First there were lockdowns. Then came the vaccines. Next, the idea that certain parts of society might be for the vaccinated only — enabled by smartphone-based vaccine passports. But is this momentum towards social control the precursor of digital biometric ID? Will the state require us all to sacrifice our…

I recently caught up recently with Stuart Fenton, the new MD at the Smart Wireless Innovation Facility (SWIFt). Stuart is helping to create a new state-of-the-art 5G and LoRaWAN facility on the Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus. In this video Stuart discusses the opportunities for innovation that 5G represents —…

We ran our second TECH | The New Era livestream broadcast on March 4. All the video sequences are available on our YouTube channel now. We featured Vikas Shah, creator of the Thought Economics interview series, and author of the book of the same name — who discussed the nature…

The UK Chancellor’s statement last Wednesday included lots of grandiose pronouncements about recovery and growth — but the most significant elements of his budget were tax rises that will stifle that growth. …

Our second TECH | The New Era event will be live-streamed on March 4, 2021 at 12:30 UK time. The programme is free to view and you can register here on LinkedIN. Or register via the website. I’m delighted to be joined live by David Brennan, Head of Tech at Gowling WLG UK (the international law firm) — as joint host on the day. Here’s the rough running order for the event. 12:30pm — Vikas Shah MBE in Conversation with Jeff Peel and Davey Brennan

I’m done with lockdowns. They kill innovation, enterprise, the passion to do business. So our lunch-time chat (that we’ll livestream on March 4, the day after the UK budget) will focus on what’s coming next after this terrible economic aberration. …

We kicked-off TECH | The New Era back in September 2020 — coinciding with London Tech Week (LTW). But London Tech Week was supposed to have taken place in June. Even with the delay to September LTW was a “virtual” affair — such was the level of ‘spooked’ that the…

We asked Neha Misra of the Fin Lit Project to write an article for TECH | The New Era providing her top 10 tips for startup entrepreneurs. Startup. A startup is a venture that is initiated by its founders around an idea or a problem with a potential for significant…

When crypto currencies hit the digital streets, roughly coinciding with the great crash of 2008, they were seen by many as a manifestation of radical libertarianism. Bitcoin advocates argued that only through the rigid control of supply could these new coins act as a store of value. Fiat currencies (e.g…