22 Aug 2022

Is your business impacted by high energy costs and supply chain disruptions?

techUK is working with the Government to map and understand the impacts of increased energy costs and supply chain issues on our members as well as the wider tech sector.

The UK is currently experiencing a period of high energy costs and supply chain issues that are having an impact on businesses. These business impacts are principaly arising from increased energy costs, labour shortages and logistics issues.

techUK is working with the Government to map and understand the impacts of these issues on our members as well as the wider tech sector. To help us do this we would be grateful if members and other UK tech companies could flag any pressing issues as well as medium to long term concerns they foresee by emailing [email protected]

Business impacts could include, one or a combitation of, high energy costs that pose a threat to your business, interruptions to the supply of raw materials and core components, labour and staff shortages as well as other disruptions.

Any information provided will be held anonymously and used to help us update Government on how the sector is coping with this current period of disruption and make requests for support if these are needed.

Specifically, we would be interested to understand:

Any immediate impacts that are currently being experienced by your business
Are there any expected impacts that you foresee having a significant effect on your business in the next 3-6 months?
Do you have any long term concerns about the viability of your business if supply chain issues are not resolved?

Some companies may face an emergency situation that could have wider impacts on the UK economy and public services. If this is the case, we ask that you specify this in your email to [email protected] so that we can prioritise your request.

Neil Ross

Associate Director, Policy, techUK

As Associate Director for Policy Neil leads on techUK's public policy work in the UK. In this role he regularly engages with UK and Devolved Government Ministers, senior civil servants and members of the UK’s Parliaments aiming to make the UK the best place to start, scale and develop a tech business.

Neil joined techUK in 2019 to lead on techUK’s input into the UK-EU Brexit trade deal negotiations and economic policy. Alongside his role leading techUK's public policy work Neil also acts as a spokesperson for techUK often appearing in the media and providing evidence to a range of Parliamentary committees.

In 2023 Neil was listed by the Politico newspaper as one of the '20 people who matter in UK tech' and has regularly been cited as a key industry figure shaping UK tech policy.