This month's techUK Talking 5 guest is Natalie Duffield, CEO, WeLink and Co-Chair of techUK’s Local Public Services Committee.

Local tech sectors are “hugely important” for the future prosperity of places outside London and the South East, according to a leading tech CEO.

Digital technologies can only save money and improve quality of life if we have the ultrafast networks to run them, says WeLink CEO Natalie Duffield

Big Tech is making big bets that will determine the future of place, the environments where we live, work and dream.

Connected devices will soon outnumber human beings by more than five to one. No wonder broadband speeds struggle to keep up.

The numbers don’t lie. Central government funding for local authorities fell by more than 50 per cent between 2010-11 and 2020-21.

As names, they seem innocuous enough. Sandworm Team, Telebots, Voodoo Bear and Iron Vi-king could have come from a harmless video game

“One day you’re cock of the walk, the next a feather duster.” The presenter Piers Morgan’s mantra could easily be applied to Netflix

At first glance, Wistaston Road could be a busy terraced street in any post-industrial northern town

WeLink CEO Natalie Duffield says connectivity and carbon emissions are entwined – if places can increase speeds, they can reduce unnecessary travel