'We invented the computer but now we don't make any' - analyst reacts to ARM sale

Hannah Breeze
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More UK tech firms could be snapped up before long as pound remains weak

The sale of ARM to Japanese firm Softbank could be the first of many British tech firms selling up to foreign investors, according to an analyst, which claims it is due to Brexit. Cambridge-base...

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