Northern England fights back in Silicon Valley battle: 'So many opportunities up here'
5 feb. 2025
09:42
As Impact Loop reported last week, the UK government is pumping billions into the area around its top university cities, Oxford and Cambridge, aiming to turn it into Europe’s next great tech hub.
But northern England argues it also has the talent and ambition to be the UK’s 'Silicon Valley' – and an impact powerhouse.
But northern England argues it also has the talent and ambition to be the UK’s 'Silicon Valley' – and an impact powerhouse.
The British government wants the region between Oxford and Cambridge to become Europe’s version of Silicon Valley. Last week, it announced plans to invest heavily in the so-called Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor.
Ministers hope improving public transport links and housing will attract more tech talent and investors to the area, which is already home to established tech and health companies, including Microsoft, AstraZeneca, and DNA sequencing firm Oxford Nanopore Technologies.