About Intellect | Who we are

Our mission

Our mission

Intellect works with and for members to:

• develop the UK’s capability to support a strong and growing technology sector
• improve their business performance by
  • providing insights into markets and supply chains and constructively influencing their development
  • engaging with government and regulators to create the most favourable environment for growth and employment
  • maintaining the industry’s reputation and championing its strategic importance
  • sharing and promoting best practice

Our mission is to use our expertise and knowledge to provide the highest quality of service and intelligence to our members in the technology industry, helping them to make the right business decisions to deliver commercial solutions and achieve growth and profitability.

We are constantly striving to provide work environments where our members can meet their potential and thrive in an atmosphere of excellence through working closely with the government, regulatory bodies, policy makers and businesses.

What does Intellect do?

What does Intellect do?

We promote common interests and improvements in and across the information and communications technologies, electronics manufacturing and design and consumer electronics sectors, including defence and space-related IT. By becoming an Intellect member, you are given a stronger more collective voice to help drive connections with both government and business to create a commercial environment in which you can thrive. By becoming an Intellect member, you can be rest assured that the wealth of experience and expertise you will have access to, will guarantee you and your business is in the best place to tackle industry challenges and take advantage of market developments and news.

How does Intellect do this?

How does Intellect do this?

We promote the common interests and improvements of our members via:

• publication of guidelines
• codes of practice
• regulatory developments
• frequent discussions with regulatory bodies
• over 70 regular group discussion forums/meetings
• over 50 discounted conferences
• industry lunches and awards evenings

What do our members actually do?

What do our members actually do?

Our members come from all parts that make up the technology sector:

• electronics, IT and telecommunications
• industrial manufacturing, materials and transport technologies
• energy
• physical and exact sciences
• protecting man and environment
• other industrial technologies

Our members' products and services enable hundreds of millions of phone calls and emails every day, allow the 60 million people in the UK to watch television and listen to the radio, power London’s world leading financial services industry, save thousands of lives through accurate blood matching and screening technology, and has made possible the Oyster system, which Londoners use to make 28 million journeys every week.

In the past 12 months 14,500 people have visited Intellect's offices to participate in over 550 meetings and 3,900 delegates have attended the external conferences and events we organise.

The technology industry contributes over 10% of the UK GDP and directly employs over a million people in the UK.