Healthcare Investment
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A Trade Agreement Doesn’t Create a Corridor
The UK and Gulf are removing barriers to trade. The bigger opportunity is what we choose to build between them. On 20 May 2026, after years of negotiation, Britain and the six Gulf states announced that they had reached agreement on a new free trade deal. Somewhere inside that agreement are numbers that will make…
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The NHS Doesn’t Buy Technology
Here’s a curious thought. Imagine inventing a better parachute. You spend years proving it works. It’s safer, lighter and easier to use. Every independent test says it’s an improvement…but nobody buys it. Most people would conclude there must be something wrong with the parachute. What if there wasn’t? During my conversation with Vee Mapunde, Co-Director of…
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