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  • Boat Race 2025: Avast! There is life outside of London

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    The Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race should put a spotlight on the regions, whose businesses need support now more than ever, writes David Wrench.

    LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 30: A general view as Gemma King, Joanna Matthews, Iris Powell, Jenna Armstrong, Carina Graf, Carys Earl, Clare Hole, Megan Lee and Hannah Murphy of Cambridge University Boat Club compete against Lucy Edmunds, Ella Stadler, Tessa Haining, Claire Aitken, Sarah Marshall, Annie Sharp, Julia Lindsay, Annie Anezakis and Joe Gellett of Oxford University Boat Club as they approach Hammersmith Bridge during The Gemini Boat Race 2024 on March 30, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)
  • What ever happened to levelling up?

    Opinion

    Levelling up has all but disappeared from the government's agenda. That's a big mistake for growth, writes Paul Ormerod.

    Collectively, cities such as Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester have levels of output per head which are 30 per cent below their German counterparts (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
  • Manchester proves industry has the answers to boosting regional growth

    Opinion

    Manchester’s tech sector is one of the fastest-growing clusters in Europe – all thanks to a culture of innovation going back to the industrial revolution, says Alison Ross When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister, I developed a fierce hatred of the phrase ‘levelling up’, even stronger than the antipathy triggered by the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ motif [...]

    Venture capital funding in the UK is still the largest in Europe. (Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images)

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