• Skilling up the nation - more than half of survey respondents said finding employees with the right skills was a major challenge, given the pace of change of the industry
• Attracting the best and brightest of global talent - survey respondents felt that this must remain a priority particularly in light of Brexit
• Gender diversity - in more than half of tech businesses surveyed, men outnumber women three to one thereby leaving a huge untapped pool of talent
• Access to finance, at every stage of growth - even at current levels of investment which outpace the rest of Europe, investment capital is still behind other regions including the USA and centres in Asia
• Digital connectivity - staying abreast of technology advancements such as 5G is key to staying internationally competitive
• Developing co-working spaces - government, local government and businesses should work together to support co-working spaces

Tech Nation 2017 provides overwhelming evidence that the UK’s digital tech sector is critical to the nation’s economic growth, and highlights the importance of continuing the momentum achieved in the last five years. A number of those who work and invest in the sector reiterated the need for UK companies to be able to hire highly skilled workers from around the world, in what is a global industry. Many of those questioned for the report stressed the importance of an immigration system that allows the sector to continue to attract the brightest and the best when we leave the EU.

http://www.techcityuk.com/technation/

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