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Flint advises businesses and investors on policy, politics, regulation and competition economics in European and global markets.

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In his new book, ‘From Beacon Fires to Fibre Broadband’, specialist partner Steve Unger asks what history can teach us about regulating the tech sector.

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#TechRegulation #Innovation #Telecoms #NewBook #Leadership

06.08.2025 13:22 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We are delighted to welcome Akash Karmakar to the APAC Senior Advisor Team!

Before joining Flint as a Senior Advisor, Akash worked with several Indian law firms. He continues to serve as a senior partner and practice chair at the Law Offices of Panag & Babu.

06.08.2025 09:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Donald Trump has threatened tariffs as high as 200% on pharmaceuticals.

In our latest blog, Flint trade experts Sam Lowe, George Riddell and William Haworth set out the potential cost to businesses and the key issues they will need to monitor.

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05.08.2025 14:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 2
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🌏Is ESG dead in APAC? Part B of Flint’s blog explores how geopolitics, fragmentation, and transition finance are reshaping the agenda.

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#ESG #ClimateFinance #SustainableFinance #APAC

01.08.2025 09:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The FCA strikes a softer tone with insurers, but is it politically sustainable?

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#FCA #Insurance #Regulation #ConsumerDuty #PoliticalRisk

30.07.2025 13:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) is set to be the most significant yet.

Flint’s experts explain what the reforms mean for industry and government:

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#CfD #NetZero #EnergyPolicy #OffshoreWind #FlintGlobal

29.07.2025 14:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We’re pleased to share that the Flint Global London team has moved to a new central London office, the Met Building by Tottenham Court Road. We look forward to welcoming our clients and friends to our new home!

28.07.2025 09:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Is ESG dead in finance—or just different?
Flint’s APAC team breaks down why ESG and sustainable finance are shifting, not vanishing.

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#ESG #SustainableFinance #ClimatePolicy #FlintGlobal

25.07.2025 08:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🏦 Consolidation is the buzzword in UK retail banking – and potentially further boosted by the reg reform agenda in last week’s #MansionHouse speech.

Our experts tell you what you need to know in Flint's latest blog.

Read more here: flint-global.com/blog/on-the-...

23.07.2025 13:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The UK’s 10-year infrastructure pipeline is a step forward, but success depends on credibility, consistency, and investability.

Partner James Heath unpacks what today’s publication means for delivery, productivity, and private capital.

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17.07.2025 14:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With regional dynamics shifting, Flint expert Heidi Venamore examines whether recent developments signal meaningful change or a continuation of long-standing patterns in the Middle East.

Read the full blog here: flint-global.com/blog/middle-...

15.07.2025 12:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are delighted to welcome William Dashe to the Flint London team!

Before joining Flint, William worked for a geopolitical consultancy in London, advising clients across various sectors, including financial services, energy, infrastructure, and international development.

09.07.2025 09:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Partner James Heath sheds light on the 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy - Flint Global Tell us about your previous experience I’ve spent the last eight years working on infrastructure policy in the UK government. The second part was as Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Comm...

In a new interview, Partner and former Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), James Heath, explores the government’s 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy, unpacking what it means for delivery, investment, and long-term planning.

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03.07.2025 07:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The UK’s 10 Year Infrastructure Strategy is a start, but not the final word. Partner James Heath analyses the strategy in our latest blog.

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#Infrastructure #UKPolicy #Regulation

25.06.2025 11:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In our latest blog, the German team unpacks the coalition’s difficult hand and how, paradoxically, the sheer scale of the challenges might be what propels it forward.

Read the full piece here: flint-global.com/blog/doomed-...

06.06.2025 11:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Is the global financial system undergoing a fundamental shift? Join our webinar on Tuesday June 10, to explore this question, with live audience Q&A for our expert panel.

Register here: flint-global.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#webinar #macroeconomy #financialservices #FS #globalfinancialsystem

06.06.2025 08:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In our upcoming webinar, Managing Partner Alex White will be joined by industry experts Michael Pedroni, Dame Sue Owen, David Wright and Laurence van der Loo to discuss the global financial order and what it means for business and investors.

Register here: flint-global.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

04.06.2025 08:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flint Global is hosting a live webinar: Is the Global Financial Order realigning? How businesses and investors can prepare.

🗓 Date: 10 June 2025
🕙 Time: 2 PM BST | 9 AM ET | 9 PM HKT/SGT
📌 Location: Zoom

Register 👉 flint-global.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#globaleconomy #financialservices

02.06.2025 11:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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We’re delighted to welcome Cheryl Low to our Singapore office. Before joining Flint, Cheryl was with another consultancy, where she advised clients across the private sector, multilateral organisations, and governments in the APAC region.

23.05.2025 09:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In our latest Flint podcast, experts Andreas Krautscheid, Markus Becker-Melching, and François-Joseph Schichan speak to Anna Abela to unpack what #Merz’s leadership means for business, policy, and Europe’s economic direction.
#Germany #politics

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09.05.2025 09:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Welcome Alexandra Wheeler to the London team

Welcome Alexandra Wheeler to the London team

We are delighted to welcome Alexandra Wheeler to the Flint London team!

Prior to Flint Alexandra worked at the Conservative Research Department serving four Party leaders. Alex ran the party’s briefing operation and focused on HM Treasury policy, including the delivery of fiscal events.

08.05.2025 09:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The UK wants to boost private investment, but mixed messages are holding it back.

Flint explores the policy confusion undermining the UK’s growth strategy: flint-global.com/blog/the-uks...

#UKeconomy #InvestmentPolicy #LabourGovernment

01.05.2025 09:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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The Government is facing pressure to do more to support the UK media sector. Could a 'New Media' Act be on the cards? Our experts examine the likelihood of further policy interventions, and crucially, what new measures might be in play.

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30.04.2025 12:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Geopolitical factors are increasingly shaping the competition landscape in Asia-Pacific.

In our latest blog, our specialists explore this trend, how regulators balance politics with economics in practice, and how businesses can stay ahead.

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#geopolitics #antitrust

29.04.2025 11:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We are delighted to announce that Yih-Choung Teh will be joining Flint as a London-based partner later this year to strengthen further our competition and regulation team.

Join us in welcoming Yih-Choung to the team!

23.04.2025 14:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Flint's Data Centre team explores the key policy and regulatory changes shaping the future of the UK’s data centre landscape in our latest blog.

Read in full here: flint-global.com/blog/four-ke...

16.04.2025 10:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Writing in the Financial Times, Flint Global founding partner Simon Fraser argues that the time has come for the UK to invest more in relations with European and other middle power democracies, a strategic route away from over-dependence on a changing America.

Read the full op-ed below 👇

15.04.2025 08:33 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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We are delighted to welcome Niklas Flagner to the Flint Germany team!

Niklas has worked as a parliamentary advisor and press officer in the German Bundestag; he has a thorough understanding of the legislative processes and expertise in strategic communication.

14.04.2025 10:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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President Trump’s tariff announcement on all US imports, revealed on 2 April, hit Asian economies hardest.

Katie Whitting speaks with Sam Lowe, James Crabtree & Shahril Hamdan on Asia’s response, business impacts & what’s next.

🎧 Listen: flint-global.com/podcast/asia...

10.04.2025 13:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sovereign AI in APAC: what it means for business This blog unpacks the varying approaches to sovereign AI across APAC – from domestic infrastructure and hardware to models and more.

As APAC governments push for “sovereign AI,” businesses face a more fragmented and politicised regulatory environment. What does that mean in practice?
Flint’s experts on technology policy and regulation break it down.

🔗 flint-global.com/blog/soverei...
#AI #APAC #Regulation #TechPolicy

10.04.2025 08:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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