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John Gapper

Chief UK Business Columnist

John Gapper is chief UK business columnist of the Financial Times, writing twice weekly on UK companies, entrepreneurs and business policy. He was formerly weekend business columnist and opinion & analysis editor. He has worked for the FT since 1987 in London, New York and Tokyo, writing widely on business affairs and contributing many features and interviews.
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  • Thursday, 9 January, 2025
    Technology sector
    The silent business of digital identity has remade Relx

    Company once known as Reed Elsevier has moved from legal and scientific publishing into AI fraud detection

    Relx webpage displayed on a smartphone
  • Wednesday, 8 January, 2025
    University of York
    Universities need new ways to make their research pay

    Public and private funding are both vital for institutions such as the University of York as international student fees fall

    Aerial view of the University of York
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Music
    British music’s star still shines amid the economic gloom

    The Beatles launched a creative cluster that remains vital to the country’s financial future

    Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr
  • Thursday, 19 December, 2024
    Beer and spirits
    The great Guinness shortage has lessons for Diageo

    Consumer companies should beware neglecting historic brands in favour of celebrity start-ups

    People enjoy drinking Guinness outside a pub
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    James Dyson
    James Dyson is right to fight for British strawberries

    The UK’s largest commercial farmer is trying to create a berry brand against intense global competition

    Dan Stockhill programming the robot picking arm machines
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Christie's International PLC
    Christie’s has brought the dinosaur auction show to London

    Scientists have been priced out by billionaires in the global market for prehistoric fossils

    Three dinosaur skeletons
  • Thursday, 28 November, 2024
    Shein
    London should take a chance on Shein’s fast-fashion IPO

    The risks in the business and governance of the fast-fashion group do not justify rejecting a UK listing

    Close up of two Shein shopping bags being held by fashionably dressed women
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Princess Yachts International PLC
    The British superyacht builder emerging from rough seas

    Plymouth’s Princess Yachts offers British maritime heritage and handmade luxury for a few million

    Princess Yachts Range X Class Model X95 Vista
  • Friday, 22 November, 2024
    UK companies
    Britain should not gamble with its car industry again

    Labour is courting hubris by trying to beat the EU’s 2035 deadline for EV transition

    An employee secures a part in to the door frame of a Opel Vivaro medium sized van on the final assembly line at the Vauxhall plant in Luton
  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2024
    PD Ports
    Teesside should not risk its clean energy future by fighting

    The net zero transition gives the region’s port a historic chance to grow if territorial tensions ease

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    AstraZeneca PLC
    China has trapped the tiger of AstraZeneca’s growth

    The UK pharmaceutical company needs to resolve a corruption crackdown affecting senior executives

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Personal & Household Goods
    Astonish cut-price soaps clean up in supermarkets

    A family manufacturer in Bradford has been propelled by the growth of discount retailers

    Astonish vegan cleaning products lined up in a row
  • Friday, 8 November, 2024
    UK consumer credit
    British banks face an expensive motor finance crash

    Giving dealers incentives to increase loan interest rates for car buyers could be ruinous for lenders

    Cars on a lot outside a car showroom at Arnold Clarke car dealership in Warrington
  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    From fantasy to Freud, Bloomsbury’s independence has worked

    UK publisher has broadened revenues beyond its bestsellers JK Rowling and Sarah J Maas

    A child holds a copy of ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. The book is open, and the child is wearing a red jacket. Shelves of other books are visible in the background
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Tate & Lyle PLC
    Tate & Lyle’s journey from sugar producer to sugar reducer

    The UK-listed company faces a potential takeover after turning its back on its sucrose origins

    Workers stand on a sugar mountain with shovels in hand
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Visual Arts
    London pushes into a new immersive market

    Theatrical venture draws on city’s tradition to extend light shows beyond art

    A view of the Lightroom space show ‘The Moonwalkers’
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    WPP PLC
    WPP has been outsmarted by its old rival Publicis

    The UK advertising group led by Mark Read has lost momentum and looks vulnerable

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Gail's Ltd.
    Rise of Gail’s shows big British appetite for craft bakery

    The private equity-backed chain is accused of displacing independents by selling sourdough at scale

    Gail’s bakery in Orford Road, Walthamstow
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK economy
    The animal spirits of British business need to be lifted

    The UK government’s international investment summit next week comes at a gloomy moment

    The City of London Skyline
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Asda Group
    The price of private equity may be too high for Asda

    TDR Capital’s majority ownership of the struggling UK supermarket chain is a test for the industry

    The car park and frontage of an Asda superstore
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Raspberry Pi
    Raspberry Pi has charmed its way to a UK computer revival

    The Cambridge company conceived to enable technology education is now an industrial force

    A Raspberry Pi server installed on a wall of CryptoBar P2P in the Ginza district of Tokyo
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    Rightmove’s property data is more valuable than news

    A £6.1bn bid for the UK’s property listings group by Rupert Murdoch’s REA shows that publishing has changed

    An aerial view showing rooftops of houses in a residential housing area in Bristol
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Netflix Inc
    Winner takes all in the Netflix adaptation of UK television

    British creativity underlies shows such as ‘Baby Reindeer’ but smaller producers could be left behind

    Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    The Post Office should become humbler and slimmer

    State-owned company that prosecuted postmasters needs to cut costs and offer better rewards

    A cyclist outside the Post Office and shop in the historical picturesque Chilterns village of Hambleden
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Pimlico Plumbers Ltd
    Charlie Mullins is back on Pimlico Plumbers’ home turf

    Family of UK’s best-known plumber challenges private equity’s approach to home services

    Charlie Mullins
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