A new taskforce to support Wales' tech sector has been launched in response to the coronavarius.
The COVID-19 Tech Taskforce for Wales (CV-19 TTW) brings together leading organisations in Wales to identify new initiatives to support the tech sector during the pandemic.
With representation from key industry partners, stakeholders and support agencies, will coordinate a dialogue between the Welsh and 海角视频 governments and financial institutions to help shape measures aimed at supporting the tech sector in Wales, which employs more than 50,000.
Coordinated by Tramshed Tech and supported by a range of key industry partners, it includes leading tech companies like Amplyfi, Wolfberry and DevOpsGroup, alongside financiers in the Development Bank for Wales, the British Business Bank, Hodge and NatWest, as well as and sector support organisations like Tech Nation, AI Wales, Cyber Wales, FinTech Wales, Business in Focus and the Focus Enterprise Hubs.
It provides a single point of contact to represent respective communities of tech, digital and creative industry freelancers, micro-businesses, SME’s, industry experts and finance institutions, alongside major tech focused employer such as Airbus, Thales, Microsoft and Splunk.
With support from the likes of the NHS Informatics Service NWIS, the Cyber Wales Innovation Hub at Cardiff University and the Alacrity Foundation, and leading Welsh SME’s like Awen Collective and Delsion, CV-19 TTW will provide industry-leading opinion, feedback and expertise on technology products and services available across Wales.
Having established open lines of communication with the 海角视频 and Welsh governments and local authorities, the taskforce will also assess the scale of the short, intermediate and long-term impact on business and work together to help shape measures to address them.
It will also act as two-way portal to collate and represent the views of the Welsh tech sector — whilst feeding government health advice and business guidance into companies that desperately need it, along with a mechanism to access any support funding on offer to Welsh businesses..
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The taskforce is currently conducting a survey around the impact of COVID-19 on freelancers, businesses, SME’s and large organisations.
It has created a portal compiling a list of resources to help individuals and businesses navigate the range of support available to them.
Founder of Tramshed Tech and Welsh representative on the 海角视频 Tech Cluster Group, Mark John said: "At this most difficult time for Welsh tech businesses, faced with unprecedented challenges, whether in terms of health or finances, it has been so heartening and inspiring to see the response we have had from all sectors of the Welsh tech economy, with a range of partners all looking to join forces in this time of crisis.
"To witness Wales pulling together to help each other in these desperate times through the creation of this joint Taskforce - it is truly uplifting.”
Chief executive one of Wales' leading tech firms Amplyfi, Chris Ganje, said: "Amplyfi is well positioned to contribute to the tech taskforce; an initiative that will deliver vital support to many businesses in such unprecedented, challenging times.
"The taskforce will bring many prominent Welsh businesses together to support each other going forward. Dedicated to helping society.
We already publicly released its COVID-19 to provide both the public and experts with free access to accurate information on the pandemic. We hope that we can bring our leading deep-tech capabilities to bear through the Tech Taskforce and continue to deliver for the common good.”