Digital economy

Martin McFadyen, Director of Enterprise and Public Sector at Virgin Media O2 Business, explains why prioritising digital culture in 2025 will be key to unlocking growth

techUK is monitoring the global reaction to the announced tariffs and the implications for our sector in the UK and abroad.

Through this inquiry, MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) are investigating the challenges women encounter in entrepreneurship, examining which sectors present the greatest barriers and why. techUK welcomes this initiative, recognising the urgent need for a comprehensive assessment of how to better support female-led enterprises.

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VenturePath share their expert insight on the key to sustainable scale-up growth.

techUK takes a look at the Chancellor's 2025 Spring Statement

92% of private business owners are confident about their growth prospects over the next 12 months, with 59% very confident, more than half plan to grow via new products and expansion across Europe and North America and technology cited as the main area of investment, with AI the biggest priority

On 17 March, techUK launched our Scale-Up Action Plan report. This launch event convened some of the key players from across the scale-up ecosystem, industry, public stakeholders and policymakers.

Part of UK Tech Week, techUK hosted a webinar with StartUp Coalition and CarbonRe to explore the barriers to scaling climate tech.

A plan to scale with ambition to drive the UK's economic growth story.

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techUK welcomes the release of the London Growth Plan (27th February). The 10-year plan places tech and digitisation at the heart of future growth and prosperity for the global city. Artificial intelligence (AI), life sciences, robotics, cleantech, the creative industries and quantum computing are rightly identified as key opportunities for future growth. Looking ahead, industry collaboration must be at the heart of delivery on proposals.

techUK welcomed the opportunity to feed into Phase 2 of the Government’s multi-year Spending Review. We recognise the challenging fiscal position that the Government currently faces. However, by doubling down on digitisation of the economy, this is a crucial opportunity to achieve productivity gains, drive higher business investment and growth, and secure the UK’s position as a leader in emerging domestic tech markets.

Improving the customer onboarding experience in an increasingly competitive and congested financial services industry is vital for both legacy banks and those in fintech serious about growth... Guest blog by Barley Laing, UK Managing Director at Melissa.