HARPSWOOD WRITES
Ones to Watch: Robotics Startups Reimagining the World
From bionic limbs to underwater drones, a new wave of robotics companies is building the tools that will define our future. Here are the robotic startups we’re keeping an eye on around the world…
Ones to watch: The UK’s leading EV charging networks powering up in 2025
In this roundup, we’re spotlighting the standout EV charging networks driving progress across the UK. Through steady growth, smart partnerships and user-focused design, these operators are leading the charge.
Ones to Watch: Sky’s the limit for evtol firms
Electric vertical take-off and landing — aka eVTOL — are the future of quiet, clean, runway-free air travel. Here Harpswood profiles the ones to watch as the industry takes flight…
Ones to Watch: The Startups Leading Fashion Sustainability
From biodegradable shimmer textiles to AI-driven production tools - a new generation of startups is emerging to tackle the fashion industry’s most urgent sustainability challenges head-on.
Ones to watch: The Surprising Founders Changing Construction
In a sector dominated by tradition, these game-changers are tearing up the rule book, throwing it out of the top floor window, and in one case recycling it into concrete.
Ones to watch: Cultivated Meat
It’s no longer a question of whether meat grown in a lab will become a thing: it’s a question of when. Here, Harpswood explores five of the most exciting businesses leading the charge in cultivated and alternative protein solutions.
Ones to watch: Recycling
The waste and recycling sector has grown rapidly in recent years thanks to a huge wave of momentum from policy makers, major manufacturers and shifting consumer demand. By 2032, the global waste market is expected to surpass a value of $88 billion USD.
Harpswood looks at some of the most innovative leaders in the sector that are emerging as ‘ones to watch’ around the world.
Ones to watch: battery storage
Battery storage is one of the fastest-growing areas of in renewable energy - here are some of the most exciting companies leading the charge in this space.
Ones to watch: Supply chain innovation
Supply chain bosses have always had to focus on efficiency and productivity. Now they have another pressing priority: how to make the industry more sustainable and transparent.
Harpswood looks at the businesses doing it faster and better than pretty much anyone else out there.
Comms Voices: Michael Lea Rock
Michael Lea Rock has enjoyed a stellar career in communications.He served David Cameron and Gordon Brown as Chief Writer to the Prime Minister in 10 Downing Street before spending four years as a speechwriter at the US Department of State, where his material was used by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Here he talks to Harpswood founder James Clench about how digital communication is causing “news” to be replaced by “views”, which PM failed the football fan test and how whiskey helped him to think differently about speech writing.
Comms voices: Jodie Ginsberg
Jodie Ginsberg is a recognised expert on media freedom. She was chief executive of Index On Censorship, the global freedom of expression group, and is now CEO of Internews Europe, an organisation which empowers people worldwide with high quality news and information. She tells Harpswood why communicators in countries with limited free speech tend to be better listeners, why Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary is effective at getting his point across… and why organisations should never bury their heads in the sand.
Comms voices: Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher CMG spent four years as foreign policy adviser to three Prime Ministers and four more representing the UK as Ambassador to Lebanon. He tells Harpswood about the communications strengths of the different PMs he worked with, the pros and cons of Zoom and why it’s getting easier to pick out phoney communicators like Donald Trump.