George R Garner

UK government eyes AstraZeneca factory expansion deal

...He set aside £520mn in his November Autumn Statement to “build resilience for future health emergencies and capitalise on the UK’s R&D strengths”....

January 24, 2024

UK economy

Treasury ministers boost hopes for business tax cuts at Autumn Statement

...He added: “Serious people who run significant tranches of our economy in the City of London want serious people in the Treasury making long-term decisions rather than seeking to garner political support...

November 10, 2023

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Autumn Statement

Jeremy Hunt set to overhaul Britain’s R&D tax credits scheme for SMEs

...Onward, a centre-right think-tank, agreed in a report this month that reform was needed but that “R&D tax incentives have successfully raised business R&D to meet our national target for R&D spending eight...

November 14, 2022

News in-depthTech start-ups

UK tech start-ups hasten overseas expansion after R&D tax cuts

...Prime minister Rishi Sunak has charged science minister George Freeman with developing an alternative British plan....

January 28, 2023

News in-depthUK politics

UK’s ‘technical’ recession is politically toxic for Rishi Sunak

...That means that the “R” word will be hanging around the prime minister’s neck until at least May, when the next quarterly GDP figures are released, unless last year’s figures are revised upwards in the meantime...

February 15, 2024

UK politics

Ex-Tory MP Lee Anderson defects to Reform UK

...Anderson last year told local Tory activists in Cambridgeshire: “Now there is a political party that begins with an R that offered me a lot of money to join them....

March 11, 2024

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UK economy

BoE’s Bailey sees signs of ‘somewhat stronger’ UK growth

...“Sunak’s big claim is that he knows how to run the economy, but if the ‘R’ word is being discussed in an election year, that’s very bad for him. We want to fight the election on the economy.”...

February 12, 2024

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Transcript: Is OpenAI’s business model sustainable?

...Madhumita Murgia And his point was, there’s this kind of tension where, you know, they could easily build a profitable business, stop putting so much money into R&D and just improve their primary product...

February 28, 2024

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Transcript: Tories reel from by-election blows

...The R-word now hanging around Rishi Sunak, which she was quick to exploit....

February 16, 2024

The Big Read

Can OpenAI create superintelligence before it runs out of cash?

...“They have a typical start-up identity crisis happening: on one hand they could build a profitable business, wind down their R&D costs and make improvements to their product....

February 15, 2024

LexMicrosoft Corp

Microsoft: early investment in generative AI pays off Premium

...Even better, investment in generative AI start-up OpenAI, home of ChatGPT, has allowed it to add AI to its services while simultaneously slowing spending on R&D....

October 25, 2023

National Archives

Blair government sought treaty to share Parthenon marbles with Greece

...Mitsotakis has been in longstanding discussions with British Museum chair George Osborne about the potential for a loan agreement....

December 29, 2023

UK politics

UK to rejoin EU Horizon research programme

...Letter in response to this article: Rejoining Horizon puts Britain back in the global R&D race / From Sam Laidlaw, Chair, National Centre for Universities and Business, London SE1, UK...

September 6, 2023

FT Swamp Notes

What to watch on Super Tuesday Premium

...Peter Spiegel responds Rana, what you have laid out here is essentially what the Haley campaign has been arguing for weeks: that Trump should be viewed as an incumbent, and an incumbent who cannot garner...

March 4, 2024

UK manufacturing

Kemi Badenoch seeks cash for UK ‘advanced manufacturing plan’

...Other existing schemes include £1.4bn of joint government and industry funding to develop emerging vehicle technologies, £685mn for aerospace R&D and the £650mn “high-value manufacturing catapult” to help...

August 23, 2023

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UK politics

Johnson fought against lockdown in autumn 2020, inquiry told

...Additional reporting by George Parker...

November 7, 2023

FT Magazine

Why Rishi Sunak and his allies believe re-election is not a lost cause

...George Parker is the FT’s political editor. Lucy Fisher is the FT’s Whitehall editor Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...

September 14, 2023

UK manufacturing

UK government pays £500mn in subsidies for Tata battery plant

...Badenoch said Britain would provide “targeted support”, boost R&D, remove bureaucratic barriers, accelerate the rollout of charging points for electric vehicles and address potential trade problems....

July 19, 2023

UK politics

Scientists and industry leaders warn UK and EU over Horizon delays

...“We are prepared to support our R&D sector in all scenarios,” a spokesperson said....

June 26, 2023

FirstFT

FirstFT: Sam Altman returns

...Additional contributions from George Russell, Benjamin Wilhelm, Grace Ramos and Euan Healy...

November 22, 2023

Camilla Cavendish

School chaos shows the price of Britain’s addiction to shortcuts

...But repairs don’t garner headlines. No one gets to cut a ribbon on a patched-up roof....

September 8, 2023

ReviewArchitecture

Gilbert & George Centre — deceptively magnificent within a slice of the old East End

...But that is very much belied by the royal cipher at its centre reading “C III R” (for Charles III Rex)....

April 4, 2023

Diageo PLC

Diageo parts ways with Diddy following racial discrimination claim

...The company described the allegations as “opportunistic attempts to garner press attention”....

June 27, 2023

Music

The best summer music festivals worldwide

...As well as Herbie Hancock, Buddy Guy, George Benson and Thundercat, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and country singer Alison Krauss reunite for their Grammy-winning duo....

May 30, 2023

FT SeriesMilan design special 2023

Is expensive designer furniture worth it?

...When you compare that to millions [for a company like Ikea], you’re not amortising the R&D, the tooling costs, over nearly as many chairs,” he says....

April 1, 2023

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