Article written by Tim Wallace and originally published on The Telegraph Online. John Penrose MP and campaign groups said grants of more than £500 should be made public – rather than only those above £500,000 as planned The Government risks distorting the economy and encouraging cronyism unless it opens up its…
This article was originally published in ‘Onward’. For hundreds of years, businesses have transformed our lives for the better by creating wealth, improving living standards, creating jobs, and inventing cool gadgets that make life easier, more interesting and fun. But they can create problems too; if we don’t set things…
This article was originally published in The Yorkshire Post. A combination of lots of good, new jobs in rival white-collar industries sucking talented people away to work in things like finance or software development, together with a toxic mix of cheap foreign competitors, high energy prices at home and a…
This article was written by David Lynch and originally published on The Independent website. John Penrose has given his support to a 10-point plan which aims to increase the value of manufacturing to 15% of GDP by 2025. A former Government minister has backed a plan which aims to reverse the “long,…