The Routy for us is London is a great gateway for the global scene and the international scene.

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Hello and welcome to the UKTN podcast, a weekly chat with the founders of some of the UK's

high-growth tech companies and other key stakeholders. In this series, we'll be exploring

what entrepreneurship looks like in the UK right now, as well as getting tips from some of our

most innovative business leaders and discussing

the hot topics in the tech world. I'm Jane Wakefield. I'm your host and I'm joined today by

Carolyn Dawson, the chief executive of Founders Forum Group, a global community supporting

entrepreneurs. Welcome, Carolyn. Thank you, Jane. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of talking about Founders Forum,

I want to start with a breaking story,

and bear in mind that this is breaking for us today,

and we're recording this a week ahead of our listeners hearing the pod.

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