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John Caudwell: The business community is running out of goodwill for Labour

These measures aim to give founders alternatives to selling early or seeking for When I started out as an entrepreneur, I asked for only three...

18.12.2025 4

City A.M.

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John Caudwell: Britain needs more employment, not more employment law

(Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) The Employment Rights Bill shift the balance too far in favour of workers at the expense of bosses, and will...

14.11.2025 7

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Britain must rediscover radicalism

A&O Shearman’s £2m PEP lags behind competitors There’s plenty of talk about growth from our politicians, but precious little radical thinking...

17.10.2025 5

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Enough slogans, Labour must walk the walk on growth

The government’s promises of economic growth will fail unless it moves beyond slogans and reshuffles to implement substantive structural reforms in...

12.09.2025 6

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I sold my business for £1.5bn – with great wealth comes great responsibility

Those of us fortunate enough to thrive at the top must do more to support those struggling at the bottom, not out of guilt or obligation, but because...

11.07.2025 10

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What did a rally across the world teach me about business? It’s about being in the drivers’ seat

Driving across deserts from Peking to Paris is a reminder that, in business, it’s not always the strongest or the fastest who win the race, it’s...

13.06.2025 10

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Entrepreneurs! We need YOU to back Britain

LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 13: HMS Belfast flies the Union Jack as it sits on the River Thames, in front of the Square Mile financial district (Photo...

14.05.2025 10

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Talent is fleeing Trump’s America and Britain stands to benefit

(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) The US is experiencing a brain drain as the American dream turns into a nightmare under Donald Trump. Britain...

02.05.2025 6

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Trump's tariffs are a 'global wrecking ball' – and the first official damage reports are in

26 April 2025, 13:08 By John Caudwell In a recent television interview, I described the new US tariffs as a "global wrecking ball." Some may think...

29.04.2025 10

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It’ll take more than a White House PR stunt to turn Tesla around

Tesla’s stock shifts gear thanks to AI push Elon Musk represents a reputational risk to Tesla and the company’s value could soon collapse to...

20.03.2025 6

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Tip of the (melting) iceberg: Our thriving Net Zero economy can propel the UK to global superpower status

25 February 2025, 07:52 | Updated: 25 February 2025, 08:21 By John Caudwell Emerging evidence that the UK’s Net Zero economy is not only viable...

27.02.2025 8

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What if Ukraine were the UK? Could you accept surrendering a fifth of our country to Putin after so much sacrifice?

13 February 2025, 14:51 | Updated: 13 February 2025, 15:00 By John Caudwell I desperately want to see an end to the war in Ukraine, but the mood...

14.02.2025 9

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Small modular reactors will help growth and clean energy go nuclear

A general view of the dome protecting the pressurised water reactor (PWR) at Sizewell B nuclear power station on June 19, 2024 in Sizewell, United...

13.02.2025 8

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Bigger beasts than ‘bats and newts’ stand in the way of Britain's economic growth

30 January 2025, 09:34 By John Caudwell The Chancellor unfairly called out “bats and newts” as the villains getting in the way of Britain’s...

31.01.2025 5

LBC

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The US just took a step backwards on global tax fairness - and we’ll all pay the price

24 January 2025, 12:36 By John Caudwell The US pulling out of the global minimum corporate tax rate is a hugely disappointing backwards move. I...

25.01.2025 6

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