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UK Wants Its Own Silicon Valley, Reeves Says

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves discusses UK startups and the government's plan to keep high-growth companies rooted in the UK, as well as efforts to create a British version of Silicon Valley. One of the challenges, she says, is that while Britain has many startup companies, as they scale up, "they drift towards America." She's on this week's episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. This interview was recorded January 21 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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There Is No Appetite for Another Brexit Referendum, Reeves Says

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves discusses Brexit, saying she respects the referendum result but rejects rejoining the European Union. Reeves also outlines her vision for making Britain a Global hub for investment, talent and entrepreneurship-positioning the UK as a "magnet" for wealth. She's on this week's episode of The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations. This interview was recorded January 21 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

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NATO's Berti: We Need Cheaper Ways To Shoot Drones

Benedetta Berti, Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, says NATO is learning many lessons from both the conflict in the Middle East and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the need to surge production of defence capabilities in a cost-effective way. Berti was speaking on Bloomberg's The Pulse with Francine Lacqua.

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Nobel Winner Says Europe Needs to Reverse Its Tech Decline

Philippe Aghion, who jointly won the 2025 Nobel Prize for economics, says Europe must do more to foster innovation and stop leaning on other parts of the world for technological advancement. The continent has been a "Sleeping Beauty" over the past 30 or 40 years, the French economist told Bloomberg Television.

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Lloyd's of London on Hormuz: Insurance Market Is Open

Lloyd's of London Chief Executive Officer Patrick Tiernan discusses the implications of the current situation in the Middle East on insurance markets, with focus on the maritime war risks in the Strait of Hormuz. "The insurance market does continue to remain open and is continuing to quote for risks for both static vessels and for vessels who have taken the decision to transit the Strait of Hormuz," Tiernan tells Bloomberg Television.

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