TechStars London brings access to UK visa

It's a pity the UK immigration system as a whole isn't so forward looking. Our prime minister's recent drive to appease the right has meant a target to cut net migration to 5 figures by 2015. Result? Thousands of people graduating from UK universities no longer have the right to stay for any length of time. Skilled workers from outside the EU find it virtually impossible to move here.

This is a step in the right direction, but for every foreigner accepted into an accelerator like this there's thousands of skilled and willing people being kicked out and turned away.

Great post, but I think that Startup Chile was the first accelerator program to guarantee a Visa, though whether that counts as a top-tier program is subject to debate. Whatever the case, it's great to see the UK leading the US here.

Interesting, I was actually looking for something like this late last year. Instead I've decided to leave the UK and join the totalsend.com team here in Cape Town which was a great move.