Accelerating Jersey's digital future

Digital Jersey Society
Digital Jersey Society
Digital Jersey Society
Digital Jersey Society
Digital Jersey Society
Digital Jersey Society
What we do

Digital Jersey drives the growth of Jersey’s digital industries and champions the use of technology to strengthen and expand our economy.

Our focus is on nurturing a culture of innovation, driving up skills and bringing together the brightest minds to grow Jersey’s digital sector, create jobs, deliver cutting-edge solutions and ensure the island is fit for a digital future.

How can we help

Meet The Team

The team at Digital Jersey is a combination of professionals and expert advisors, each with different backgrounds, experience, knowledge and skills. Our staff bring expertise across innovation, industry, marketing, operations and education, working together to drive impactful programmes and support our digital community. Learn more about each team member here.

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Economic Development

Leveraging technology to drive economic development, create new jobs, and diversify the economy.

Tactics

  • Attract inward investment into the digital sector through relocations.
  • Support local start-ups and entrepreneurs to innovate and scale.
  • Help established technology companies thrive and grow.
  • Partner with government departments and ALOs to develop policies and plans that create a favourable business environment for the digital industry.

Innovation

Support innovation by advancing new technologies and building a smarter, digital future across all of Jersey’s economy, from FinTech to AgriTech and beyond.

Tactics

  • Create partnerships with higher education and research institutions to pursue joint projects.
  • Facilitate the development of tech incubators and accelerators that encourage experimentation and innovation.
  • Provide platforms for knowledge sharing and collaboration among tech professionals to spur innovation.
  • Make sure there are avenues for funding to support R&D activities, possibly through grants or partnerships with venture capital entities.
  • The Data Exchange.
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Digital Skills

Upskill the local workforce to meet the demands of a digital economy.

Including technical digital skills, leadership, and strategic competencies.

Tactics

  • Offer courses that cater to different skill levels, from beginners to advanced practitioners.
  • Collaborate with local education institutions to integrate digital skills into broader curriculums.
  • Develop training programmes for specific industry sectors to help equip the workforce for the future of work.

Services & Support

The Digital Jersey Hub is the centre of Jersey’s tech community, offering hot desking and dedicated desk spaces, meeting rooms and event facilities. The Digital Jersey Xchange (DJX) is a dedicated lab for testing IoT services.

The Digital Jersey team works closely with counterpart agencies to support local entrepreneurs, enterprises and inward investors in achieving their business goals.

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Office Space

Digital Jersey offers local entrepreneurs, start-ups, enterprises and inward investors flexible, low-cost use of the Digital Jersey Hub as a platform from which to grow their business. Facilities include permanent workspace, meeting rooms, event space and access to hot desking.

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Inward Investment

The Digital Jersey team offers hands on support to digital businesses looking to invest in Jersey. We work closely with Locate Jersey to guide and advise businesses through the investment cycle, from the initial enquiry, to support with application and help in building a new network of contacts. To find out more go to www.locatejersey.com.

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Work Permissions

Digital Jersey has a strong working relationship with the Business Hub and will guide and support businesses seeking Registered or Licenced work permissions for employees. This includes support with compiling necessary documentation and applicant endorsement.

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Skills Zone

The Digital Jersey Hub hosts regular CPD events in its skills zone including knowledge transfer workshops and courses that end in certification such as the Jersey Coding Programme. The facilities also offer webinar-style lectures and discussions.

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Connections

The Digital Jersey team work to connect businesses with relevant stakeholders such as policymakers, regulators and key industry leaders in both government and industry. Whether at formal networking events or directly, we fully harness the benefits of business proximity to key decision makers.

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Promotion

From advertisement of events on our website to the opportunity to include a piece in our Digital Newsletter, there are a number of ways in which Digital Jersey support the promotional activity of our members. To find out more, view our membership package and benefits.

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For Jersey to be successful in the coming decades, it is vital that we not only react to economic shifts but proactively accelerate the adoption of technology. If you want to find out more about our strategies and plans, and how we’re accelerating Jersey’s digital future, click below.

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