CITY AM – Business Backs Britain with £30bn Boost 

CITY AM – Business Backs Britain with £30bn Boost 

CITY AM SAYS Some of the world’s biggest businesses have committed to invest a total of nearly £30bn in Britain, the government has announced ahead of a major investment summit taking place today.

World-leading investors are set to plough tens of billions into projects up and down the UK in the country’s tech, life sciences and renewable energy sectors, creating over 12,000 new jobs.

It comes as over 200 A-list chief executives and investors prepare to gather at Hampton Court Palace for the Global Investment Summit before a Buckingham Palace reception with King Charles.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this planned investment represented “a huge vote of confidence in the future of the UK economy”.

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