'Where solar panels were in the 1990s': Investment in UK cultivated meat sector increases five-fold

Stuart Stone
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New report reveals UK leading market in Europe for cultivated meat investment, prompting calls for government to deliver promised backing

Investment in cultivated meat firms in the UK rose 400 per cent last year, surpassing investment in the sector across the rest of Europe and prompting calls for the government to ramp up support for an...

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