Britons wanting to feel optimistic about their economy should look no further than its booming tech industry. Figures published on Friday confirmed that the sector is powering growth: information technology contributed 0.1 percentage points of the 0.5 per cent growth in the first quarter of the year. In total, tech has grown 17.6 per cent since the EU referendum in 2016, compared with a sluggish 5.5 per cent for the economy as a whole