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techUK’s CEO was in the room for the Chancellor's first major economic speech, delivered at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry on Monday 7 September.

Digital technology is the UK's primary growth sector, adding over £100 billion in GVA a year and employing 1.7 million people. It is the country's most significant export engine and the foundation every other industrial strategy sector depends on. The UK has the third-largest tech ecosystem in the world by valuation, the deepest tech labour market in Europe, and in 2026 alone has raised roughly as much venture capital as the rest of Europe combined. The question is no longer whether government should intervene in technology markets. It is how to do so without weakening the firms the UK relies on for growth.

A guest blog for council leaders on AI in local government, from Infoshare+ and Barbour Logic. Why starting with the problem, not the technology, matters.

techUK's Fran Richiusa talked to Laura Bishop, Digital Sector Lead at BSI, about about her vision for how standards and technology can better protect and support women, children, and vulnerable communities.

In this article, Sara Belhay, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, EY Foundation explores the potential of AI for social mobility and discusses their AI and Social Mobility Challenge Prize.

How digital pathology and AI could speed up cancer diagnosis. Exponential-e's Afshin Attari on the opportunity, and the barriers to adoption.

A blog by System C's Gian Celino for health and social care leaders on why agentic AI adoption is slow, and the levers that could speed it up.

This article explores the real blocker to drone technology: regulation or the lack of persistent test infrastructure and shared safety evidence?