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HRH the Duke of York opens the Trampery

By Trampoline Systems | Monday, October 10th, 2011

This afternoon HRH the Duke of York (otherwise known as Prince Andrew) visited the new Trampery to meet the entrepreneurs working there and perform an opening ceremony. The Duke started by meeting Charles and Eric van der Kleij (CEO of the UK Government’s Tech City Investment Organisation) to discuss the state of the East London technology community. He then hosted a roundtable discussion with a dozen entrepreneurs where there was a lively discussion of the challenges faced by UK startups and ideas for measures that could help more businesses succeed.

After this the Duke walked through the Trampery workspace, stopping for a short demonstration of Fuerte’s augmented reality iPad application, before arriving in the newly-opened Trampery Studio where he met with influential figures from the Tech City community and additional entrepreneurs. Finally Charles gave a short speech welcoming the Duke, after which the Duke gave a speech and unveiled a plaque commemorating his visit.

There are some wonderful photographs from the Duke’s visit on the Trampery’s Facebook page.

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