Under The Microscope - A Review of the UK Technology Sector

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FOREWORD

Welcome to Under The Microscope: A review of the UK Technology sector. This review is based on detailed analysis of corporate reporting by public Technology companies in the UK as told through their annual reports, together with comments on the backdrop of corporate activity that has marked out the sector in recent years. Often it is difficult when confronted with an external reporting challenge to look around at one's peer group and answer the age old question "How does everyone else do it?" Our aim in this review was not only to provide some answers to this question, but to provide insights into how different companies are addressing the same challenges; not just in corporate reporting but in how to explain their results to the market or describing how key industry developments are impacting them. It is often only once the "how?" is understood that the "why?" and "what do we do?" questions can be answered.