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How fast is the UK's public sector tech growing?

The Tech200, built with @tussell.bsky.social shows:

💷 £14.1bn turnover
📊 £953m+ GVA
🚀 £580m+ investment
👥 26,000+ employees

Public sector tech isn’t emerging - it’s scaled and accelerating.

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Why do so many agencies struggle to stand out?

‘The Language Trap’ from @agencybyagency.bsky.social analyses UK agency descriptions using The Data City’s real-time data, showing why outdated SIC codes fail to capture what companies actually do.

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This week’s Frontier Friday 🚀

Public sector tech is growing fast:

📈 £756m growth
📊 180% avg growth
💷 £3.8m per company

Built with Tussell & TechUK, the Tech200 spotlights the fastest-growing public sector tech suppliers - 70% UK-based.

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We’re excited to be sponsoring IFGS 2026.

Proud to be partnering with @innovatefinance.bsky.social and supporting their Global Summit as part of UK FinTech Week this April.

If you’re attending, let us know, we’d love to catch up.

🚀 The 2026 Tech200 is live!

We've partnered with @tussell.bsky.social and @techuk.bsky.social to rank the fastest-growing public sector tech suppliers using real time data.

We’re also ranked 74th, up from 136 👉 bit.ly/3MaNlvr

What happens when a women’s health business is labelled “adult content”?

🚫 Bank accounts blocked
⚠️ Payments flagged
📉 High risk tags

New research from CensHERship and The Case For Her shows how outdated systems misclassify FemTech.

Read more: www.censhership.co.uk/research

Where are the UK’s frontier sectors really growing?

A new whitepaper published by @OxfordEconomics, in collaboration with The Data City, maps where six key IS-8 sectors stand today and where they’re expected to grow by 2030.

www.oxfordeconomics.com/resource/map...

Did you know only 2% of funding goes to women-led businesses?

In case you missed it, The Lifted Project is now The Whole Point.

A UK-wide, government-aligned initiative increasing funding for women-led businesses. Proud to support with real-time data.

thewholepoint.co.uk

Which tech companies are shaping the future of public services?

We’ve partnered with @tussell.bsky.social and @techuk.bsky.social to launch the Tech200, powered by The Data City’s real-time company classification.

Launching soon 👀

#Tech200

Which sectors are driving demand?

We help commercial property investors, developers and advisors identify growth sectors, assess demand, and support occupier, leasing and investment decisions – all in one platform.

Find out more today at: thedatacity.com/commercial-p...

Introducing Frontier Friday 🚀

A new weekly series from The Data City bringing the frontier economy to life. with real-time insights into the sectors, clusters and companies shaping the UK right now.

Follow us to see the frontier economy, in real-time, every Friday.

Yesterday we joined @OxfordEconomics' Global Economic Outlook Conference in London to explore the forces driving change.

Our Chief Economist @paulswinney.bsky.social presented how we're building a real-time view of the UK economy using web data, machine learning & modern sector classifications.

Cities Outlook 2026 is out now.

@centreforcities.bsky.social latest report explores how UK cities are performing on jobs, skills, housing, productivity and innovation.

You can read the full report today:

www.centreforcities.org/publication/...

Decarbonisation in & beyond the Northern Growth Corridor - Northern Powerhouse Partnership The net zero transition is often framed as a future ambition. New analysis from the Northern Powerhouse Partnership shows that it is already a significant and economically important part of the North ...

Read the full report from The Northern Powerhouse Partnership here: www.northernpowerhousepartnership.co.uk/publications...

Put north of England ‘front and centre’ of net zero strategy, Reeves urged Region has higher share of net zero economic output, data shows, and Labour leaders fear Reform would dismantle industry if it wins power

New insights with The Northern Powerhouse Partnership show how net zero makes up a bigger share of the northern economy than nationally.

♻️ Up to 7% of output in places like Sunderland
🌍 8,500+ sites
👷 140,000+ jobs
💷 £13.3bn GVA (20%+ of UK total)

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We’ve rebuilt our EdTech RTIC to show what the sector looks like today.

Shaped with the Department for Education & Public, it reveals a clearer picture of UK EdTech

👉 Read more: thedatacity.com/blog/edtech-... "

How can think tanks use big data in research?

Great to join @smartthinking.bsky.social yesterday. Our Chief Economist @paulswinney.bsky.social spoke on how tools like The Data City help map emerging sectors in real time.

Try it yourself: thedatacity.com/free-trial/

The Data City in 2026: Scaling Globally  - The Data City

We set our sights on global scale, now it's real.

🌍 Teams in Leeds, London & NYC
🤝 Joint Venture with Oxford Economics
🚀 £1.75m ARR

Read Paul’s update on what’s next 👇
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Just how realistic is Scotland’s ambition to become a space nation? - The Data City # City Share of the UK’s Space Economy businesses Share of all UK businesses Difference (percentage points) 1 Edinburgh 2.3% 0.7% 1.6 2 Bristol 2.3% 1.1% 1.2 3 Aldershot 1.3% 0.3% 1.0 4 Cambridge 0.9%...

Is Scotland on its way to becoming a space nation? 🚀

Last week, the FT spotlighted Glasgow’s growing space sector and the nanosatellites being built in the city. But how does Scotland really compare to the rest of the UK?

Read the full blog:
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Have the UK’s northern cities really experienced a productivity miracle? - Economics Observatory While official data points to a 'productivity miracle' in several large northern cities since 2019, a closer look suggests otherwise. This serves as a reminder to sense-check any data before using it,...

Great work here by @paulswinney.bsky.social - www.economicsobservatory.com/have-the-uks...

Building trustworthy real-time economic data infrastructure, is exactly why we built @thedatacity.bsky.social The Data City.

A big welcome to Anna Fysh, who joins The Data City as our Marketing Campaign Manager 🎉

Anna brings experience across brand, digital and integrated campaigns. At The Data City, she’ll lead our end to end campaigns across paid, content, ABM and web.

Welcome to the team, Anna 👋

Thanks for sharing Max!

Where do the Government’s Industrial Strategy IS-8 sectors cluster across the country? - The Data City Advanced Manufacturing Clean Energy Industries Life Sciences Creative Industries Digital and Technologies Financial Services Professional and Business Services Advanced Manufacturing 1.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0...

V useful on clusters and UK industrial strategy by @paulswinney.bsky.social @thedatacity.bsky.social

thedatacity.com/blog/where-d...

Why was the public sector paying again and again for the same data?

Councils, departments, universities… all hiring consultants to map the same sectors from scratch.

We saw the problem, and fixed it. Find out more in our latest blog.

thedatacity.com/blog/how-the...

Industry Engine v5.10 is live 🚀 (our final release of 2025)

Clearer signals, better collaboration.

🔍 Improved What Companies Do Where (935k companies)
🤝 Share full Explore folders
📊 Better downloads & cleaner visuals

Less guesswork. More confidence. Data that keeps up.

Everyone’s asking where the Industrial Strategy sectors actually cluster.

The truth? Official data can’t answer that. Our real-time data shows the real picture - from Cambridgeshire’s Life Sciences to Aberdeen’s manufacturing strength. 👇

thedatacity.com/blog/where-d...

"10 out of 10 for The Data City team."

B Lab UK used our data to prove that B Corps are more resilient than the average UK business.

✅ 93% survival rate post-COVID
✅ Higher median investment raised

👉 Read the case study: thedatacity.com/case-studies...

Join GC Insight & The Data City for a webinar on the UK’s 8 growth-driving sectors (IS-8) - and how Combined Authorities can use real-time data to shape strategy.

📅 10 Dec, 12:30pm
💻 Online

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The UK PropTech sector is moving fast - and now we can finally pinpoint the companies driving it.

We’ve used our new ALPHA RTIC to reveal the Top 10 fastest-growing PropTech companies in the UK.

thedatacity.com/blog/the-top...

Scaleups are just 0.8% of UK businesses but drive 50% of SME output. The ScaleUp Annual Review 2025 from the ScaleUp Institute explores how we can support this segment.

This analysis uses our RTICs + clustering to map scaleup activity in the IS8 sectors.

www.scaleupinstitute.org.uk/reports/annu...