Zachary Spiro

Zachary Spiro is the author of the Onward report ‘Pension Power: Unlocking the UK’s pensions for science and tech growth’

Articles

Economics

Show me the money – why pensions are key to fixing the UK’s investment drought

Building a technology company takes money. Lots of money. ASML, the world-leading Dutch semiconductor machinery company, took nine years to become profitable. Yet without enormous, years-long investment by the private sector, ASML – and the cutting-edge chips it makes – wouldn’t exist. But less than half of the UK’s most innovative firms reach their second […]