![Commuters walk across a footbridge in the Canary Wharf business, financial and shopping district in London, U.K. on Monday, March 9, 2020. As the coronavirus spreads, British bankers are preparing to use trading sites miles from London’s City and Canary Wharf -- and their regulators are keeping a keen eye on that contingency planning. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/AJ5OWTPLOKNOVERVEYXLLX52ZA.jpg?smart=true&auth=fa64aa61d66c20c7d0dc34c0085a4ee3da4c85116bcd515d5209102cecae0072&width=400&height=225)
Commuters walk across a footbridge in Canary Wharf, London. The UK's capital attracted $9.5bn in venture funding last year. Bloomberg
Commuters walk across a footbridge in Canary Wharf, London. The UK's capital attracted $9.5bn in venture funding last year. Bloomberg
Why the time is right for a UK-Saudi tech hub
A new organisation could act as an umbrella to support innovation and research links between the two nations
Roxana Mohammadian Molina
10 March, 2020