The City View: Max Jamilly, Hoxton Farms co-founder, on lab-grown meat and London's start-up scene

Today Andy Silvester chats to Max Jamilly, co-founder of Hoxton Farms, a lab-grown meat start-up based in London. They go through the recent rise of plant-based alternatives, how lab-grown meat is created, and why it will supercede traditional plant-based meat; and Hoxton Farms' funding journey, their plans to scale their business, and London's vibrant start-up scene. And in the news: Britain's debt interest bill for the year to March has climbed to nearly £70bn; Starling Bank has bagged £130m worth of fresh funding to help to snap up firms in the lending space; and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has questioned Elon Musk's acqusition of Twitter, citing concerns over Chinese interference.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The City View is a new podcast from City A.M. - London's daily business and finance newspaper. City A.M. was launched 15 years ago under the strapline "business with personality" - and The City View podcast follows the same philosophy. Every day, City A.M. Editor Andy Silvester will open the podcast with a quick look at the headlines from the worlds of business, finance, economics and politics, before introducing his guest of the day. Guests will be industry leaders, economists, pundits, investors, journalists, politicians and senior figures from the City of London. Expect insight and analysis mixed with good conversation, humour and expertise as Andy and his guests attempt to make sense of the world in extraordinary times.