Just back from a lovely trip to Brussels for the Lisbon Council think tank's 2012 Single Market Entrepreneurs Summit. I was invited after contributing an article on Tech City for the SMEs in the Single Market:A Growth Agenda for the 21st Century publication.
It
was interesting to see how London's efforts to attract the cream of
European (and elsewhere) tech and creative talent is regarded in the
heart of Europe. Alex Farcet, co-founder and managing director of
Startupbootcamp, said London is raising the game everywhere. However
Richard Pelly, chief executive of the European Investment Fund, said
cities should be realistic about their competitive advantages. Don't
just compete for the sake of it, he urged, as that will only lead to
wasted public money. As I waved the flag for London, a lady from Dublin
heckled at the back. Meanwhile in Stockholm, the Nobel peace committee
was gearing up to award a unity prize to the European Union.....
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