Meet the tech foals to watch if you’re looking for growth June 23, 2016 London is home to 14 billion-dollar valued tech firms, or unicorns. It is the digital capital of Europe, a hub unrivalled in Stockholm, Berlin, Paris or Tel Aviv. But long-term growth doesn’t come from high profile valuations, but the next generation of emerging businesses. In this year’s European Unicorn 2016 report, our analyst team has [...]
Forget unicorns, it’s all about gazelles June 23, 2016 Investors, founders and journalists tend to become animated when discussing unicorns, those rare tech startups valued at over $1bn. Some consider these companies the pinnacle of success, while others claim they represent market froth and an impending correction. Research released this week by GP Bullhound found that in 2016 Europe as a whole has seven [...]
We French will continue investing in London’s world-beating tech sector no matter what June 23, 2016 We are French and, as such, we have a somewhat complicated relationship with the UK. Waterloo signalled the end of French global leadership, and started 140 years of British supremacy. Adding insult to injury, for a few years the French had to endure arriving in London on Eurostar at Waterloo station. But we fought side-by-side [...]
I’m a migrant and entrepreneur: We all deserve better than Brexit June 23, 2016 I’m a Polish migrant and a successful entrepreneur, and I proudly call London home. Having lived in Krakow, Dublin and New York, it was London’s dynamic intersection of cultures from all over the world (and the EU in particular) that made me want to put down roots here. But sadly that dynamism has started to ebb away [...]
I’ve already voted, but I’ve changed my mind – and it’s all to do with house prices… June 23, 2016 I’ve long been a eurosceptic – suspicious of the EU regime and its unelected, barely accountable opacity-swathed ethos. I’m a democrat and a free markets kind of guy who objects to a lurching federal super-state, any hint of a single currency or a loss of our sovereignty. Unelected autocrats in expensed Mercedes doing as they [...]
EU referendum: Brexit is dominating the conversation at the Cannes Festival of Creativity 2016 June 23, 2016 The annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is well under way, and here in sunny France, the mood is a little different this year. Yes, there is the usual showcasing of fantastic creative talent, from design triumphs to breakthrough ad campaigns, but this year, there are no personal agendas. One major question is dominating the lecture [...]
EU referendum: Both campaigns have let women down June 23, 2016 In between trying to understand why your child is growing up so fast and working long hours at the office, most working mothers might forget that they are women with their own needs too, because the last thing you tend to think about is yourself. But every now and then, you have a once-in-a-lifetime event like Brexit [...]
Brexit or Bremain, these are the five winners and five losers of the EU referendum campaign June 23, 2016 The polls are open, the politicians have left the stage, and the responsibility for deciding whether Britain remains a member of the EU now rests with the British people. But the referendum has itself thrown up winners and losers. Here are five of each: The Winners The old: Brexit is no country for young men. [...]
EU referendum: One big question but no easy answer. It’s make your mind up time June 23, 2016 I won't tell you how to vote. I’m proud that this newspaper has hosted arguments from both sides of the campaign – from every conceivable angle. We’ve had the case for Remain and Leave from market analysts, lawyers, politicians, investors, psychologists, economists and entrepreneurs. Now the time has come for you to make your choice. [...]
Brexit: How a revival of national spirit could damn Project Fear to irrelevance June 22, 2016 The world-renowned historian Andrew Roberts recently wrote that “Brexit will be good for the British national character, as it will reintroduce risk-taking, self reliance and a sense of being in control of our national destiny”. This beautifully concise statement captures the fundamental essence of the ultimate driver of economic performance, culture. By culture I mean [...]