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“Tech has transformed the UK-Israel relationship. The partnership that has developed in recent years between the UK and Israel proves how technology connects nations and people, grows economies, and creates jobs.

As the British Ambassador to Israel I see extraordinary cooperation growing every day between our two countries across a range of technologies, from biomed to Big Data.

Britain is now a serious partner for Israeli technology, offering Israeli innovators an exciting alternative for going global.

British businesses have learned that sourcing innovation from Israel can give them a global competitive edge, and help them win business around the world. The potential has always been there. Israel is a cauldron of disruptive and exciting innovation. Britain has large numbers of global companies looking for the best innovation, along with three of the world’s top ten universities, one of the world’s two financial centres, more banks than anywhere else in the world, and trading links all over the globe. Plus we are less than five hours’ flight away. It is an obvious match.” (British Ambassador to Israeli Matthew Gould, in an article for Informilo, 16/09/2014)