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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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  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2024
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    From fantasy to Freud, Bloomsbury’s independence has worked

    UK publisher has broadened revenues beyond its bestsellers JK Rowling and Sarah J Maas

    A child holds a copy of ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. The book is open, and the child is wearing a red jacket. Shelves of other books are visible in the background
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    Tate & Lyle PLC
    Tate & Lyle’s journey from sugar producer to sugar reducer

    The UK-listed company faces a potential takeover after turning its back on its sucrose origins

    Workers stand on a sugar mountain with shovels in hand
  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
    Visual Arts
    London pushes into a new immersive market

    Theatrical venture draws on city’s tradition to extend light shows beyond art

    A view of the Lightroom space show ‘The Moonwalkers’
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    WPP PLC
    WPP has been outsmarted by its old rival Publicis

    The UK advertising group led by Mark Read has lost momentum and looks vulnerable

  • Tuesday, 15 October, 2024
    Gail's Ltd.
    Rise of Gail’s shows big British appetite for craft bakery

    The private equity-backed chain is accused of displacing independents by selling sourdough at scale

    Gail’s bakery in Orford Road, Walthamstow
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    UK economy
    The animal spirits of British business need to be lifted

    The UK government’s international investment summit next week comes at a gloomy moment

    The City of London Skyline
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Asda Group
    The price of private equity may be too high for Asda

    TDR Capital’s majority ownership of the struggling UK supermarket chain is a test for the industry

    The car park and frontage of an Asda superstore
  • Wednesday, 2 October, 2024
    Raspberry Pi
    Raspberry Pi has charmed its way to a UK computer revival

    The Cambridge company conceived to enable technology education is now an industrial force

    A Raspberry Pi server installed on a wall of CryptoBar P2P in the Ginza district of Tokyo
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    Rightmove’s property data is more valuable than news

    A £6.1bn bid for the UK’s property listings group by Rupert Murdoch’s REA shows that publishing has changed

    An aerial view showing rooftops of houses in a residential housing area in Bristol
  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Netflix Inc
    Winner takes all in the Netflix adaptation of UK television

    British creativity underlies shows such as ‘Baby Reindeer’ but smaller producers could be left behind

    Jessica Gunning and Richard Gadd
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Post Office scandal
    The Post Office should become humbler and slimmer

    State-owned company that prosecuted postmasters needs to cut costs and offer better rewards

    A cyclist outside the Post Office and shop in the historical picturesque Chilterns village of Hambleden
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Pimlico Plumbers Ltd
    Charlie Mullins is back on Pimlico Plumbers’ home turf

    Family of UK’s best-known plumber challenges private equity’s approach to home services

    Charlie Mullins
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC
    Rolls-Royce is on a smoother flight path at last

    The UK aircraft engine manufacturer is starting to live up to its distinguished name

    Rolls Royce jet engine and logo
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    Entrepreneurship
    How to stay happy when you have lost a fortune

    John Foley, co-founder of Peloton, is remarkably unshaken by his Icarus-like fall from being a billionaire

    John Foley, co-founder and chief executive officer of Peloton
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    HTSI
    ‘I was collateral damage’ – an interview with Evgeny Lebedev

    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

    Evgeny Lebedev in the office at his home, Stud House in Hampton Court Park. On the wall is a portrait of him by Jonathan Yeo
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Gold
    The new gold rush reflects the world’s deep worries

    The price of gold reached a record high this week, driven by concerns over inflation and instability

    gold bullions
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    Mars will find Pop-Tarts and Pringles hard to digest

    The US confectionery company’s $36bn acquisition of Kellanova makes its health challenge greater

    A Pop-Tart broken in half with jam oozing out
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    Luxury goods
    The luxury industry is falling from its elevated heights

    Labels from Gucci to Burberry are struggling as aspirational shoppers pull back from extravagance

    Customers stand in line outside a Louis Vuitton store in the Ginza district of Tokyo
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    From Erewhon to Bayley & Sage, luxury grocers are back in fashion

    Natural food and drink emporia are growing in the affluent parts of Los Angeles and London

    Bayley & Sage, gourmet and specialty food shop at Wimbledon High Street
  • Friday, 21 June, 2024
    Person in the News
    Jeff Bezos, relentless innovator turned troubled media baron

    Amazon’s founder has long thrived on disrupting industries but the Washington Post may be a challenge too far

    Illustration of Jeff Bezos in suit and tie holding a copy of the Washington Post
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Film
    Hollywood on Thames is a prize for the UK economy

    The rejection of a film studio scheme near Marlow bodes ill for the future of creative industries

    An artist’s impression shows the proposed entrance to Marlow Film Studios
  • Friday, 7 June, 2024
    UK universities
    Imperial leads the triumph of technology universities

    Global science institutions are becoming more powerful as Silicon Valley takes over business

    View looking up at Imperial West Tower in White City, London part of the Imperial College campus, against a blue sky with wispy clouds
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    Divestment
    The Baillie Gifford boycott does more harm than good

    Campaigning against the asset manager has shallow logic and will make the literary world poorer

    Signs that include Baillie Gifford are removed in Hay-on-Wye, Wales
  • Friday, 24 May, 2024
    Legal services
    London’s junior lawyers deserve their £150,000 pay

    US law firms in the City of London have raised the benchmark for newly qualified professionals

    Morning commuters on London Bridge in the City of London
  • Friday, 17 May, 2024
    Drug prices
    Wegovy is becoming too essential for its elite price

    As the health benefits of anti-obesity medicines widen, pharma companies need to rethink what they charge

    Close up of Wegovy packaging
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