UK pushes to become Europe’s new Silicon valley: boost for health and climate startups
29 jan. 2025
13:36
The British government wants the region between two of the UK’s top universities, Oxford and Cambridge, to become Europe’s best tech and science hub. But while its plans could help boost impact startups, there are concerns about the environmental impact.
Britain is on a mission to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” by investing in the region between two of the UK’s top universities, Oxford and Cambridge.
In a speech on Wednesday, the country’s finance minister Rachel Reeves said that the British government would invest heavily in the so-called Oxford-Cambridge Growth Corridor. This would include improving public transport links and housing, designed to attract more tech talent to the area and put it “at the forefront of science and technological advances”.