What is TechWorks?

TechWorks is a UK-based industry association focused on advancing the country’s deep tech capabilities. It connects technical and business communities to support innovation, collaboration, and sustainable industry growth.

What is the mission of TechWorks?

TechWorks’ mission is to strengthen the UK’s position as a global leader in future technologies by forming influential, connected communities that shape industry advancements and drive profitable growth for members.

Why was TechWorks created?

TechWorks was formed in response to increasing technological complexity, rapid innovation, and political uncertainty. It aims to help the UK take a leadership role in global tech development, particularly in deep tech sectors.

What does TechWorks do for its members?

TechWorks supports its members through:

• Building and engaging deep tech communities
• Hosting world-class events and sector-specific activities
• Promoting member brands and UK tech excellence
• Nurturing future industry leaders and talent
• Facilitating leadership collaboration across sectors
• Creating and managing industry-wide improvement projects

What are ‘Connected Communities’?

Connected Communities are specialized member groups within TechWorks that focus on particular technology domains while remaining linked to a broader ecosystem. This model encourages cross-domain collaboration and shared solutions to common challenges.

How does TechWorks support the UK tech ecosystem?

TechWorks works across industry, academia, and government to:

• Identify and tackle critical challenges
• Empower innovation and investment
• Strengthen the UK as a top global location to start, scale, and sustain deep tech organizations

Why should businesses join TechWorks now?

With rapid change and rising complexity in tech, businesses face significant disruption. TechWorks offers strategic support, industry leadership, and a platform for proactive collaboration—making it a timely and essential partner in navigating current and future challenges.

Does TechWorks support traditional electronics and semiconductor sectors?

Yes. TechWorks continues to support the NMI Connected Communities in Electronic Systems Design and Manufacturing, offering traditional benefits while expanding into future tech development.

Who can join TechWorks?

Membership is open to organizations and individuals involved in deep tech development—this includes startups, established tech firms, academia, investors, and public sector stakeholders.

What is Deep Tech?

Deep Tech is having profound impact on segments including autonomous systems, robotics, smart home/cities, medical devices, clean tech, energy efficiency and many more developing or emerging application areas.

We define Deep Tech as technology that is based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific advances and discoveries. Deep Tech is often set apart by its profound enabling power, the differentiation it can create, and its potential to catalyse change. Deep Tech companies often possess fundamental and defensible engineering innovations that distinguish them from those companies that are focused on the incremental refinement or delivery of standardised technologies or only use business model innovation to create opportunities. Deep Tech can span across many technological areas and can impact diverse applications. On the technological front, these can include processing and computing architecture innovations, advances in semiconductors and electronic systems, power electronics, vision and speech algorithms and techniques, artificial intelligence and machine learning, haptics and more.

What are the T&Cs regarding Membership Fees?

• All fees are payable in £ (British pound), per annum, and exclusive of applicable sales taxes.
• Corporate membership fees are based on organisational headcount.
• Membership runs for one year from the date of application acceptance, are non-refundable and non-transferable.
• Renewals are issued automatically and are due at the anniversary date.
• Membership fees are reviewed annually and updated from time to time as necessary to ensure provision of services – we will always notify members of such changes before they happen.
• We are committed to providing a valuable service to you/your organisation. In the event that you/your organisation does not wish to renew membership at the anniversary date, you must notify us of cancellation within 30 days of the renewal notice.
• We reserve the right to charge statutory interest for late payments