Google extends London Campus

Google is to extend its London Campus for start-up tech firms to the rest of the UK through a mentoring service and network programmes.

Google's Campus, part of the so-called Tech City or Silicon Roundabout in east London, has launched a "virtual mentor" service to for companies across the UK.

This week it hosted 150 start-up firms from around the country at the first Google Grand National day.

Google's Campus now has 5,000 members, of which 100 have office space at the internet giant's east London hub.