Chief UK Business Columnist of the Financial Times. London, ex-New York, with a bit of Tokyohttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3mfw4zkui222vA lovely piece about modern science and its enemies by Rosie Dastgir (my wife) https://as.ft.com/r/f94888a8-006f-49b7-a7d7-5b4d003f6a4528 Feb 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfw4zkui222vhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lgkvyyr7rs22A columnist occasionally stumbles across a story, and feels the need to follow it up https://www.ft.com/content/b40394da-84f3-4f4a-ac88-bdff680a0f6f25 Jan 2025 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgkvyyr7rs22https://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lgarlq5j4k2mI wrote about how AI promised to revolutionise law firms but is having more impact on other companies. There is an amazing cluster of UK start-ups, including Luminance, Robin AI and Genie AI https://www.ft.com/content/bdc2250f-fbd9-4c4a-98cf-42e389e5b6c021 Jan 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgarlq5j4k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lf7zto2ct22sUniversities are losing funding from international students so they have to get wilier about financing research with private projects https://www.ft.com/content/a824d650-af6b-4cb3-91fe-f6870b44842908 Jan 2025 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf7zto2ct22shttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3ld3w3cuiik2jMy piece on a David and Goliath fight in the global berry market: Dyson vs Driscoll's . . . on.ft.com/3DcLZva https://on.ft.com/3DcLZva12 Dec 2024 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld3w3cuiik2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lcwyvc5acs2tMy piece on how three dinosaurs from Wyoming roamed the earth and ended up in London on.ft.com/41v9Q3h https://on.ft.com/41v9Q3h10 Dec 2024 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcwyvc5acs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbukin7yjk2tThe train announcer says "Skegness" in a loving tone of voice26 Nov 2024 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbukin7yjk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbos4amp2k2eExcellent piece on the work of Greater Change, an innovative charity for the homeless (I'm a trustee) https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/24/homeless-people-to-be-given-cash-in-first-major-uk-trial-to-reduce-poverty?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other24 Nov 2024 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbos4amp2k2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbmgtlceds2bUnion Street in Plymouth has seen a lot better days but, if you're passing, the engravings on the Millfields Trust Genesis building are wonderful23 Nov 2024 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbmgtlceds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbjyzbmmvk2hLabour needs to help the UK car industry to an EV transition, not crash it by speeding https://www.ft.com/content/ce35013b-8225-4132-92c3-ca4f87737a2f22 Nov 2024 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjyzbmmvk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbc4mtytgc2uI took a boat trip on the River Tees and this is what I found about local politics and national regeneration https://www.ft.com/content/230670fb-d0c3-4e53-982a-8df170081d4719 Nov 2024 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbc4mtytgc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lbc34p7gxk26What's the Matter with New York? This is a brilliantly reported piece on what the Democrats didn't want to see https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-new-york-election-results-turning-red.html19 Nov 2024 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbc34p7gxk26https://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3lb56voq7ac2iHoward Lutnick’s claim that Ford or GM cannot sell cars in Europe is a bit strange https://youtu.be/hnjo7H7xipc?feature=shared17 Nov 2024 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lb56voq7ac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3laqmwtnvwk2eI visited Astonish, a Yorkshire success that says a lot about the rise of discount retailers such as Home Bargains and B&M https://www.ft.com/content/1dc77c62-140b-429b-b95b-01088a44ea7b12 Nov 2024 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3laqmwtnvwk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3l42bupid2f2qMy first UK business column, on the surprising recovery of Rolls-Royce https://www.ft.com/content/b8d58df4-596b-4554-8202-925f073161b913 Sep 2024 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l42bupid2f2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3l3pvymbop22qProfessional 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!09 Sep 2024 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3pvymbop22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3l2wotderk52jMy chat with Evgeny Lebedev at Stud House for HTSI magazine https://www.ft.com/content/c2872cf7-f887-44a7-8e57-bb66020c0b0430 Aug 2024 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l2wotderk52jhttps://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3kzc5q5bgqm24At the Henry Moore house and gardens09 Aug 2024 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kzc5q5bgqm24https://bsky.app/profile/johngapper.bsky.social/post/3kz7hsolhcn2jGiven the direction in which Elon Musk has been driving X recently, I think I'll be spending more time here (and on Threads)08 Aug 2024 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:qj4bbhmga3e4x7awzzoeudr2/app.bsky.feed.post/3kz7hsolhcn2j