Milton Keynes is one of the most advanced and well-developed regions of Buckinghamshire and is an attractive tech and business destination outside London. Even before the development of the modern-day towns of Bletchley and Milton Keynes, the original villages in the region enjoyed historical significance since as early as the 11th century, as documented in the Domesday Book. Developed in the ’60s to counter the housing congestion in London and the immediate areas, Milton Keynes is now one of the fastest-growing towns in the country. One of the last new towns built in England, Milton Keynes largely owes its growth and economic progress to the technology sector. It is home to more than 10,000 businesses and includes the head offices of some of the top corporations in the world. But how did this new town in the heart of Buckinghamshire come to be one of the top tech hubs in the country?

In 2017, Milton Keynes overtook Cambridge to become UK’s fastest-growing town or city economy. Big tech companies like VMware, Xero, Amazon, T-Systems, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Tech Mahindra, Cisco, Apple, Bosch, Oracle, and Network Rail choosing to have their offices in Milton Keynes has led to the town becoming a magnet that attracts tech professionals and experts from all over the country. It has gradually emerged out as one of the best towns in the UK that has a good flow of both, excellent employment and training opportunities, as well as suitable candidates who can fill these specialist tech roles.

Another important specialist tech sector that has been at the centre of the tech revolution in Milton Keynes is the world-leading High-Performance Technologies sector. It proves as an ideal operational base for research centres of businesses like Red Bull Racing, Prodrive, IMS Evolve, Catapult Transport Systems and CityFibre, as it provides easy access to leading technology research, dedicated business infrastructure, advanced engineering supply chain and a large number of trained workers from the surrounding regions.

For these very same reasons, Santander, which is one of the largest employers in Milton Keynes, has chosen to build an innovative digital hub to provide environmental and economic benefits to the local community. The state-of-the-art infrastructure will also bring the staff and community together under a sustainable developmental model and the long-term investment will cement MK’s position as a leading technology centre in the country.