Google Tech City Campus opens in LondonMarch 29, 2012 - 16:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - UK Chancellor George Osborne has officially opened Google’s first special hub for start up businesses, located in the Government’s Tech City project, The Telegraph reported. The building, on Bonhill Street near London’s Old Street roundabout, will house 100 young businesses and will be administered by organisations such as Seedcamp and Techhub. The Chancellor said the building, called ‘Campus’, was the result of “two years of collaboration between Google and the British Government”. He added “we salute the leadership, the creativity and the energy of everyone at Google for making this happen”. Google’s European managing director, Matt Brittin, said the ten year lease and refurbishment on the building was “a gift from Google”, and that 800 companies had applied for a desk in the building. He added that the successful applicants were now finding it easier to grow because the project created a community and other companies wanted to see the new Google facility. Although the seven-storey office is not on the scale of Google’s three facilities across London, it does include a series of typical Google features, including a garden with plants that tweet their water requirements and a digital plaque to celebrate its opening, which the Chancellor unveiled. Mr Osborne said that the Government did not believe it could “flick a switch” to create a UK rival to Silicon Valley, and that the aim was to work with companies to “shine a light” on existing innovation. Tech City has grown, he said, from 200 companies to 700 in just 18 months. The area, focused on Shoreditch and Old Street, is now home to offices funded in part by Google, Intel, Cisco, Vodafone and many smaller companies such as Airbnb as well as a Government Data Institute headed by web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |