Milton Keynes is a highly successful place to do business and has been at the forefront of growth in Tech and Artificial Intelligence in recent years.
Our city is home to the world’s largest fleet of autonomous delivery robots, and in 2019 and 2024, Milton Keynes was the host city of the European Robotics League Competition in Centre:MK.
It is no coincidence that the first multi-national agreement on the future of Artificial Intelligence – the Bletchley Declaration – was signed in our city at Bletchley Park, a site of global significance for technological revolutions. Milton Keynes had already been identified as having “clear scope to be a global destination for future waves of innovation-led growth in the application of AI.” The MK AI Report identified Milton Keynes as a UK leader in AI and outlined the city’s investment in educating the next generation of talent through MK College’s Institute of Technology and the plans for MK:U.
Milton Keynes is a leading UK city for technology. Already, one in three jobs in the city is in technology, and the City Council and its partners have ambitious plans to grow and connect the tech ecosystem in the city.
The City Council has funded Protospace to deliver the first homepage for technology in Milton Keynes – a digital home for all information, events and facilities. Protospace is a not-for-profit initiative to support, connect, and grow the tech ecosystem in Milton Keynes.
The Milton Keynes Whitecap Tech Ecosystem report offers analysis of the tech ecosystem within Milton Keynes, evaluating the current position, the scale of growth, and emerging opportunities across the city.
On 19/03/2024, Milton Keynes City Council approved the first ever 'Tech, Smart City, Digital and Creative Industries Strategy' for the City of Milton Keynes. You can download the Strategy below.
Grant funding opportunity
There is currently an open opportunity to bid for UK Shared Prosperity fund under the supporting business theme for projects which support the tech community in Milton Keynes.
Please see all details at UK Shared Prosperity Fund | Milton Keynes City Council (milton-keynes.gov.uk).
This grant competition closes on 09/04/2024