Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London just after midnight on January 1, 2018. / TOLGA AKMEN/AFP/Getty Images)As 2018 begins, the story which may create the most news in the U.K. will probably be preparations for Brexit. Genetics and biotechMedical advances created by progress in modifying cells will accelerate in 2018. Near Bristol, Ultrahaptics' virtual touch technology enables users to experience touch via ultrasound, without the use of controls or leads. In theory, it could put some smaller European fund management groups at an operating cost disadvantage to American competitors, who can still pass research costs on to clients.

Source: Forbes January 01, 2018 02:15 UTC