Silicon Milkroundabout
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Silicon Milkroundabout is a series of job fairs held in London, England[1] and Edinburgh, Scotland[2] for the UK tech start-up community.[3] The event's name is a portmanteau of Silicon Roundabout and the Milk round university recruiting events.
The company was founded by Cristiana Camisotti, Ian Hogarth, and Pete Smith[4][5][6] - the latter two are also the founders of Songkick - in 2011. Its inaugural event took place in a pub with 40 start-up companies.[5] The initiative was supported by David Cameron's initiative Tech City.[7]
The event was expanded into Scotland in 2015 as Silicon Milkroundabout Scotland 1.0.[8] This event was held in Edinburgh with 40 companies and 450 attendees.
The intention of the business was to attract computer science talent to the startup community, in response to a high number of vacancies in the tech start-up sector.[3][9][10]
Events
Events are held biannually in London and Edinburgh,[citation needed] and attendees are required to go through an application process to attend.[11] Events are free for job seekers with a ticket to attend.[12]
The event taking place in April 2020 was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[13]