#startup-support

#startup-support

The government has announced 14 new local tech projects as part of a £1 million Regional Tech Booster program. Designed to support tech businesses and founders and grow local tech ecosystems, the projects will give them targeted training, expert guidance, help to build networks, and support to scale their operations from within their communities. The program also includes a series of investment events, through a National Investment Corridors initiative, with the first two set to take place in Bristol and Leeds later this year.

The second cohort of Google's AI Academy American Infrastructure Academy aims to assist companies using AI to solve key issues like cybersecurity, education, and transportation.

The BBB will now expand regional investment programmes aimed at finding promising businesses outside London, hunt for specialist fund managers to deploy its cash, and launch a turbo-charged direct investment programme.