{"id":20539,"date":"2015-05-19T16:32:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2015-05-19T16:32:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:32:29","slug":"michael-hayman-mbe-seven-hills-co-founder-says-the-best-times-are-yet-to-come-for-britains-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wearesevenhills.com\/michael-hayman-mbe-seven-hills-co-founder-says-the-best-times-are-yet-to-come-for-britains-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"THE BEST TIMES ARE YET TO COME FOR BRITAIN&#8217;S GROWTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hayman\u2019s take on the UK start-up scene in today&#8217;s London Evening Standard.<\/p>\n<p>London is housing a record number of foreign firms through its unparalleled offering of innovative tech start-ups that provide essential services to modern multinational companies.<\/p>\n<p>International giants including Pfizer, Greenland Group and Tata Elxsi have all established new HQs, with more likely to follow.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.londonandpartners.com\">London &amp; Partners<\/a>, in just ten years the number of tech companies setting up in London per annum has gone from 26 to 108.<\/p>\n<p>Michael provided commentary, likening London to an \u201cIntel chip powering the new hardware of UK performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He argued that \u201cin the next half of the decade London will be defined by its position as the gateway to the world: its talent, its capital and its ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also outlines that this must be a tale of British growth, not just London: \u201cA major challenge is to convert this economic vibrancy into a culture that can be shared across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>For this growth to be sustained and meaningful for Britain as a whole, London must be joined with other cities to \u201csupercharge the nation\u2019s growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can read the full piece <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/techandgadgets\/tech-boom-fuels-record-number-of-foreign-firms-coming-to-capital-10260105.html\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo Credit: nico_enders &#8211; A view from The Shard<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hayman\u2019s take on the UK start-up scene in today&#8217;s London Evening Standard. 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