The Tech City high tech cluster in London’s East End is getting an extra helping of high speed mobile connectivity from June. Carrier EE, which owns and operates the U.K.’s first and still only LTE/4G network, has announced it is partnering with the Tech City Investment Organisation to install a network of 4G hotspots in “key locations” for businesses in the area to use. → Read More
+1 more for East London’s Tech City cluster: big data company Cloudera has announced the opening of its EMEA HQ on Rivington Street, Shoreditch. In late 2010, the U.K. coalition government created the Tech City label to slap on an existing, organic startup hub — promising equity finance for businesses with high growth potential and money for tech & innovation centres. → Read More
The U.K. government is throwing a big swathe of money at the east end of London — announcing a £50 million plan for regeneration of the Silicon Roundabout area. The funding will go towards establishing a new “civic space” — billed as Europe’s largest — that will be dedicated to start-ups and entrepreneurs in the area, with co-working spaces, classrooms and workshops. → Read More
Another post-IPO executive departure for Facebook, this time on the international front. Joanna Shields, the vice president and managing director of Facebook’s Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, is leaving to become the chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation. And in a (possibly temporary) step up for another exec, Facebook tells us that Shields’ reports will now report to… → Read More
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