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Tay Cities Region backed by up to £20 million from UK government to grow its thriving creative tech sector

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Investment will back local talent advancing creative technologies like computer games and virtual reality to drive new products and grow the economy.

  • Up to £20 million of UK government funding for Scotland will turbocharge local innovation in the Tay Cities to create jobs and grow the local economy
  • Investment in local talent will grow the creative industries across Dundee, Perth and beyond to drive discoveries that benefit Scotland and the wider UK
  • Funding comes from £500 million Local Innovation Partnerships Fund, backed by the UK government’s record £86 billion R&D settlement

    • Innovators from the Tay Cities Region who are revolutionising creative technologies from computer games to virtual reality (VR) will be backed by up to £20 million from the UK government – turbocharging the potential of local innovators.

    UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has today (25 March) confirmed that the Tay Cities Region in Scotland will receive funding from the competitive strand of the UK government’s £500 million Local Innovation Partnerships Fund.

    This will back the Tay Cities Region – including Angus, Dundee, Fife, and Perth and Kinross – to accelerate the growth of its thriving creative technology sector. As an anchor for this cluster, Dundee’s creative and digital industries generated £353 million turnover in 2022.

    Spanning video games, design innovations, and emerging technologies like immersive VR, local expertise could bring the experience of a museum tour to life for millions, or transform film sets to digital instead of green screens - opening up new opportunities for businesses and workers in the sector.

    This will help fast‑track ideas from prototype to market, back collaborative R&D, attract expert talent, and open up clear routes to investment and new markets.

    The competition has attracted a high level of interest, with successful places from other UK nations to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

    UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said:

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