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Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond visits hedgehog lab

Date

3rd August 2017

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1 min

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Sam Jordan

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond visited hedgehog lab in the run-up to the snap General Election to discuss the thriving UK digital sector and what the government could do to assist. 

Spending just over an hour with hedgehog lab director Brannan Coady and a number of other local York-based business leaders‚ the Chancellor touched on a range of topics from the gig economy to the new HS2 railway line connecting the north of England. 

Brannan Coady‚ hedgehog lab Managing Director‚ Said today “We welcome the Chancellor’s visit and hope that he found the meeting useful in determining the digital economic strategy over the coming years”