A first-hand account of the UK Flywheel event at the National Theatre: part love letter to the UK cyber ecosystem, part demolition of the comforting myths around funding, government “capability”, and NCSC’s role. From the NCSC Annual Review to West Midlands Cyber Hub, this is what the day looked like from the founder trenches rather than the podium.
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The West Midlands Cyber Hub marks a long-held ambition to give the region a central home for cyber. Building on the rebooted West Midlands Cyber Working Group (WM CWG), the Hub is designed to strengthen community coherence, increase investment, and connect students, SMEs, enterprises, and universities in a neutral space. Supported by DSIT, Innovate UK, Aston University, TechWM, and the Innovation Alliance for the West Midlands, the Hub will open its first phase at Enterprise Wharf in Birmingham, forming the core of a hub-and-spoke model across the region. The project team, led by Sevgi Aksoy and I (Wayne Horkan), with Rebecca Robinson as PM, is preparing for a pre-launch event on 30th September 2025.
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