United Kingdom
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U.K. house prices hit a record high of £269,945 in September 2021 according to Bloomberg as buyers rushed to tie up deals before a property tax cut came to an end. The data: Prices have soared by 15%—more than £35,000—since Rishi Sunak introduced a tax waiver in July 2020, Land Registry figures show. That dwarfs the £2,500 saving…
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The economic gloom is lifting so fast in the U.K. that even the skeptics are warming to the Pound Sterling which is up more than 4% from its January low. Thanks to one of the world’s fastest vaccine-rollout programs, the pound is winning fresh backing as the faster-than-expected recovery fuels speculation that the Bank of England is…
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Europe’s top technical and business schools remain key sources of entrepreneurial talent. Of the 10 institutions around the world whose alumni have founded European companies that have raised more than €1m, four institutions are based in the UK. The UK is home to the largest European tech community, with nearly 200,000 active members in tech…