It was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was a definite tipping point at which the firm would exit the UK.
I could see my own surprise mirrored on the faces of the other people in the room – many of whom worked there.
They hadn’t heard this before either, one told me afterwards.
They hadn’t heard this before either, one told me afterwards.
I’ve been doing this job for long enough to recognise a petulant tech ego when I meet one. From Big Tech, there’s often big talk. But this felt different.
It reflected a sentiment I have been hearing quite loudly of late, from this lucrative and powerful US-based sector.
Many of these companies are increasingly fed up.
Their “tipping point” is UK regulation – and it’s coming at them thick and fast.
It was difficult to maintain a poker face when the leader of a big US tech firm I was chatting to said there was a definite tipping point at which the firm would exit the UK.
They hadn’t heard this before either, one told me afterwards.
I could see my own surprise mirrored on the faces of the other people in the room – many of whom worked there.
I’ve been doing this job for long enough to recognise a petulant tech ego when I meet one. From Big Tech, there’s often big talk. But this felt different.
They hadn’t heard this before either, one told me afterwards.
They hadn’t heard this before either, one told me afterwards.
I’ve been doing this job for long enough to recognise a petulant tech ego when I meet one. From Big Tech, there’s often big talk. But this felt different.
It reflected a sentiment I have been hearing quite loudly of late, from this lucrative and powerful US-based sector.
Many of these companies are increasingly fed up.
Their “tipping point” is UK regulation – and it’s coming at them thick and fast.
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