Cities in focus – Valencia’s growing tech scene

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Valencia is now making a name for itself as a growing tech ecosystem. With its excellent living standard, Mediterranean climate, affordable housing, and healthcare, Spain’s third-largest city is gaining more and more international attention.

Valencia came first in last year’s InternNations Expat City, ranking the best cities for expats to live in and first in the Quality of Urban Life Index.

With a population of just under a 1 million, Valencia has all the ingredients of a metropolis, yet it also appeals to those looking for a less crowded yet vibrant city.

Valencia’s tech community is interconnected, inviting and entrepreneurial.

The place for who’s next – Singapore

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Singapore is no longer only the place for who is who in tech but for who is next. The country has one of the most developed tech ecosystems in the world, is a leader in smart city technology and is the second most innovative economy according to Bloomberg’s 2021 Innovation Index.

The reasons behind Singapore’s success? – private-public sector collaboration, a pro-business regulatory environment, strong digital infrastructure and cross-sector co-creation opportunities.

Is London going hybrid, remote or back to the office?

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As lockdown restrictions ease on the 19th of July, we will likely no longer be asked to work from home. Many businesses are welcoming this reopening, while others have found that remote-working or hybrid work models work well for them.

To find out whether London is going back to the office, remote or hybrid, we spoke to Tushar Agarwal, Co-founder & CEO of Hubble.

Thank you Tushar, we really appreciate you finding the time to speak with us!

Why place is important in innovation

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Place-based economic development approaches have been gradually spreading across different areas of policy-making and governments levels around the world.
Although place-based thinking is not new in regional and urban economic development, regulators and scholars were more focused on developing aggregate macroeconomic policies and frameworks during the first few decades of the post-war era.
It wasn’t until the 90’s that place-based theories gained more momentum. Cities were recognised for providing the links between trade and economic growth, while local economic activity clusters were seen as a vital force driving national economies.
Although the theories that emerged differed, they all found that knowledge exchange, spillovers and diffusion were important driving forces of economic growth.
Around this time, globalisation, the process that would forever change global economic development, began.