1. UKTI Korea Mission
Adrian Tipper
10 -07-13

2. WHAT IS
TECH CITY?
Tech City Video

3. TECH CITY
WHAT IS TECH CITY?
The fastest growing digital cluster in
Europe
EUROPE

4. TECH CITY
WHAT IS TECH CITY?
It has no boundaries but the heart is
situated in East London
LONDON

5. TECH CITY
WHAT IS TECH CITY?
Start-ups, small companies, academic
organisations, investors, large
corporates
1300 + digital companies in the area
TECH TRIANGLE

6. TECH CITYTECH CITY
THE TRAMPERY
DECODED
TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY
BOARD
TECH CITY
TECH HUB
SONGKICK
YAMMER
HOXTON MIX
MODERN JAGO
MOTHER
MONKEY
POKE
SHOREDITCH HOUSE
CULTURE LABEL
USTWO
MAKIE LAB
MOO.COM
7 DIGITAL
GOOGLE CAMPUS
MIND CANDY
CENTRAL WORKING
SEEDCAMP
TECHSTARS EUROPE
OPEN DATA
INSTITUTE AIRBNB
HUDDLE
ROCKETLAWYER
STRONGROOM
THE BREW
SOUNDCLOUD

7. WHO’S
HERE?

8. TECH CITY
WHO IS HERE?

9. 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?

10. 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?

11. TECH CITYTECH CITY
Vibrant Ecosystem
Venture
Capital
Seed Funds +
Accelerators
Co-Working
Spaces
Talent Events Government
Tech City BreakfastTech City Breakfast

12. 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)
UK ASSISTANCE

13. STAY IN
TOUCH

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