Tag Archives: digital

Getting ready for Rio

26 Apr

The Royal Society (London UK) today published a major report – ‘People and the planet’ – a good read ahead of the UN Summit in June.

All 10 recommendations would be more easily translated into practical policy if there was intensive investment in digital infrastructure.

Full story here.

Global Entrepreneurship and the UK’s Digital Deficit

26 Apr

GEDI – an index assessing entrepreneurship and development around the world – places the UK in 14th place and behind many Scandinavian countries.

In a separate analysis it is clear that 9 out the top 13 leading countries have a vastly better digital infrastructure than the UK.

There are many factors that bear on the overall assessments but it is becoming clear that for the UK to address its economic deficit there is a pre-enabling requirement to deal with the digital deficit.

Full story here.