John Gapper
@johngapper
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Chief UK Business Columnist of the Financial Times. London, ex-New York, with a bit of Tokyo
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Joined May 2009
Sometimes a columnist comes across a story . . .
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Private equity chief spends millions on 18th century society portraits by Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough
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Blackstone’s Schwarzman stirs London art market with record purchases - John Gapper
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Private equity chief spends millions on 18th century society portraits by Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough
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My piece on a David and Goliath fight in the global berry market: Dyson vs Driscoll's . . .
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[FREE TO READ] The UK’s largest commercial farmer is trying to create a berry brand against intense global competition
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How three dinosaurs from Wyoming roamed the earth and ended up in London
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Labour needs to help the UK car industry to an EV transition, not crash it by speeding
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I took a boat trip on the River Tees and this is what I found about local politics and national regeneration
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The net zero transition gives the region’s port a historic chance to grow if territorial tensions ease
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@johngapper highlights one of Bradford’s many hidden success stories. Astonish has little debt and owns its factory. private equity will be circling!
Astonish cut-price soaps clean up in supermarkets
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Bloomsbury might have been lucky but it has made the most of its opportunities - @johngapper on how the publisher bucked the industry trend. It is not just a matter of its success with JK Rowling and Sarah J Maas.
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UK publisher has broadened revenues beyond its bestsellers JK Rowling and Sarah J Maas
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"This should be the best of times for British television. US streaming platforms such as Amazon and Netflix been pouring billions into UK productions" But as @johngapper writes, indie producers are under pressure
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British creativity underlies shows such as ‘Baby Reindeer’ but smaller producers could be left behind
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My first UK business column, on the surprising recovery of Rolls-Royce
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The UK aircraft engine manufacturer is starting to live up to its distinguished name
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So, there are you at the top of a media empire. How do you keep viewers watching? A session at the RTS London Convention will explore exactly that, chaired by @johngapper with insight from Cécile Frot-Coutaz, Andrew Georgiou, Nami Patel and Sarah Rose https://t.co/cAeCeHvYvo
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Professional news: I'm now (as of today) the FT's Chief UK Business Columnist. I'll be writing a couple of columns a week on everything from big business to start-ups, entrepreneurship and government policy. It should be a very interesting time: plenty to cover!
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My chat with Evgeny Lebedev about his downfall, his new life, his daughter, and mind-altering drugs
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Evgeny Lebedev tells the FT the end of the Standard's daily print edition was "primarily, the shareholders’ decision… I really should have done it four years ago, but I didn’t… I tried, I tried, I tried, and it just didn’t stack up.”
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For nearly two decades, the enigmatic Russian-born media baron charmed the British establishment. The pandemic, Ukraine war and change in government now find him in social Siberia
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In view of the direction in which Elon Musk is driving X, I will be spending more time on Bluesky and Threads for a while. I'm johngapper on both. Come and say hello!
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Im now back with A, and I fully expect to return to B next year. And so on . . .
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Last year, home insurer A doubled my price, saying flood risk etc had risen, so I changed to Insurer B. Insurer B just quoted a rise of 30 percent to renew, so I checked with Insurer A. It offered a third of the price it did last year, when I was an existing customer.
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This is kind of fascinating -- Oxford Brookes easily beats Oxford and Cambridge at British rowing
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Every member of the Team GB men’s four and half the men’s eight at the Paris Olympics are Brookes alumni
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