LONDON (dpa-AFX) - The UK Government has extended its Global Talent visa to more than 100 innovative research companies enabling them to support some of the world's brightest scientists and engineers to come and work in the UK.
The move will help secure the arrival of some of the world's best and brightest to drive breakthroughs in clean energy, life sciences and AI, while helping key businesses to innovate, scale and stay in the UK, in one more step towards re-industrializing Britain, UK's Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade said.
Having already helped over 12,500 talented people from more than 130 countries build their research careers in Britain via the endorsed funder pathway, this expansion of the Global Talent visa route means some of the UK's most innovative companies can now host top researchers alongside higher education, academic and independent research institutes and bodies.
The Global Talent visa recognizes talented individuals at all career stages who have already proven themselves, including through a number of fast-track pathways - a leading academic appointment, a competitive fellowship, or being named on a funded research grant.
The companies that have been selected to recruit foreign talents include global names like AstraZeneca and Jaguar Land Rover as well as fast-growing innovators, including Added Value Solutions, Denroy Plastics and Ffilm Cymru.
The R&D companies covered by the expansion each fall into the eight high-growth sectors identified in the government's Modern Industrial Strategy - including advanced manufacturing, digital and technologies, clean energy, life sciences and the creative industries.
The UK is already a magnet for the world's most brilliant minds - and the discoveries they make here change lives and grow our economy, said Jonathan Reynolds, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade.
'By expanding the Global Talent visa to more than 100 businesses, we're making it easier than ever for our most innovative companies to recruit eligible researchers who will develop the medicines, technologies and industries of the future right here in the UK, underpinning our industrial strategy, creating skilled jobs and driving growth in the process.'
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