Chancellor wants to build $1tn 'British Microsoft'

Aims to challenge US giants with looser regulations

Tom Allen
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Chancellor wants to build $1tn 'British Microsoft'

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt plans to raise a homegrown tech titan, but does the UK's investment landscape support that lofty ambition?

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the Financial Times of his ambition to create a British rival to American tech giants like Microsoft and Google, although admits "it might not be for a decade." H...

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