TechSwindon, a new campaign to support and promote Swindon’s growing digi-tech community, was launched at a business networking event at Nationwide Building Society’s HQ last week on 6th June.
TechSwindon is a Switch On To Swindon (SOTS) branded project which will work with organisations and business groups to run a series of meet-up events for start-ups, micros, SMEs and larger companies, which either provide digi-tech products and services or are reliant on it to do business.
The campaign will work with partners to enhance Swindon’s digi-tech cluster and showcase its impressive capability to attract inward investment and a pipeline of additional skilled staff to allow business growth.
DigiTech is a strong and growing industry and Swindon boasts the UK’s 3rd most productive tech sector with over 2,800 companies in the area delivering digi-tech products and services and over 25,000 companies reliant on digi-tech to operate.
Jenny Groves, Chair of Switch On To Swindon, said, “The Switch On brand is used to promote Swindon as the destination of choice to live, work and do business and our 600 plus passionate Ambassadors provide their time and support to share these positive messages.
“Both local businesses and new investors will benefit from the TechSwindon focus on attracting and developing additional talent, alongside the timely recent announcement of Institute of Technology funding for Swindon College and partners”.
After the last SOTS event, local design company Bravedog won a competition to develop a Big Idea and they have worked in partnership with Ambassadors and Swindon Borough Council to create the concept of TechSwindon.
A number of businesses have already signed up to support the campaign, and lots more opportunities for business engagement and promotion will be announced over the coming weeks.
Switch On To Swindon unveiled Nationwide Building Society as its first TechSwindon sponsor.
Councillor Oliver Donachie, Swindon Borough Council’s Cabinet Member for the Economy and Place, added, “Advances in digi-tech are essential to Swindon’s industrial growth in all of its key sectors, particularly advanced manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, business finance and professional services and logistics.
“I am therefore delighted we have launched the TechSwindon campaign, which will keep Swindon at the forefront of this dynamic sector.”
For more information, visit www.switchontoswindon.com, email kris@techswindon.org or call 07736 839042.
Pictured above: The launch was attended by over 400 delegates
