Despite worries about Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK has defied analysts and continues to cement its place as a premier investment destination. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is increasing despite challenging global conditions, with...
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5th Dec 2025 | Updated at 05:43am 5th Dec 2025
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: The UK India Tech Exchange
- 13 Mar 2024
On the panel as Dealmaker in the Department for Business and Trade, in the Indian High Commission and FICCI event, I am looking for in the Global Entrepreneur Programme scale up companies whose founders would be suitable for the UK Innovator...
Alpesh Patel’s Political Sketchbook: This Is India’s Sparta – Karamsad
- 14 Feb 2024
Independent minded and giving strength to the rest of the nation is what the Spartans were known for.
Last week, it was a proud moment to represent my College, St Anne's, Oxford, as an alumnus in University Challenge, against existing students. It was a proud moment too, a couple of years ago to host the Vice Chancellor of Oxford University...
- 25 Feb 2021
The Daily Mail defending an immigrant - what's going on?
What a week. I am still reeling. From current and recent University graduates wanting remote work experience to people in their 30s-60s wanting to understand their pension and why when the US markets are at all-time highs, their pension has...
- 17 Feb 2021
So many Indian celebrities touched me, so to speak, when they came out to speak up for India. To repulse outside maligners such as Rihanna.
- 10 Feb 2021
Of course, social media is a place for division and hate. Rarely do you see anything else, sadly. One numpty MP decided unemployment was Rishi Sunak's fault - as if he hadn't spent enough.
I was tagged again on a Tweet about the India Farmer's protests. He/She/It (they're anonymous - like all the brave social media soldiers) asked if 'As a Hindu Leader' I would 'condemn the violence towards farmers'.
This is a message about how hatred fulfilled me. Several years ago, Sangita Myska of BBC reported on the riots by disenfranchised youth in London. She and I chatted on Facebook comments, and she said, “we have to do something”. And I agreed....
- 27 Jan 2021
This is a campaigning paper. I cannot give much in this time of national need, but I can give my time and knowledge. I have launched a campaign to teach 1m people to invest effectively. The website is www.campaignforamillion.comWhy is this needed?...
This is a campaigning paper. I cannot give much in this time of national need, but I can give my time and knowledge. I have launched a campaign to teach 1m people to invest effectively. The website is www.campaignforamillion.com
