Why Welsh tech is primed for growth – Louise Harris, CEO, Tramshed Tech

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Louise Harris, co-founder and CEO of Tramshed Tech, discusses the challenges and opportunities for the Welsh tech sector, unpacks the country’s sub-sector strengths from semiconductors to creative, and mulls what a changing political landscape might mean for businesses.

Harris co-founded Tramshed with Mark John in 2015. It now has six co-working sites across Wales and provides startup support through programmes on topics such as investor readiness and exports. Tramshed is supported by strategic partners in the UK and Europe, including Google for Startups, Microsoft, Barclays Eagle Labs and SQY. Harris is also a member of the Welsh Government International Strategy Board and UK Tech Cluster Group.

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0:00.0	The ecosystem and the wider environment has really changed here in Wales.
0:10.4	So businesses are quite focused on generating revenue early on rather than relying on government funding.
0:19.0	So we're not just saying we're good at cyber, we're good at semiconductors, we can actually say we've got some unique sector leading work happening here in Wales, which is about taking what we're already really good at and bringing tech to the table.
0:35.2	And I would really like to see a new government or the next government thinking about
0:40.8	how we trust our regions and nations to understand what their ecosystems need. From the first
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1:18.8	Hello and welcome to the UKTN podcast, a weekly chat with the movers and shakers of the UK tech industry
1:28.8	and the destination for all things UK tech related. I'm your host, Jane Wakefield, and this
1:34.8	week I'm joined by Louise Harris from Tramshed Tech. Welcome, Louise. Hi, Jane. How are you?
1:40.5	I'm good, I'm good. Now, Tramshed describes itself as the home of startups in Wales,
1:46.7	a community of tech workers which offers flexible work spaces as well as support programs and business skills training.
1:52.5	So that sounds like you've got quite a lot going on where you are. Talk me through what you're hoping to achieve.
1:58.8	It's certainly been a busy few months here in Tramshed.
2:03.3	What we're hoping to achieve here in Wales is to build a vibrant and thriving tech ecosystem.
2:11.1	That's something that we've been working at for quite a while now.
2:14.9	And as you say, we do that through certain channels, if you like,
2:19.9	within the ecosystem. So we support businesses with creating a fantastic community for the work
2:26.0	that they want to achieve. And then we also support that with a wider series of programs
2:32.1	to help an entrepreneur or a business on their journey through
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