tech City – where is it?

  5. June 2008 – “Silicon Roundabout” list – 15 tech businesses October 2009 – Wired list – 100 May 2011 – Digital Shoreditch – 550 November 2011 – Tech City Map – 819 Gateway to London – 350 “genuine digital tech businesses” However defined, remarkable growth in middle of recession Tech City – how big is it?

  6. Tech City – who’s there?

  7. Tech City – work-space

  8. Entrepreneur Visa – high-potential businesses can come to UK with £50k funding, rather than £200k for standard Tier 1 visa Entrepreneurs Investment Scheme – income tax relief up from 20% to 30%; maximum up from £0.5m to £1.0m Life-time Capital Gains Tax relief – maximum 10% on first £10m on sale of assets (from 4/9ths of first £5m previously) Entrepreneur First – 2-year programme to help graduates start their own business, backed by Microsoft, McKinsey and others R&D Tax Credits – from April 2012, amount of tax relief claimable by tech SMEs against R&D spend to rise from 200% to 225% Tech City Launchpad– competition for 50% funding for innovative new projects; £1.8m awarded in first phase Mentorship programme – advice and support from leading entrepreneurs in Tech City area Tech City – incentives

  9. Tech City – where next?

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