The Bristol and Bath tech cluster has rocketed in the last few years. There’s been phenomenal growth with money raised, startups founded, incubators opening, multinationals moving in and people finding exciting new opportunities. All of this is great news and it’s really no surprise when studies keep finding that we’re the UK’s most productive talent and the best place to live.
To keep up and build on this growth there’s going to be some changes at TechSPARK in the next few months. We want TechSPARK to give you the richest content on our tech cluster, the best interviews, the best videos, the best jobs and generally be the place you spend time keeping up with the best in tech in the West.
“The new partner scheme will open up what we’re doing to more brilliant companies”
To do all this we’re going to be redeveloping our site and start giving you access to exclusive toolkits, new research, the best jobs and top deals all in a new, free, members area. We’re going to start giving you new video content so you can see what it’s really like to work for some of the world’s best tech companies and changing our systems so it’s super easy to find out all sorts about a company, person or technology.
We’re super excited about all of this and think there should be more people in the tech cluster involved than ever. That’s why we’re also launching a new partner scheme. The new partner scheme will open up what we’re doing to even more brilliant companies so they can shout about what they doing and how they’re helping strengthen our cluster.
If you’d like to get more involved and be part of our future, you can get in touch now by emailing ben@techspark.co.
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Ben Shorrock
Ben has been working to help grow tech and digital business for the last decade. He is currently the MD of TechSPARK the Southwest’s network for tech startups and scale ups working with 25,000 people a month to help them recruit, network and raise capital in the UK’s most productive Tech cluster (TechNation 2019). He sits on the boards of the UK Tech Cluster Group, Bristol’s ONce City Economy Board, Tech Swindon, Tech Southwest and is a co-founder of Bristol Tech Festival.
Prior to working for TechSPARK, Ben worked in consultancy with businesses opening new sites internationally. In this role, he helped set up Invest Bristol & Bath and the Netherlands consulate for the north of England.