Norwich Chamber Council heard an update from Neil Garner of Whitespace this week on the TechEast initiative. Norfolk Chamber supports Techeast andNeil is the Norfolkmember of TechEast’s Leadership Team.
The Chamber Council’s meeting was held in Whitespace’s offices at St James Mill and members heard how between 2010 and 2014 digi-tech industries grew faster than the rest of the economy and in 2014 they had an overall turnover of £161m. The aim of TechEast is to create ‘one voice’ for technology firms in the East and will link Norwich, Ipswich and Cambridge. It hopes that in succeeding with its manifesto they will create a further 5,000 jobs, generate an extra £650m GVA of economic growth in the East and be one of the UK’s Top 5 tech clusters by 2020.
The September meeting of Norwich Chamber Council will be held at NUA and will look at the incubation centre and what the building can offer and how it is supporting businesses in the digital sector.
