Reported By: Debashis Sarkar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Last Updated: June 24, 2023, 14:03 IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n London, United Kingdom (UK)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n ”In my view, we want to digitise everything and government services should be seamless. They should be extremely cost effective to operate for the consumer but also for the government itself,” said Dominic Johnson, UK Minister of State for Business and Trade. (Image: Debashis Sarkar\/News18)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The United Kingdom is going all out to promote itself as the big tech capital of the world and it wants to attract top tech talent from across the world for the same. But what about visas? Is the UK looking at easing the process of handing visas to people looking at moving to the UK for business, education or jobs? <\/p>\n On the sidelines of London Tech Week, Dominic Johnson<\/strong>, UK Minister of State for Business and Trade in an interaction with Debashis Sarkar, Editor, News18 Tech spoke about how the UK needs to further improve its visa process.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my view, we want to digitise everything and government services should be seamless. They should be extremely cost effective to operate for the consumer but also for the government itself. And we need a free flow of people coming from all over the world with the intellectual capital to support our science and technology ambitions. So, the short answer is Yes, improvements can and should be made,\u201d said Johnson. <\/p>\n WATCH VIDEO: TCS, Infosys And Other Indian Tech Companies Help UK Big Time<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re introducing E-visas to certain countries. So, if you look at the Middle Eastern countries, I hope between February and March next year, we\u2019re going to have a very straightforward E-visa gate system which will make travel much easier. And I know that in the free trade negotiations, the principle around trying to get the best talent from India to come to the UK to make their businesses a success is very much at the forefront of the discussions,\u201d he stressed. <\/p>\n Johnson said that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has a very \u201cclear vision\u201d when it comes to making Britain a science and technology superpower by 2030. While Sunak\u2019s government is pitching itself as an attractive destination for talented people in the field of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, semiconductor manufacturing and life sciences among others, the UK is also realising the importance of investing in its own citizens to broaden its local STEM talent pool. <\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 it is through intellectual capital that we\u2019re going to survive as a nation into the future. So, rather than necessarily chasing the old occupations, it\u2019s important that we train our populations in order to be able to contribute usefully to the new ones and that gives us strength, wealth and security,\u201d said Johnson<\/p>\n \u201cThe prime minister is absolutely right that it is a race and is determined to make sure that we have the expertise trained in the UK and by doing that we\u2019re putting a great deal of money into university research. I\u2019m personally working on a number of projects to make sure that there\u2019s funding for university spinouts. So, there are amazing ideas that can be taken and capitalised on, made commercial and at the same time we\u2019re very aware of the need for Global Talent Britain,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Reported By: Debashis Sarkar Last Updated: June 24, 2023, 14:03 IST London, United Kingdom (UK) ”In my view, we want to digitise everything and government services should be seamless. 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<\/figure>\nMinister Dominic Johnson said that UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has a very \u201cclear vision\u201d when it comes to making Britain a science and technology superpower by 2030.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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