Sidetrade announces major tech hub in Birmingham to UK Government officials
06 Décembre 2019 - 2:35PM
Sidetrade announces major tech hub in Birmingham to UK Government
officials
While Silicon Valley is set to dominate the global tech scene
for the foreseeable future, Birmingham is set to become the
‘Silicon Canal’ of Europe, according to AI firm Sidetrade, who
revealed it will open a new tech hub in the city in 2020. The word
‘Canal’ here is a reference to the city’s 35 miles (56 km) of
canals. Rob Harvey, Sidetrade’s director of solutions consulting,
shared the news at an invite-only trade mission event by the UK
Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT), on Friday
6th December, held in central Birmingham.
The day was attended by DIT investment and trade delegates from
20 countries, executive members from DIT’s Whitehall office,
business leaders and academics from the region. The new Sidetrade
R&D offices and strategy will be revealed in 2020, led by the
company’s Birmingham-based CTO, Mark Sheldon, who
commented:
"Sidetrade’s tech hub in the West Midlands will play a big part
in making Birmingham the ‘Silicon Canal of Europe’. The region has
a thriving business ecosystem, a strong culture of innovation with
the UK’s first 5G connected cities regional testbed, and talented
people to meet the skills demand.”
According to the West Midlands Growth Company, 18,590 new
businesses started in the city in 2018, which also boasts 13,900
tech firms and 7,685 international companies with offices in
Birmingham. Rob Harvey leads a global team of consultants
specializing in business transformation using machine learning and
natural language processing, which takes him across Europe and the
USA, where Sidetrade has a number of enterprise
clients.
Also presenting alongside Rob Harvey was Robert Franks, managing
director of WM5G Limited, leading the UK’s first 5G testbed region;
Chris Lane, head of transport innovation at Transport for West
Midlands; and Dr Stephen Turner, director of strategy at Birmingham
Research Park. "WM5G are pleased to be presenting at the TECH DSK
Programme. As the largest 5G testbed in the UK based in the West
Midlands, we have a key role to play not only to accelerate the
benefits of 5G but to drive innovation and real productivity gains
for our region,” said Robert Franks, managing director of WM5G
Limited.
The Code Academy, sign of Sidetrade’s commitment to the
AI industry in the Midlands
Launched in Birmingham in October this year, the Code Academy is
another key way Sidetrade is investing in Birmingham. The academy
takes a new, rapid, four-week approach to training for graduate
level data and software engineer roles. 50 applicants competed for
12 places, with five jobs offered at the end of programme. Unlike
many current bootcamps, Sidetrade’s Code academy is offered
tuition-free. It’s run in-house by Sidetrade’s most experienced
tech leads, creating a real-world working environment and up to
date work-related training.
" We want to disrupt the current coding scene with something
new, which trains for a job, rather than just imparts a skill, in a
way that’s more open and inclusive. Most importantly, we’re
demonstrating that we’re skilling people from a range of
backgrounds for in-demand jobs in the UK’s tech sector,” said
Robert Harvey, Sidetrade’s director of solutions
consulting.
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