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Pandemic delivers rich pickings for niche food start-upsīrighton & Hove FC: how promotion transformed the club’s fortunes Swappie takes top spot on FT ranking with focus on sustainability Tech embraces sustainability in drive for growth And London’s tech start-ups attracted a record $25.5bn in venture capital investment last year, more than double the level in 2020. This show of strength, and a growing optimism in some quarters about the global economy, mean many business leaders are confident of better performance in the forthcoming year - despite the new risks posed by labour shortages, rising inflation, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy prices.ĭeloitte research in January showed that many UK business leaders were planning to increase investment this year, in expectation of strong UK and global demand for their companies’ goods and services. The companies that made the final cut were sufficiently resilient - and, in some cases, lucky - to survive a collapse in demand caused by coronavirus restrictions, trade frictions due to Brexit, and a long-running global supply chain squeeze. This latest FT-Statista ranking of fast-growing European companies illustrates the changing fortunes of some sectors since the Covid pandemic took hold, in 2020.
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