Local Digital Capital Index 2021

In 2021, Henham worked with techUK to develop the concept of a Local Digital Capital Index which would provide a framework for measuring the performance of the tech sector in the UK’s nations and regions, and provide recommendations to policymakers. 

The Local Digital Capital index is designed to show the current status of different parts of the country in terms of their Local Digital Capital - but also to be a guide as to how they might improve their performance in the future. We see this as a vital part of the ‘levelling up’ agenda. 

What was particularly interesting to us, both when pulling together the data which this index relies on and in building the model which underpins the index, was how close the correlation is between Local Digital Capital as a concept and Levelling Up. If the Government really wants to ‘level up’, helping local areas improve their Local Digital Capital would be a good place to start.