Assessing the UK’s regional digital ecosystems
This report summarises the findings of research into the digital ecosystems of the UK’s nations and regions.
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This report was commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and produced by Steer Economic Development (Steer-ED).
The report directly corresponds to DCMS’s tech priority to level up digital prosperity across the UK. It provides an evidence base for identifying how nations and regions can develop their strengths and level-up further to those areas of existing ecosystem strength, and how and where ‘areas for development’ might be progressed. The report sought to provide a systemic, replicable, and importantly holistic view of how and why digital ecosystems across the UK are performing.
The research itself draws on a range of pre-existing data sets, as well as qualitative analysis from twelve regional roundtables with devolved and local government, business groups, the tech sector, accelerators and universities.
The report found that by continuing to support and strengthen digital ecosystems throughout the UK, Steer-ED’s indicative modelling projects that the UK’s digital sector annual GVA could grow by an additional £41.5 billion by 2025, creating a further 678,000 jobs.