Top UK tech policy priorities for startups - Antony Walker, deputy CEO of techUK

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🗓️ 29 May 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Antony Walker, deputy CEO of techUK, discusses some of the key policy areas affecting the UK’s tech companies, from AI to the online safety bill. He also reflects on how the economic shocks of Brexit and the pandemic have impacted UK tech, and the role the UK should play in influencing new technologies on the global stage.

The trade association represents nearly 1,000 members and its goal is to “ensure the UK is the best place for technology companies to locate and thrive”. Its member includes smaller startups and SMEs, along with larger corporates such as Amazon Web Services UK. In addition to engaging with the government on behalf of its members, techUK holds events, workshops and creates reports.

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0:00.0	I think if you took away Brexit, if you took away COVID, frankly after climate change,
0:11.0	technological innovation AI would probably have been the biggest things that we'd have been talking about.
0:16.7	I think some of the debates around AI has got a little bit confused.
0:22.6	If you want to have any hope to influence the future, you've got to be at the forefront of developing these new technologies.
0:29.7	You know, you can't sit on the sidelines and then hope to influence what happens.
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1:17.4	Hello and welcome to the UKTN podcast, a weekly chat with the founders of some of the UK's
1:22.8	high-growth tech companies and other key stakeholders. In this series, we'll be exploring what entrepreneurship
1:28.6	looks like in the UK right now, as well as getting tips from some of our most innovative
1:33.1	business leaders and discussing the hot topics in the tech world. I'm your host, Jane Wakefield,
1:38.6	and I've been a tech journalist for many years, and I'm joined this week by Anthony Walker,
1:43.6	the Deputy CEO of Tech UK.
1:46.2	Hi, Anthony.
1:47.5	Hi, Jane.
1:48.5	So Tech UK describes itself as the UK's Technology Trade Association.
1:54.4	You boast nearly a thousand members.
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