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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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  • Friday, 4 July, 2025
    Non-dom tax status
    Britain cannot afford to scare foreign residents away

    The end of the non-dom tax regime has been badly handled and risks economic damage

    A view of affluent and expensive homes in Knightsbridge London
  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Business InsightHealthcare
    Welbeck’s doctors are building the new Harley Street

    A private healthcare facility in London co-managed by its consultants is expanding as the NHS struggles

    OneWelbeck
  • Wednesday, 25 June, 2025
    UK industrial strategy
    Thatcher’s legacy endures in Labour’s industrial strategy

    A 10-year plan to raise productivity and growth depends on tackling vested interests and unleashing investment

    Black and white photo of Nigel Lawson, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Margaret Thatcher the Prime Minister at a press conference in London
  • Tuesday, 24 June, 2025
    Advertising
    London’s independent ad agencies will survive the AI apocalypse

    Mother, VCCP and other creative partnerships retain a role in an industry transformed by technology

    Mother advertising offices in East London
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    CMR Surgical
    British surgical robots should operate around the world

    Cambridge start-up CMR Surgical has innovative technology but it needs global ambition

    CMR Surgical robot
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    London Stock Exchange Group
    Wise’s move to New York is an emergency for the UK economy

    The government should reform taxes to push savers and pension funds to invest in London-listed equities

    Kristo Käärmann
  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    Business InsightSXSW Inc.
    SXSW must keep its Austin soul as it comes to London

    The Texan culture and technology festival is going global to increase revenues but risks becoming less distinctive

    Demis Hassabis
  • Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
    Business InsightYachts & Marinas
    Oyster’s round-the-world yacht club for luxury explorers

    Boat builder has found a novel way to build loyalty among wealthy sailors but has cost its owner millions

    Software entrepreneur and owner of Oyster Yachts, Richard Hadida
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Technology
    Welcome to the age of cyber insecurity in business

    The hacking attack on Marks and Spencer shows breaches are inevitable and firms must focus on resilience

    A person walks past an M&S food storefront
  • Tuesday, 27 May, 2025
    Post Office Ltd
    The much-loved village post office that it hardly pays to run

    As the institution tries to move on from the Horizon scandal, its Shrivenham branch illustrates the profitability problem

    A man stands at a counter inside the Shrivenham post office
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    Cranswick PLC
    The ‘megafarm’ that is part of the UK’s agricultural future

    A Norfolk campaign against Cranswick’s plans to raise more chickens and pigs may undermine food security

    Chickens at Cranswick’s Larling Farm in Quidenham, Norfolk
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Renewable energy
    Labour needs to bend its promise of clean energy

    The government should not waste money by rushing to hit a 2030 deadline for net zero power

    Ed Miliband
  • Tuesday, 29 April, 2025
    Business InsightGreggs PLC
    Guess what’s coming to ever-expanding Greggs

    UK’s largest bakery chain is not curtailing its ambitious growth plans despite investor worries

    People walk past a Greggs store
  • Thursday, 24 April, 2025
    Irish economy
    Trump’s tariffs threaten Ireland’s pharma fortune

    The country’s windfall from overseas drug companies was aided by the US president’s own tax bill

    General view of one of Abbvie facilities in Carrowbeg Estate in Westport
  • Tuesday, 22 April, 2025
    Business InsightSage Group PLC
    Sage needs to scale faster from Newcastle to the world

    The 44-year-old UK software company has regained confidence as it emerges from a turbulent decade

    Sage HQ in Newcastle
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Business InsightFinancial services
    Millions have been left behind by the payday loans crackdown

    Evlo is relaunching but many subprime lenders have closed after a wave of compensation claims

    Wonga advert
  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Lloyd's of London
    Lloyd’s of London is Britain’s strangest success

    The inimitable insurance market has to ensure it remains attractive in the face of global competition

    Participants in the market at Lloyd’s of London
  • Tuesday, 8 April, 2025
    Business InsightUK universities
    Universities should not be greedy with technology spin-offs

    Letting software and life sciences companies emerge from research has long-term benefits for academic institutions

    A close-up of a researcher pouring a liquid from a test tube into a petri dish
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc
    Ben & Jerry’s fudge has come back to bite Unilever

    The ice-cream maker’s strange legal agreement with its acquirer 25 years ago was bound to cause trouble

    Tubs of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    Business InsightBritish Airways PLC
    British Airways tries to regain its halo with a new first-class seat

    The UK flag carrier has called again on the London design studio that created a revolutionary product

  • Tuesday, 18 March, 2025
    Canary Wharf Group PLC
    Canary Wharf is turning organic in its drive to survive

    The finances of the London Docklands district have stabilised but it needs to transform quickly

    London’s Canary Wharf skyline at night reflected in the Thames river
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    UK defence
    Industrial strategy turns from green to battleship grey

    Trump’s hard line on Ukraine and Nato poses difficult choices for the UK’s defence industry

    F-35
  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    Thames Water
    Thames Water has to keep borrowing and carry on

    The public water utility cannot avoid a debt refinancing, despite the horrifying expense

    Weir on the River Thames
  • Tuesday, 4 March, 2025
    Business InsightDriverless vehicles
    British start-ups need a new road to driverless vehicles

    Oxa and Wayve are making hard choices in face of well-funded Chinese and US competition

    The Oxa self-driving Ford E-Transit
  • Tuesday, 25 February, 2025
    Business InsightLondon Stock Exchange Group
    The London Stock Exchange has been left behind by its parent

    While its equities platform suffers an exodus, the LSEG itself is a financial success story — with an identity problem

    LSEG chief David Schwimmer
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