This event comes as we share our latest policy paper providing actionable incentives that you can deliver to drive digitisation across UK SMEs – a key growth opportunity.
As AI technologies begin to come onstream, low digital adoption rates for UK SMEs are a particular risk.
Analysis has also shown that if UK SMEs were to better utilise digital adoption, this could add an estimated £232 billion to the economy, while at the same time improving the UK’s resilience against economic shocks, helping solve the low productivity challenge and creating a return on investment on public money.
Don’t miss out to hear from industry leaders and leading Government stakeholders on this topic.
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Oliver Alderson
Oliver Alderson
Oliver is the team assistant for the Policy and Public Affairs teams, joining techUK in November of 2023. He assists the teams admistrative support, communication, and event production.
Prior to working at techUK, Oliver studied at Swansea and Bristol universities, attaining a masters in Policy Research. During this time he competed in debating competitions around the country where he discussed and deliberated various policy issues. Between his studies Oliver acted as a student assistant in mental health research for the SMaRteN student network.
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- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/oliver-alderson-a51312180
Mia Haffety
Mia Haffety
Mia joined techUK in September 2023.
Mia works to ensure that the UK policy and regulatory environment promote investment into the tech sector, recognising the role of digital and emerging technology towards future growth and productivity.
Prior to joining techUK, Mia worked as a Senior Policy Adviser at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) within the Policy Unit.
Mia holds an MSc in International Development from the University of Manchester and a BA(Hons) in Politics and International Relations from the University of Nottingham.
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- [email protected]
- LinkedIn:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/miahaffety/
Building on the work of our UK Tech Plan, techUK worked with our members to identify the major barriers to technological innovation and deployment in the UK.
These barriers cut across the economy and present the obstacles to the growth of the tech sector that was picked in our polling.
To overcome these barriers techUK has suggested seven priority actions that the next Government could take early in a new Parliament after the election.
In setting out these recommendations we worked with our members to ensure they are practical, that we show a clear path to implementation and build on what we know is already working, as well as setting out new ideas.
