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Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
[With thanks to @simon-hunt.bsky.social] Coastlines To Take: ✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/a-walk-on-...
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The Bank of England's quantitative tightening regime is moving up the agenda. The rate the Bank sells gilts could determine whether the Chancellor meets her fiscal rules. But can the Treaury change its relationship with the Bank to remove uncertainty? Read my piece here 👇 lnkd.in/eBqfQ5wN
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
For the Spectator I argue that the government should not scrap the Digital services tax in exchange for a deal with the Donald www.spectator.co.uk/article/star...
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Starmer mustn't let Trump kill the Digital Services Tax
There are good reasons to think a trade deal should not give either party the right to interfere with the other’s domestic tax policies.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Tomorrow's City AM front page: Businesses on the brink. My analysis finds corporate winding up orders have reached a level not seen since the financial crisis
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Agree with this from @jackkessler.bsky.social and to it I would add: first class has also become distinctly shitter on British trains
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Some news: I am starting a new job as City Editor at City AM.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
New: Revolut valuation rises to $48bn www.uktech.news/fintech/schr...
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Schroders upgrades Revolut stake, implying $48bn valuation - UKTN
Revolut's valuation has been upgraded by one of its best-known shareholders, implying a rise to $48bn. The upgrade by Schroders Capital Global Innovation
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
In case you were wondering who the government is going to get to do all its AI stuff www.uktech.news/government-p...
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DSIT officials met with Google, Anthropic to discuss AI in public services - UKTN
Senior officials at the UK government's tech department met with Google and Anthropic to explore the use of AI in public services as chancellor Rachel
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
www.uktech.news/government-p...
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This Spring Statement has only created more uncertainty - UKTN
We live in an uncertain world. Or, as Rachel Reeves put it in the House of Commons this afternoon: "Mr speaker the world is changing. We can see it and we
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This is true if you don't count tuition fee repayments as a tax. If you do, you can add up to 15%. That's a big change since 2010.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
It's not just US research that will be impacted by DOGE funding cuts -- UK firms are also starting to fret www.uktech.news/news/oxford-...
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Oxford Nanopore warns of 'risks to US federal funding' as shares slip - UKTN
Shares in Oxford Nanopore sunk as much as 12% in early trade as the biotech business warned of the potential knock to sales of a cut in US federal
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Kate Schneider @kateschneider.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Some personal news: pleased to share I’ve just joined @news.sky.com UK as a data journalist! Looking forward to working with the talented reporters on the Data & Forensics team.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Good scoop here from @oscarhornstein.bsky.social -- UK gov appears a bit rattled by the Macron €109bn AI pledge and now looks to be plotting something in response www.uktech.news/ai/well-foll...
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‘We’ll follow that quickly’: UK AI minister on Macron’s €109bn AI plan - UKTN
The UK government will quickly “follow” the €109bn investment announcement from France’s President Macron, AI Minister Feryal Clark has said.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
8 months ago, UKTN reported doubts as to whether autonomous vehicle startup Conigital had really raised £500m like it said it had. Now the firm has gone bust. Excellent reporting from @oscarhornstein.bsky.social www.uktech.news/ai/conigital...
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Conigital: Autonomous vehicle startup appoints liquidators after claiming to raise £500m - UKTN
Conigital, an autonomous vehicle company that announced it had raised half a billion pounds in 2023, has appointed a liquidator.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🤯Wow. Tesla sales slipped 12% in January despite it being the best-ever start to the year for the EV market in the UK. www.uktech.news/evs/tesla-sa...
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Tesla sales sunk 12% in January despite best-ever start to the year for EV market - UKTN
Sales of Tesla vehicles slipped as much as 12% in January despite it being the best month on record for the EV market in the UK, fresh data has found. A
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Lime have finally conceded they have a parking problem and are finally trying to do something about it (ft the superb photography of @tomdavidson92.bsky.social) www.uktech.news/travel/lime-...
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Lime vows to sort out e-bike parking with £20m 'action plan' - UKTN
The biggest operator of e-bikes in London has vowed to sort out the capital's e-bike parking problem after unveiling a £20m 'action plan'. The
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Could trade unions be gaining ground in the UK’s tech industry? Precarious working conditions and the spectre of AI taking jobs has raised union bosses’ hopes of a surge in membership growth www.uktech.news/news/could-t...
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Could trade unions be gaining ground in the UK’s tech industry? - UKTN
For decades, trade unions held next to no sway in the UK’s tech sector, as an abundance of high-paying jobs and the freewheeling attitude of industry
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
My top reservation with BlueSky right now is there's too much of a "please keep your voice down, this is a library" vibe. The occasional tit-for-tat exchange is part of what made the other place interesting
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Here's what Ofcom have told us about Meta's plans to cut down on content moderation www.uktech.news/news/governm...
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Meta ‘will have to assess the risk’ of fact-checking and content moderation says Ofcom  - UKTN
Social media “will have to assess the risk of any changes” made to content moderation, Ofcom said following a controversial announcement from Mark Zuckerberg.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
It's the moment you've been waiting for: the 2025 stock predictions from UKTN www.uktech.news/markets/2025...
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2025 stock predictions from the UKTN team - UKTN
2024 was a wild year for stocks. The Nasdaq Composite saw one of its best years, rising by as much as a third between January and December. But things
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A long read from me today on the immense British success story that is Arm. www.uktech.news/semiconducto...
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How Arm became Britain's most successful tech company - UKTN
In 2023, Hermann Hauser, the co-founder of London-based Amadeus Capital Partners, was added to a WhatsApp group packed with billionaire US investors,
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
A long read from me today on the immense British success story that is Arm. www.uktech.news/semiconducto...
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How Arm became Britain's most successful tech company - UKTN
In 2023, Hermann Hauser, the co-founder of London-based Amadeus Capital Partners, was added to a WhatsApp group packed with billionaire US investors,
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
🚨 New from me: AI corporate registrations rose to fresh highs in the UK in the fourth quarter, topping 500 for the first time:
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
New: Hundreds of staff have checked out of checkout.com after UK sales fall www.uktech.news/fintech/chec...
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Checkout.com axes 230 staff as UK sales slip after ties cut with Binance - UKTN
One of the UK's most valuable fintechs has cut hundreds of jobs, UKTN understands, after suffering a fall in revenue following the loss of one of its
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Sure DHL, I'd love to save you money by letting you dump my delivery outside my block of flats so it can be stolen again...
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Russ Shaw CBE @russshaw.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
My op ed in @uktn.bsky.social on tech predictions for 2025 - Happy New Year! @techlondonadv.bsky.social @globaltechadv.bsky.social @uktechweek.bsky.social www.uktech.news/ai/2025-pred...
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2025 predictions: What does the year have in store for tech? - UKTN
With several major elections around the world and persistent economic instability, 2024 can perhaps best be summarised as a year of profound change. This
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UKTN @uktn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Here are the biggest tech gaffes of 2024 🙈 ➡️ bit.ly/3PwmgAZ 🔗 #uktech #technews #lookback
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Here are the biggest tech gaffes of 2024 - UKTN
Yes, the time has once again come around to pause and reflect on the year that has past. To reminisce about the good, the bad, and the downright silly. So
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Kate Schneider @kateschneider.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
The biggest tech gaffes of 2024 via @uktn.bsky.social @simon-hunt.bsky.social www.uktech.news/news/here-ar...
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Here are the biggest tech gaffes of 2024 - UKTN
Yes, the time has once again come around to pause and reflect on the year that has past. To reminisce about the good, the bad, and the downright silly. So
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Peter Foster @pmdfoster.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
There are more than 10m children in school in the UK…but, per Times, 3,000 might move to state sector because of VAT rise…so Whitehall is “braced” 😲😲😲 Says a lot about UK media bubble, the way this story is reported. You pay VAT on luxuries. Private schooling is that.
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world. #WorldBollardAssociation
A beautiful tall Christmas tree has an arch cut out so the bollard behind can be admired.
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UKTN @uktn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
UK tech's naughty or nice list 🎄 UKTN has looked back at the good and bad behaviour across the British tech industry in 2024. ➡️ bit.ly/3Pc4Nxp 🔗 #uktech #technews #naughtylist #nicelist #Britishtech
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UK tech's naughty or nice list - UKTN
Which figures in UK tech will be celebrating a well-procured wishlist and which will wake up on the 25th to a lump of coal?
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Here's my list of the top ten tech books of the year: www.uktech.news/news/the-bes...
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The best technology books of 2024 - UKTN
So many technology books have been published this year, and I have had the pleasure of reading several dozen of them. Many were about AI (to no one's
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Here's my list of the top ten tech books of the year: www.uktech.news/news/the-bes...
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The best technology books of 2024 - UKTN
So many technology books have been published this year, and I have had the pleasure of reading several dozen of them. Many were about AI (to no one's
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Finally the Californian tech firms are choosing to list in London...sort of www.uktech.news/markets/cali...
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California-based startup Verifyyed to list on London Stock Exchange in £97m deal - UKTN
A Californian startup is to list on the London Stock Exchange in a £97m deal, it was revealed today. Beverly Hills-based content licensing platform
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Molten has second thoughts on Thought Machine www.uktech.news/fintech/more...
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More than $1 billion wiped from Thought Machine valuation by investor Molten Ventures - UKTN
Molten Ventures has cut the estimated value of its stake in Thought Machine, implying around a $1bn fall in the company's valuation. In its half-year
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Have flowers gone out of fashion? www.uktech.news/tech-hubs/lo...
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Freddie's Flowers cuts 26% of staff after revenues fall again - UKTN
Freddie's Flowers has cut more than a quarter of its staff as the e-commerce business posted a second consecutive year of declining revenues. The
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Small example of how rapidly priorities for commercial property development have changed in recent months www.uktech.news/big-data/pla...
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Plans for office space in Salford scrapped in favour of new £250m data centre - UKTN
Proposals for more office space in Salford have been scrapped in favour of a new £250m data centre in signs property developers are tearing up plans in a
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
One of the biggest Series A funding rounds of the year just dropped www.uktech.news/ai/london-ai...
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London AI hyperscaler Nscale in $155m funding round - UKTN
A London-based AI hyperscaler has raised $155m in one of the biggest Series A funding rounds of the year in the UK as it capitalises on a surge in compute
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Why the Vodafone-Three merger is a massive deal for the UK’s regional tech sector www.uktech.news/ma/why-the-v...
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Why the Vodafone-Three merger is a massive deal for the UK's regional tech sector - UKTN
Picture the scene. You're an app developer, with a small team based in a medium-sized Midlands town. 4G and 5G coverage has yet to reach the area. You've
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
🚨A little scoop from me: Gregg Wallace has been suspended from a private members’ club popular with tech entrepreneurs www.uktech.news/news/gregg-w...
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Gregg Wallace suspended from private members' club in Marylebone after allegations - UKTN
Gregg Wallace has been suspended from a top private members' club in central London after a spate of allegations emerged about the past behaviour of the
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
UKTN's website now has more referrals from ChatGPT.com than it does from X.com (both pretty small share)
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Chances of a London IPO for Revolut now look pretty slim www.uktech.news/fintech/revo...
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Revolut boss says a UK listing is ‘not rational’ in blow to London Stock Exchange - UKTN
Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky has bashed the prospect of listing shares in the UK over the US, in a blow to the London Stock Exchange.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Another London-listed tech firm prepares to exit the public markets www.uktech.news/news/learnin...
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Learning Technologies acquired by US private equity in £836m deal - UKTN
Learning Technologies (LTG) is set to become the latest tech company to depart the London Stock Exchange after agreeing to a takeover by US private equity
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🚨Personal news 👇
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Number of mentions of men in this essay: 36 Number of mentions of women: 1 If the UK wants to properly grow its tech sector, thought leaders will have to get used to involving women in the conversation. Can Europe build its first trillion-dollar start-up? - on.ft.com/4f22o2Y via @FT
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Can Europe build its first trillion-dollar start-up?
The continent has yet to create a tech company to rival Alphabet, Amazon or Apple. Ian Hogarth explains why this matters — and how to set it right
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
New LSE tech firm delisting just dropped www.uktech.news/news/investm...
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Argent BioPharma becomes latest tech firm to ditch the London Stock Exchange
Argent BioPharma has become the latest tech company to ditch the London Stock Exchange over concerns about the regulatory burden and cost.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
The big London fintechs appear to be doubling down on measures to prevent fraud and rule-breaking. Here's a piece today about Starling shutting a startup's account because of the way it disclosed shareholders on Companies House www.uktech.news/fintech/tech...
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Tech founder ‘astounded’ after Starling Bank shuts her account in warning to startups
A founder has blasted Starling Bank as “not startup friendly” after claiming her company’s account was closed due to a “worrying” policy.
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Uh oh. Looks like the bots are making their way onto Bluesky
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
1600 word dispatch here from inside the Revolut Charli XCX party www.uktech.news/fintech/revo...
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Revolut's unstoppable rise - UKTN
On Saturday night, over 1,000 Revolut customers were gathering in a basement auditorium in central London for a special event. The Canary Wharf-based
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Simon Hunt @simon-hunt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Charli XCX takes to the stage at the Revolut party
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