The CEO of London's Tech City organisation explained how to make the UK a world leader in digital

Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey

announced earlier this week that he plans to release a new strategy document early next year that is designed to help the UK develop one of the world's most reputable tech sectors. At the time, he invited members of the public to email him ideas for what the document should contain.

Now, less than two days later, former Blackberry executive Gerard Grech has responded with a blog post outlining what he and his team at Tech City UK, the government-funded organisation he is now CEO of, believe Vaizey needs to focus on in order to help the UK compete with other tech hubs around the world.

Grech, who took the Tech City UK helm from internet safety and security minister Joanna Shields, a former exec at Google and Facebook, highlights four key areas where the UK can do better.

They include:

1) Skills

2) Funding

3) Government procurement

4) More deep technology companies

Anyone else that wants to help inform the UK Digital Strategy document can do so by emailing digitalstrategy@culture.gov.uk by January 19.

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