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UK manufacturing
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
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
FT Live
Inside Politics: who will win the UK general election?
Exclusively for FT subscribers
Wednesday, 8 MayDigital Conference
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
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
FT Live
Future of Asset Management Europe
New fund firm models for Europe's resurgence
Tuesday, 12 NovemberLondon, UK
Transcript
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
Transcript
Transcript: Tories reel from by-election blows
...The R-word now hanging around Rishi Sunak, which she was quick to exploit....
February 16, 2024
UK defence spending
Sunak pledge to boost defence spending raises prospect of cuts elsewhere
...Ben Zaranko, at the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank, said cuts to the civil service and a larger portion of the R&D budget “won’t be enough” to fund the defence spending pledge to 2030....
April 24, 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
The Week Ahead
Opening arguments begin in Trump trial
...PepsiCo Q1, Philip Morris International Q1, RWS Holdings HY, Seagate Q3, Shimano Q1, Spotify Q1, Taylor Wimpey AGM & trading update, Tesla Q1, Texas Instruments Q1, United Parcel Service Q1, Visa Q2, W R...
April 21, 2024
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
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
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
FT Live
The Global Boardroom: 8th Edition
FT journalists in conversation with leaders in business and government
Wednesday, 4 DecemberDigital Conference
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
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
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
The Oscars 2024: all you need to know
‘American Fiction’ and real-life publishing’s attitude to race
...Answer: write a ghetto bestseller featuring an aggressive black man who can’t spell, title it My Pafology, and submit it under a pseudonym, Stagg R Leigh....
January 26, 2024
Brexit
UK re-entry into EU Horizon programme threatened by cash dispute
...“The EU’s delays over the last two years have had a damaging and lasting impact on UK R&D,” said a UK government spokesperson....
March 29, 2023
ObituaryClarence Avant
Clarence Avant, music executive, 1931-2023
...He offered informal advice to presidents, including George HW Bush but mostly on the Democratic side....
August 19, 2023
UK politics
Sunak holds back on rejoining Horizon after Brexit breakthrough
...Another said Sunak was carefully studying the £6bn plan B, drawn up by science minister George Freeman, for Britain to develop a global science collaboration plan....
March 3, 2023

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