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The revelations this week from Alan Milburn that 60% of economically inactive 16 to 24 year olds have never had a job are most concerning. There are now some one million Neets (those not in employment, education or training). Many are on welfare; many have mental health issues. Perhaps the Reading Tech Cluster can help […]

I am delighted to be speaking on the Reading Tech Cluster at ScaleUp Britain in the South East on the 16th April 2026 at the University of Surrey. This event brings together founders, leaders, and ecosystem partners to explore one of the most important questions for scaling businesses right now, unlocking the right funding, at […]

Following Reading Tech Cluster’s Investment Summit in July, our Reverse Pitch event in October flipped the format: investors took to the stage to pitch themselves to tech founders. The event gave 40 local tech founders a rare opportunity to hear directly from VCs, angels, PE firms, and corporate finance experts about what they look for […]

One of the most publicised impacts of the US federal government shut-down is the cancellation of thousands of flights to and from and internally in the USA due to shortage of air traffic controllers who are currently not getting paid. Clearly this will affect travel to the US by UK start-ups seeking to do business […]

Our paper on the Connectivity and Leadership of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Actors – A Case Study of Reading– by Dr Keith Arundale, Profs Maksim Belitski, William Kilgallon (Henley Business School, University of Reading), Colin Mason (Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow) was awarded Best Paper at the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) annual […]

There is no shortage of innovative start-ups and scale-ups in just about all areas of tech in the UK, including AI, cyber, deep tech, medtech, robotics – just about every letter of the alphabet is covered by a “tech”. But if these fantastic companies are to have any chance of becoming successful, high-growth businesses or […]

Dr Keith Arundale (Henley Business School) speaks to BBC Radio Berkshire about the Tech Prosperity Deal signed by the UK and the US to invest £150 billion into tech companies in the UK. Transcript: Q. I’m joined by Keith Arundale who is a senior visiting fellow at Henley Business School. So when you hear loads of big […]

The Reading Tech Cluster (RTC) just hosted its first event, an Investment Summit on Friday 4th July 2025 at the Henley Business School, University of Reading. This inaugural event was attended by around 200 of the region’s tech innovators, entrepreneurs, advisors, investors and academics. The Summit was opened by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading, Professor Robert Van […]

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RTC Investment Summit 2025 – Friday 4 July 2025 9.00am to 5.30pm – at the ICMA Centre, Henley Business School, University of Reading – Whiteknights Campus  The Reading Tech Cluster Investment Summit 2025 will showcase selected Thames Valley, Berkshire scale-up tech companies with the potential to become unicorns. These companies will gather at this launch event […]