Reposted by John GapperTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 24/03/2026How Prem Watsa - dubbed the Warren Buffett of Canada wants to expand the owner of Chutney Mary, Veeraswamy and Masala Zone global - column here from @johngapper.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/697c...ft.comA billionaire is taking the UK’s Indian restaurants globalPrem Watsa of Fairfax Financial wants to expand the owner of Chutney Mary and Veeraswamy to the US, Canada and the Gulf 022
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 28/02/2026A lovely piece about modern science and its enemies by Rosie Dastgir (my wife) as.ft.com/r/f94888a8-0...as.ft.comA year on a cancer vaccine trial at London’s oldest hospital[FREE TO READ] This 21st-century centre of cutting-edge science is also a medieval site of celestial auguries, of miracle cures performed and witnessed 031
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 25/01/2025A columnist occasionally stumbles across a story, and feels the need to follow it up www.ft.com/content/b403...ft.comBlackstone’s Schwarzman stirs London art market with record purchasesPrivate equity chief spends millions on 18th century society portraits by Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough 180
Reposted by John GapperJosh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 22/01/2025The level of nominative determinism in this line is off the charts on.ft.com/4hlUItK by @johngapper.bsky.social 0133
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 21/01/2025I wrote about how AI promised to revolutionise law firms but is having more impact on other companies. There is an amazing cluster of UK start-ups, including Luminance, Robin AI and Genie AI www.ft.com/content/bdc2...ft.comLegal AI is reaching deep into the workplaceTechnology allows companies to automate drafting of many contracts rather than relying on lawyers 051
Reposted by John GapperMatthew Mckeague @memckeague.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Would also highlight the work Nudge is doing on Union Street, very much an example of the patient and imaginative the piece highlights as being needed. Takes social enterprises like this, as well as traditional developers, in places like this ahfund.org.uk/projects/gau.... @archhfund.org.ukahfund.org.ukThe Gaumont Palace | The Architectural Heritage Fund 042
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025... that was my conclusion from a recent visit to the University of York 020
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Universities are losing funding from international students so they have to get wilier about financing research with private projects www.ft.com/content/a824...ft.comUniversities need new ways to make their research payPublic and private funding are both vital for institutions such as the University of York as international student fees fall 130
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 24/12/2024The story says that all of these contracts are being transferred to Tortoise, including hers ... 130
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024My piece on a David and Goliath fight in the global berry market: Dyson vs Driscoll's . . . on.ft.com/3DcLZvaon.ft.comJames Dyson is right to fight for British strawberries[FREE TO READ] The UK’s largest commercial farmer is trying to create a berry brand against intense global competition 140
Reposted by John GapperIain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Seen on the other place, but Muriel Spark here showing the talent of laying it on thin. 0135
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 10/12/2024My piece on how three dinosaurs from Wyoming roamed the earth and ended up in London on.ft.com/41v9Q3hon.ft.comChristie’s has brought the dinosaur auction show to London[FREE TO READ] Scientists have been priced out by billionaires in the global market for prehistoric fossils 031
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 26/11/2024And the train goes "duh-duh-duh-duh" in a satisfyingly nostalgic manner 130
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 26/11/2024The train announcer says "Skegness" in a loving tone of voice 162
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I suppose if you constantly argue that the media is dead and journalists merely copy out the internet and all reporting has been superseded by X, it has a certain logic. OTO some people, eg me, may seek better access to information elsewhere. The beauty of competition! 140
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Excellent piece on the work of Greater Change, an innovative charity for the homeless (I'm a trustee) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comHomeless people to be given cash in first major UK trial to reduce povertyLed by King’s College London, study will recruit 360 people in England and Wales to explore benefits of scheme 040
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Union Street in Plymouth has seen a lot better days but, if you're passing, the engravings on the Millfields Trust Genesis building are wonderful 070
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Labour needs to help the UK car industry to an EV transition, not crash it by speeding www.ft.com/content/ce35...ft.comBritain should not gamble with its car industry againLabour is courting hubris by trying to beat the EU’s 2035 deadline for EV transition 071
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I took a boat trip on the River Tees and this is what I found about local politics and national regeneration www.ft.com/content/2306...ft.comTeesside should not risk its clean energy future by fightingThe net zero transition gives the region’s port a historic chance to grow if territorial tensions ease 130
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 19/11/2024What's the Matter with New York? This is a brilliantly reported piece on what the Democrats didn't want to see nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comThe End of DenialHow Trump’s rising popularity in New York (and everywhere else) exposed the Democratic Party’s break with reality. 050
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024I suppose what he meant, being charitable, is that it’s harder for GM, having sold its European operations. As to Ford … 120
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Howard Lutnick’s claim that Ford or GM cannot sell cars in Europe is a bit strange youtu.be/hnjo7H7xipc?...youtu.beHoward Lutnick Explains How President Trump Will Use Tariffs to Protect the American WorkerYouTube video by Donald J Trump 143
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I visited Astonish, a Yorkshire success that says a lot about the rise of discount retailers such as Home Bargains and B&M www.ft.com/content/1dc7...ft.comAstonish cut-price soaps clean up in supermarketsA family manufacturer in Bradford has been propelled by the growth of discount retailers 150
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 13/09/2024My first UK business column, on the surprising recovery of Rolls-Royce www.ft.com/content/b8d5...ft.comRolls-Royce is on a smoother flight path at lastThe UK aircraft engine manufacturer is starting to live up to its distinguished name 061
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 09/09/2024Professional news: I'm now (as of today) the FT's Chief UK Business Columnist. I'll be writing a couple of columns a week on everything from big business to start-ups, entrepreneurship and government policy. It should be a very interesting time: plenty to cover! 270
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 30/08/2024My chat with Evgeny Lebedev at Stud House for HTSI magazine www.ft.com/content/c287...ft.com‘I was collateral damage’ – an interview with Evgeny LebedevFor nearly two decades, the enigmatic Russian-born media baron charmed the British establishment. The pandemic, Ukraine war and change in government now find him in social Siberia 030
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 27/08/2024Related is "TV house" ie a swanky big kitchen and huge home in family dramas that you think: how did these characters afford it? 020
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 09/08/2024Obvious, but when in Kanazawa go to Kenrokuen garden (photo attached). Teshima and Naoshima art islands also worth it (Teshima Art Museum unmissable imo) 040
John Gapper @johngapper.bsky.social · 08/08/2024Given the direction in which Elon Musk has been driving X recently, I think I'll be spending more time here (and on Threads) 0121