Investment minister Jason Stockwood: I don’t want to be political Politics Jason Stockwood insists he hadn’t been angling for a plumb ministerial job before the call from Keir Starmer asking for him to be investment minister came six weeks ago. The serial entrepreneur – and Grimsby Town Football Club co-owner – had, instead, been “moaning” about the paucity of politicians with genuine business experience, when the [...]
The City is ready to bet on Britain. Now let’s see some bold moves Opinion The Investment Summit signalled a huge vote of confidence in the City - now let's use that to act, writes Chris Hayward.
Capital isn’t the issue – there aren’t enough UK projects to invest in Opinion My company is raring to invest billions into the economy, but there's nowhere for the money to go, writes Tracy Blackwell.
Starmer did well with the CEOs, but he can’t ignore the start-up founders October 15, 2024 It rained pretty much all day in the City of London yesterday, but this didn’t stop Keir Starmer basking in the warm glow of success. Despite complaints about a chaotic organising process in recent weeks, and a bit of real-time grumbling on the day itself, the Prime Minister’s investment summit was a triumph. A tightly [...]
Government hails £6.3bn ‘vote of confidence’ in UK data centres October 14, 2024 Keir Starmer’s government hailed billions of pounds of investment into UK data centres as a “vote of confidence in Britain” today, as ministers announced scores of deals during the flagship International Investment Summit. US firms Cyrusone, Cloud HQ, Coreweave and Servicenow revealed plans to inject a combined £6.3bn in funding into the UK’s data centre [...]
Reeves shakes up state-owned banks in bid to unlock flood of start-up cash October 14, 2024 Chancellor Rachel Reeves has shaken up the mandate of two state-owned development banks today as part of efforts to divert billions of pounds of investment into high-growth British start-ups.
Hargreaves Lansdown: Don’t leave retail investors out of the Budget October 14, 2024 Hargreaves Lansdown has called for the government to not leave retail investors behind in this month's Budget.
Investment Summit: Industrial strategy is ‘not picking winners’, Starmer insists October 14, 2024 The UK is “not in the business of picking winners” but is focused on “building on our strengths”, Sir Keir Starmer has said, as he unveiled the government’s industrial strategy at its flagship investment summit in London. The Prime Minister told the conference in the City of London today that the government’s focus was on [...]
Elon Musk snub from UK investment summit defended by government October 14, 2024 Technology secretary Peter Kyle has suggested that Elon Musk was not invited to the government’s international investment summit due to his tendency to avoid such events. Previous reports suggested Musk, the owner of X and Tesla, was omitted from the guest list following controversial social media comments he made regarding Britain’s summer riots, where he [...]
Starmer vows to rip up the red tape at investment summit October 14, 2024 Prime Minister Keir Starmer will today promise to rip up the red tape that is needlessly holding back investment in a bid to galvanise economic growth. Starmer is set to make the pledge in a speech at the government’s inaugural International Investment Summit, which kicks off today at the Guildhall in the heart of the [...]