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World Class Britain @worldclassbrit

Challenging the lazy use of #worldclass. Evidence-based, #positive journalism. Would you make it onto our list? #Excellence #UK worldclassbritain.com

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Trenchant from @TimHarford In AI, biomedicine and the creative arts, the UK is still at or near the global cutting edge; we can still aim for economic leadership. "But overrating the UK’s economic power has become an excuse for self-inflicted injuries" ft.com/content/b1321c43-e183…

The UK is doing a shoddy job of keeping up with the neighbours

In a more productive country, citizens could enjoy longer retirements, more consumption and a better class of rollercoaster

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#AI At all levels, the UK needs to be constantly at the top of its game to sustain its global position gov.uk/government/news/exper…

Experts to lead AI Safety Summit preparations as new funding announced to modernise healthcare

Two leading experts appointed to spearhead preparations for UK to host AI Safety Summit as £13 million unveiled to revolutionise healthcare research.

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Good thread
Ian Leslie@mrianleslie
19 Jul 2023
Last week @civic_future held a two day conference on economic growth and why Britain doesn't get enough of it. It was fascinating, depressing, and heartening all at once. Here's a 🧵of my impressions.
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16 Jul 2023
A new name etched into #Wimbledon folklore ✍️
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16 Jul 2023
A fairytale ending ☺️ #Wimbledon
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16 Jul 2023
The smile says it all 😁 #Wimbledon | @carlosalcaraz
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17 Jul 2023
Our new singles champions 🤩 #Wimbledon
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It's a no-grainer... #sustainability #britbits worldclassbritain.com/from-b…
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"Clear thinking on supporting the basics for the long term, including education, is the way that the UK might become a collaborative tech superpower within Western alliances." UK should do better #tech #inovation reaction.life/forget-the-bud… #worldclass #universities
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'world-leading? There is some way to go before UK science can truly claim a spot on the podium' Challenging piece @anjahuja citing a paper by @Nightingale_P & James Phillips @ucl ft.com/content/470e9848-b2dd…

World-leading? Britain’s science sector has some way to go

The country’s reputation is inflated by historic successes and relies on successful outliers

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"The golden thread running through the industries where Britain does best is #innovation" @Jeremy_Hunt @hmtreasury gov.uk/government/speeches/c…

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's speech at Bloomberg

In today's speech, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out his vision for long-term prosperity in the UK.

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Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑@jimmym
25 Jan 2023
🥃🥃 To celebrate Burns night, we produced a special episode of @JimmysJobs looking at the jobs and economics of Scotch Whisky 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotch Whisky accounts for 22% of TOTAL UK food and drink exports 🇬🇧 A thread on the rest on the history and economic footprint 👇👇 🧵 /1
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Read this. reaction.life/time-for-a-bri…
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Stuart Rock
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5 Jan 2023
What will it take to realise UK's ambition as science superpower? Article covers @gordon_sanghera @nanopore & @RossWHen @WildBioscience #scaleup #talent #capital ft.com/content/a8b2c939-88da… but should also look at #Brexit #salaries failure to develop #OxCam transport links

The UK’s dream of becoming a ‘science superpower’

Ministers want to supercharge the £89bn life science industry. But it will take long-term thinking on investment, talent and infrastructure

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Made in Britain@MadeinBritainGB
22 Nov 2022
Made in Britain is delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at our Impact Awards 2022. Good luck to our shortlisted members: > @biobean > @DrZigs > @hexigone_ltd > @PFFPackaging #MadeinBritain #UKMFG #Sustainability
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The global boom in Scottish whisky sales. There are now more distilleries in Scotland than in the past 70 years. ft.com/content/3a68ac3e-9234… #scotland #whisky #worldclass

Scotch whisky shows surprising strength in global gloom

Distillery numbers at record high, with exports on track to match or pass pre-pandemic levels

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Wow. ⁦@DeepMind⁩ cracks structure of nearly all known proteins thetimes.co.uk/article/e7b93…
Good to see this funding for @TheCrick ukri.org/news/1-billion-inve…
"While many global cities may argue for the title, London is still a strong contender for the most business-friendly city." From a French entrepreneur: Mylene Gosset @foodles_ sifted.eu/articles/five-thin…

Five things we didn’t expect when we scaled our French business to London

Scaling a French business in the UK, comes with challenges and hurdles. Here's what one food scaleup learnt from their experience.

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Blistering swipe at @BritishCouncil from @edwest "I just wonder if maybe it would be more effective if it was run not by highly-educated Brits, but by foreigners" edwest.substack.com/p/can-br…?
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