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Jack Kessler

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[With thanks to @simon-hunt.bsky.social]

Coastlines To Take:

✍️ www.linestotake.com/p/a-walk-on-...

Jack Kessler @jackkessler.bsky.social · Oct 7

I did the Brighton to Eastbourne coastal walk and took some photos along the way. Like of this gate, which doesn't ask you how good you are at your job.

A gate in the middle of a field, but you could just, you know, walk around it. Seven Sisters cliffs in the background, about to break you.

October 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

The Bank of England's quantitative tightening regime is moving up the agenda.

The rate the Bank sells gilts could determine whether the Chancellor meets her fiscal rules.

But can the Treaury change its relationship with the Bank to remove uncertainty?

Read my piece here 👇

lnkd.in/eBqfQ5wN

June 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

For the Spectator I argue that the government should not scrap the Digital services tax in exchange for a deal with the Donald
www.spectator.co.uk/article/star...

Starmer mustn't let Trump kill the Digital Services Tax

There are good reasons to think a trade deal should not give either party the right to interfere with the other’s domestic tax policies.

www.spectator.co.uk

May 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Tomorrow's City AM front page: Businesses on the brink. My analysis finds corporate winding up orders have reached a level not seen since the financial crisis

April 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Agree with this from @jackkessler.bsky.social and to it I would add: first class has also become distinctly shitter on British trains

April 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Some news: I am starting a new job as City Editor at City AM.

Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · Apr 11

@simon-hunt.bsky.social hired as city editor for @cityam.bsky.social: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/c...

City AM hires Hunt as city editor - Talking Biz News

British business publication City AM has hired Simon Hunt as city editor. He has been editor of UKTN, which covers British technology news. He previously was business and technology correspondent at t...

talkingbiznews.com

April 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

New: Revolut valuation rises to $48bn www.uktech.news/fintech/schr...

Schroders upgrades Revolut stake, implying $48bn valuation - UKTN

Revolut's valuation has been upgraded by one of its best-known shareholders, implying a rise to $48bn. The upgrade by Schroders Capital Global Innovation

www.uktech.news

March 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

In case you were wondering who the government is going to get to do all its AI stuff
www.uktech.news/government-p...

DSIT officials met with Google, Anthropic to discuss AI in public services - UKTN

Senior officials at the UK government's tech department met with Google and Anthropic to explore the use of AI in public services as chancellor Rachel

www.uktech.news

March 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

www.uktech.news/government-p...

This Spring Statement has only created more uncertainty - UKTN

We live in an uncertain world. Or, as Rachel Reeves put it in the House of Commons this afternoon: "Mr speaker the world is changing. We can see it and we

www.uktech.news

March 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

This is true if you don't count tuition fee repayments as a tax. If you do, you can add up to 15%. That's a big change since 2010.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Mar 11

UK taxes are not 'extremely high'. For most earners they are lower than they were in 2010 and the overall tax burden is not high compared to the rest of the OECD.

Leono @leoro.bsky.social · Mar 11

Rising already extremely high taxes is just not an option for the 🇬🇧.

March 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

It's not just US research that will be impacted by DOGE funding cuts -- UK firms are also starting to fret
www.uktech.news/news/oxford-...

Oxford Nanopore warns of 'risks to US federal funding' as shares slip - UKTN

Shares in Oxford Nanopore sunk as much as 12% in early trade as the biotech business warned of the potential knock to sales of a cut in US federal

www.uktech.news

March 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM

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Kate Schneider

@kateschneider.bsky.social

Some personal news: pleased to share I’ve just joined @news.sky.com UK as a data journalist!

Looking forward to working with the talented reporters on the Data & Forensics team.

February 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Good scoop here from @oscarhornstein.bsky.social -- UK gov appears a bit rattled by the Macron €109bn AI pledge and now looks to be plotting something in response
www.uktech.news/ai/well-foll...

‘We’ll follow that quickly’: UK AI minister on Macron’s €109bn AI plan - UKTN

The UK government will quickly “follow” the €109bn investment announcement from France’s President Macron, AI Minister Feryal Clark has said.

www.uktech.news

February 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

8 months ago, UKTN reported doubts as to whether autonomous vehicle startup Conigital had really raised £500m like it said it had. Now the firm has gone bust. Excellent reporting from @oscarhornstein.bsky.social www.uktech.news/ai/conigital...

Conigital: Autonomous vehicle startup appoints liquidators after claiming to raise £500m - UKTN

Conigital, an autonomous vehicle company that announced it had raised half a billion pounds in 2023, has appointed a liquidator.

www.uktech.news

February 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

🤯Wow. Tesla sales slipped 12% in January despite it being the best-ever start to the year for the EV market in the UK.
www.uktech.news/evs/tesla-sa...

Tesla sales sunk 12% in January despite best-ever start to the year for EV market - UKTN

Sales of Tesla vehicles slipped as much as 12% in January despite it being the best month on record for the EV market in the UK, fresh data has found. A

www.uktech.news

February 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Lime have finally conceded they have a parking problem and are finally trying to do something about it (ft the superb photography of @tomdavidson92.bsky.social)
www.uktech.news/travel/lime-...

Lime vows to sort out e-bike parking with £20m 'action plan' - UKTN

The biggest operator of e-bikes in London has vowed to sort out the capital's e-bike parking problem after unveiling a £20m 'action plan'. The

www.uktech.news

January 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

Could trade unions be gaining ground in the UK’s tech industry?

Precarious working conditions and the spectre of AI taking jobs has raised union bosses’ hopes of a surge in membership growth

www.uktech.news/news/could-t...

Could trade unions be gaining ground in the UK’s tech industry? - UKTN

For decades, trade unions held next to no sway in the UK’s tech sector, as an abundance of high-paying jobs and the freewheeling attitude of industry

www.uktech.news

January 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM

Simon Hunt

@simon-hunt.bsky.social

My top reservation with BlueSky right now is there's too much of a "please keep your voice down, this is a library" vibe.

The occasional tit-for-tat exchange is part of what made the other place interesting

Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · Jan 16

Sadly, some people seem to have adopted the Twitter habit of resorting to personal insults when they don't like the thrust of a particular argument being made.

Ad hominem attacks earn an instant block. No ifs, no buts.

Bluesky is a nicer place, and should remain a nicer place.

January 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM