This South West region has a strong history with technology, specifically relating to aerospace and microchip design and there are some global businesses from these sectors established in the area.
The region is attracting a greater range of technology companies such as start-ups, scale-ups and larger enterprises with Robotics being a growing sector in the Bath area.
A top University in Bath is also playing a strong role the role in the development of this UK tech hub with digital skills being developed with incoming and established tech start-ups and companies embracing the availability of skills in the area.
Bath is also one of the most exciting areas for electronics technology in the world – a magnet for hardware and software development.
Some of the notable Tech companies in the area include Dyson, Graphcore, Cray Supercomputers, Ultrahaptics, Open Bionics, Reach Robotics, Oracle, Viper Innovation, KWS BioTest and Costain Technology.