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An exciting collaboration announcement from Grow London Local – our single front door support service for small and microbusinesses. The Grow London Local team are partnering with Google on 9 July, to host an event dedicated to helping small businesses learn how Google tools can optimise their success. A few highlights attendees can look forward to:   🌟 Gaining insights: Learn the latest tips and tricks on how best to create content and showcase your business to reach new customers.   🌟 Networking Opportunities: Connect with like-minded small business founders and expand your network.   🌟 Interactive Workshops: Engage in hands-on sessions designed to sharpen your skills, from enhancing your Google Business Profile, to utilising free Google tools   Check out the event page for more information, and to sign up: https://bit.ly/45OerxF   Plus, if this isn’t the event for you and your business, Grow London Local currently has over 50 other events also coming up, across the city. Find the event for you here: https://bit.ly/4bk16OD

We're delighted to share that our CEO Laura Citron has been awarded an OBE! 👏 🎉 #London #kingsbirthdayhonours  

Wow, what a week! We are still catching our breath, but it’s been a phenomenal few days in London for tech. Over the week, London Tech Week has welcomed 45,000+ delegates from over 145 countries, as we showcased to the world why the UK capital is the #1 tech hub in Europe. Here are just a few of our many highlights: ✨Our Grow London team, who help high growth tech businesses to grow, marked their first year anniversary meeting hundreds of delegates; from London scaleups looking for help in their international expansion to international founders looking to London for opportunities. ✨ Our MD of Grow London, Janet Coyle CBE hosted the panel ‘Does place matter? Where to found a startup and how to go global.’ Speakers Mohammed Al-Emadi, Bing Xiang, Yoram Wijngaarde, & Minette Navarrete came together with talent and investors considered two of London and the UK’s strongest assets from a founders’ point of view. ✨ We heard from Mike Mattacola and Ghislain de Juvigny at the exclusive Maddyness and London & Partners Podcast, 'Le Ecosysteme' about the power of networks in supporting growth and why London shouldn’t compete with Silicon Valley. ✨ Our Grow London Global scaleups took to the pitch stage with Janet Coyle CBE, Managing Director of Grow London and Sara French, Director of Trade & Growth at Grow London. Since launching Grow London Global last year, we have so far supported 400 London tech companies to go international – with 85% of our graduated companies so far increasing their export revenue. Check out the 10 companies & their key takeaways in our day 3 blog linked below! ✨ In a very special celebration we brought together tech leaders and innovators from around the world at Somerset House, hosted by our CEO Laura Citron and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. Laura Citron, said “We believe that our competitive advantage in the long run is in having a tech ecosystem that is more open, inclusive accessible and welcoming than anywhere else in the world.” Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan said: “We are a city open to innovation, talent, ideas and all people across the world.” But this is just the tip of the iceberg... Our Grow London team have pulled together a blog for each of the days detailing all the events, panels, pitches and more so you can dig into the detail even if you weren't able to be there yourself: Day 1 - https://bit.ly/4ckVtRc Day 2 - https://bit.ly/45oeekA Day 3 - https://bit.ly/4ejeTb3 Make sure to follow Grow London for all the capital's latest business news, events and reports, and if you didn't get the chance to meet with the team, don't worry. Head to our London Tech Week hub and learn how we can help take your business to the next level 👉 London Tech Week – Grow.London What was your London Tech Week highlight?

London Tech Week 2024 has landed! 🌠 After much anticipation, London's annual celebration of tech and talent has commenced at Olympia Events. London & Partners co-founded London Tech Week 10 years ago building on London’s growing reputation as a hub for tech innovation.   Now in its 11th year, London Tech Week is THE platform for global founders, investors and tech leaders to come together to collaborate, connect and gain industry insights.   This morning saw Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan give opening remarks followed by our very own Janet Coyle CBE, MD of our high growth business brand Grow London. Some key takeaways: ✨ London boasts more than 100 unicorns & we're home to more software developers than any other European city ✨ Some of the biggest names in the business are expanding their operations here with major new investments, like Salesforce who announced their first global AI hub would be based in London. ✨ London is fully committed to the technologies of the future. For example, in London we’ve utilised the latest, cutting-edge tech to clean up our air, reduce emissions, modernise our public transport system and improve mobility. With that opener, we're more than a little excited to hear more from all our speakers across the week in London Tech Week's packed agenda! Our Grow London team are on-site available to meet with you at stand 860 and offer support for international and domestic businesses alike. Find more over in their post here 👉 https://bit.ly/3yRAVBn

50 days from the opening ceremony of Paris 24, our CEO Laura Citron hosted a press conference on the legacy of the 2012 Olympics, with opening remarks from Deputy Mayor Howard Dawber. Our expert panellists Rosanna Lawes, Tim Reeve, Gavin Poole, & James Kaguima shared how culture, community and innovation formed the pillars of London’s Olympic legacy. Some key takeaways: ⭐ The Olympic Park is a product of collaboration – none of the individual parts could work without the other to deliver the overall legacy ambition of the 2012 Olympics. ⭐ The legacy of the Olympics has changed the economic life of this part of East London - with thousands of jobs created at HereEast and in the wider park and retail areas. ⭐ Legacy is a long-term game and requires commitment over decades –while the sporting venues have been open and thriving for some years, with the stadium hosting everything from the Red Hot Chilli Peppers to Major League Baseball, there’s still a whole cultural quarter to come with the opening up of EastBank. Thank you to London Legacy Development Corporation and to our great panellists for their insights. Looking forward to a fantastic summer of sports!

We’re marking 100 days of our Grow London Local service 🙌🎉 Grow London Local is the single front door for micro & small business support in the capital. Our team has been busy supporting entrepreneurs across the boroughs and the stats are in! In our first 100 days we have: ⭐ Helped 2,436 entrepreneurs in London get support with their business. ⭐ Been on the ground across the capital, with our Business Support Managers attending over 280 events in communities. ⭐ Achieved a net promoter score of 58 – considered excellent by industry standards Check out the infographic below for further detail. To learn more about Grow London Local, then follow the Grow London Local page. If you’re a small business owner and want to book a free consultation with one of our team, follow this link 👉 https://lnkd.in/eKkZTSdD #GrowLondonLocal

Bonjour! 👋 We are thrilled to launch the first episode of Ecosystème, a new podcast series we've been working on with Maddyness. Each week an exciting new episode will explore the intricacies of the Franco-British ecosystem, providing entrepreneurs and businesses with unique insights into the connections between Paris and London, delving into all things business and tech. We’ll be serving all this insight through a collection of interviews with founders and stakeholders hailing from the two great cities 🤝 Our CEO Laura Citron’s advice for setting up in London? “Ask for help. London & Partners is here to support you, but beyond us there is this amazing ecosystem of incubators, communities, hubs…” 📣 Check out the full episode to hear more from Laura and Clara Chappaz, CEO of La French Tech, on the strong business ecosystem of both #London and Paris, and the important relationship between the two cities. Episode link here 👉 https://bit.ly/3UR93F6

Let's Do London!   Our #LetsDoLondon recovery campaign was launched in 2021, with the aim of attracting additional visitor spend to London to fast-track the visitor recovery to 2019 levels.   In the years since the campaign has been a great success. With strong results year on year, targeting key markets including UK, US, France and Germany.    2023 was our best-ever performing campaign, with increased campaign recall and influence. With a 52:1 return on investment, we added   🌟 £162 million additional visitor spend to London's economy 🌟 308,000 additional visitors   We've worked closely with Wavemaker on our media strategy, planning and activation. Find out more about how our partnership benefits our Let's Do London campaign in their post here 👇

London Tech Week 2024 is on the horizon! With only 4 weeks to go, our Grow London team are calling all innovators, entrepreneurs, and tech giants. Co-Founded by us more than 10 years ago, London Tech Week brings together over 45,000 people from more than 150 countries, including the very best entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers and business leaders. The week highlights exactly why London is the best city to set up and grow a tech business. The 5-day event will be packed with immersive exhibitions, inspiring keynote sessions and networking opportunities with visionaries and investors. Find us at Olympia Events at stand 860 on 10 - 12 June. Register your interest to speak with our Grow London team at London Tech Week here 👉 https://bit.ly/3ynlCQY and learn how they can help you supercharge your business opportunities.

In case you missed it, we were delighted to see London ranked as #1 for foreign direct investment (FDI) in Europe in EY’s latest Attractiveness Survey.    It showed that overseas investment projects in London climbed by 20 per cent in 2023 to hit 359. It also showed that foreign investment has created over 50,000 jobs in the UK, more than in any other country in Europe. London gives access to the best talent, funding, customers, and networks all in one place. Its convenient time zone also makes it easy to do international business and the city doesn’t hold back when it comes to creativity, diversity, and innovation either - meaning new ideas can really take off.   Our team at London & Partners are proud to be attracting innovative international companies to London to scale their business, helping to create jobs and growth for the London economy. We support them to choose London over other international competitor cities and with our network of partners, help them to expand and set up here.    Take a look at our CEO Laura Citron's City AM comment here: