Gresham House's Ken Wotton: Private equity mindset needed for UK plc to flourish

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At September’s State Banquet for US President Donald Trump, under the pomp and pageantry of Windsor Castle, dozens of US tech and business barons toasted a £150bn pledge to invest into the UK – an announcement that may prove far more historic than the doom-laden headlines that dominate week after week.

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