
Chinese investors set their sights on UK autotech
The UK’s thriving autotech sector could be making more of Chinese money and investors’ willingness to look further afield for opportunities to fund early-stage R&D activity, says Richard Gane.
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The UK’s thriving autotech sector could be making more of Chinese money and investors’ willingness to look further afield for opportunities to fund early-stage R&D activity, says Richard Gane.
In these times of economic and political uncertainty, we have come to expect the unexpected. Nowhere is this more relevant than in an organisation’s supply chain.
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