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Key facts from the report:
Digital tech sector GVA grew nearly 6x faster than the rest of the UK economy in 2018 - contributing £149bn to the UK economy and accounting for 7.7% of UK GVA
Digital tech employed 2.9m people in the UK in 2019, an increase of 40% from 2017 (now accounting for 9% of the national workforce)
95 UK companies valued at between $250-$800m in the UK in 2019 - a 27% increase from 2018 - set to become the tech unicorns of the future, of which there are 77 in the UK
25% of Europe’s top 20 highest investment tech cities are in the UK - Manchester, London, Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge.
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The annual Tech Nation report charts and
champions the UK’s digital economy.
As emerging and maturing technologies
continue to disrupt and transform incumbent
industries, and tackle some of the world’s
biggest challenges, the report this year focuses
on UK Tech For A Changing World. As we live
through the fastest pace of change in history,
UK tech is at the forefront of some of the
biggest questions, and providing the answers.
This is an executive summary - over 50 case
studies and more ndings can be explored at:
technation.io/report2020
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