Real progress through forward thinking
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / August 2025 W HEN THE NEW Labour government was elected a year ago, it declared that its top...
Ian Ritchie
Aug 73 min read
US will pay for Trump's war on science
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / July 2025 T HE WELL-KNOWN phrase “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance” is being...
Ian Ritchie
Jul 33 min read
A question of breaking the monopoly
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / June 2025 T HE ARRIVAL of the internet in the mid-1990s completely revolutionised the world of...
Ian Ritchie
Jun 53 min read
Don't blame the tools, adopt them
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / May 2025 WE HAVE ALL heard that Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to destroy lots...
Ian Ritchie
May 193 min read
Is AI the insincerest form of flattery?
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / April 2025 A MAJOR STUSHIE is currently brewing between our government and the UK creative...
Ian Ritchie
Apr 43 min read
Tragedy when 'the computer says no'
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / March 2025 "THE LAW IS AN ASS, an idiot” said Mr Bumble in Oliver Twist, and that was absolutely...
Ian Ritchie
Mar 73 min read
Strong-arming of Trump and tech bros
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / February 2025 THE TRUMP 2.0 administration has declared an ‘America First’ policy, inevitably...
Ian Ritchie
Feb 113 min read
At last, universities agree over spin-out goals
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / December 2024 F ORTY years ago in 1984, I had to negotiate a deal to commercialise software...
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Dec 12, 20243 min read
Responsible education is in our hands
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / November 2024 R ECENT YEARS have seen lots of “war on” campaigns, an odd term for things that...
Ian Ritchie
Nov 7, 20243 min read
Venture where angels fear to tread
Ian Ritchie / The Herald Business HQ / October 2024 W HEN I WAS struggling to raise investment to fund our start-up software company...
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Oct 10, 20243 min read