Tc slide deck korea - july13

UKTI Korea Mission Adrian Tipper

10 -07-13

WHAT IS

TECH CITY?Tech City Video

TECH CITY

WHAT IS TECH CITY?

The fastest growing digital cluster in EuropeEUROPE

TECH CITY

WHAT IS TECH CITY?

It has no boundaries but the heart is situated in East London

LONDON

TECH CITY

WHAT IS TECH CITY?

Start-ups, small companies, academic organisations, investors, large corporates

1300 + digital companies in the area

TECH TRIANGLE

TECH CITYTECH CITY

THE TRAMPERYDECODEDTECHNOLOGY STRATEGY BOARD

TECH CITY

TECH HUB

SONGKICK

YAMMER

HOXTON MIX

MODERN JAGO

MOTHER MONKEY

POKESHOREDITCH HOUSE

CULTURE LABELUSTWO

MAKIE LABMOO.COM

7 DIGITAL

GOOGLE CAMPUSMIND CANDYCENTRAL WORKINGSEEDCAMPTECHSTARS EUROPE OPEN DATA

INSTITUTE

LONDON MET ACCELERATOR

AIRBNB

HUDDLE

ROCKETLAWYER

STRONGROOM

THE BREW

SOUNDCLOUD

WHO’S

HERE?

TECH CITY

WHO IS HERE?

TECH CITY

Early Adopter, Entrepreneurial, International/Multicultural

A huge influx of 18 - 34 year old influencers, studying, and working

Creative, smart, fun and engaging - always looking for new ideas and switched on 24 hours a day!

Cutting-edge creative thinkers, data scientists, educational innovators, film makers, mobile developers

WHO’S HERE?

TECH CITYTECH CITY

• Large number of nightclubs, bars, galleries, restaurants and trendy clothes shops

• Vibrant and well established art community

• Centre of the UK’s world-beating fashion industry

• Built on a historic backbone of British culture, trade and design manufacturing (furniture, fashion)

Iconic local landmarks:

• Spitalfields Market, Tobacco Docks, The City, Petticoat Lane, Columbia Road Flower Market, Brick Lane, Truman Brewery

WHAT IS EAST LONDON?

TECH CITYTECH CITY

Vibrant EcosystemVenture Capital

Seed Funds + Accelerators

Co-Working Spaces

Talent Events Government

Tech City Tech City BreakfastBreakfast

TECH CITYTECH CITY

Business-friendly government policies:

R&D Tax Credits - up to 225%

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (CGT rate of just 10% for the first £10m profit)

Entrepreneurs Visa

Levelling of playing field to allow SME access to HMG contracts

Abolition of Stamp Duty on traded shares (AIM)

Patent Box (10% corporation tax on profits from Patent Box products)

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