Tech business figures within the West Midlands have hailed the area as having the UK’s “fastest-growing tech sector” on the seventh annual Birmingham Tech Week.
The occasion, held in late October, noticed greater than 8,000 figures from throughout the tech and funding industries go to the UK’s second largest metropolis.
In addition to panels, summits and symposiums on key tech themes, Birmingham Tech Week additionally noticed a number of main bulletins in help of the area, together with the £187m TechFirst programme launched to deliver AI and digital expertise into school rooms, careers and communities and the WMCA’s 10-year imaginative and prescient to assist SMEs harness AI.
“The West Midlands is redefining the way forward for tech and is usually heralded as having the fastest-growing tech sector within the UK,” stated TechWM and Birmingham Tech Week chief government Andy Hague.
“Birmingham Tech Week performs an important function on this mission, offering companies, entrepreneurs, and leaders with an area to community, innovate, and share concepts to champion our area’s development.
“The 2025 version, attended by over 8,000 individuals together with worldwide delegates from the world over, was our most profitable but and it was unimaginable to see occasions packed all through the week, actually showcasing our thriving tech ecosystem.”
Learn extra: Why the West Midlands is redefining digital engineering
