DanRobinson published Accelerate Places aim to turn Nottingham into future centre of...

Billed as the East Midlands equivalent of London's Silicon Roundabout, the people behind Accelerate Places Nottingham are bidding to turn it into a similar hotbed for tech businesses and software developers. Dan Robinson drops in to talk to Mark Onyett, one of the key investors, to find out what it's all about. Manufacturing, lace and tobacco are the industry pillars with which Nottingham has long been synonymous – now the city could become one of the centres of technology in the 21st...