Robert Peston

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The Rest Is Money · 312. What's missing from Healey's growth plan? · 9 Sep 2026 podcast

But as you say, we just gotta hope it's not more than some sort of government branding thing. matched

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Uh you know, proper institution with the ability for that communication between businesses. matched

sort of some would say that's a bit depressing that they actually funded the South East Scale Up Fund before they did. matched

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So Well they're reinvesting some of the proceeds of that, aren't they? matched

So this is a second round, whereas the the South is only getting a first round. matched

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Is that what you're saying? matched

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So I'm gonna come on to that in a minute, but I just also just wanted to reinforce the uh importance of getting more fast going, ambitious businesses matched

Could be in tech, could be in life sciences, could be in advanced manufacturing, but we just need more of them um outside of of London. matched

Um because um our friends at Phoenix Corp, remember Saul Klein came on the podcast. matched

Uh he is arguably the most important early stage seed investor in British tech. matched

He's developing this fantastic database of uh matched

Br Britain's fast growing young companies, you know I actually I hate these this didn't this nomenclature, these cliches, the Colts, the Thoroughbeds, the Unicorns. matched

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That this database shows, and this is sort of depressing and and and and slightly depressing. matched

So if you go back to the 1990s, right? matched

Um and you looked at these fast-growing young businesses, the Colts, the Thoroughbreds, the unicorns, um, 65% were outside of London, right? matched

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