Innovator of the Year Awards: solving 21st century problems

<div>Which are the companies that will rewrite the rules and help rebuild the economy in 2020 and beyond? <em>The Spectator</em> and Julius Baer have come together once again to celebrate creative entrepreneurship across the UK. On this podcast, The Spectator's business columnist Martin Vander Weyer talks to a panel of high profile judges from the business world about the finalists in Scotland and Northern Ireland - from reprogramming people's relationship with alcohol to an 'Uber for careworkers'.<br><br>Joining him on the judging panel were Irene McAleese, co-founder and chief strategy officer of See.Sense, the Northern Ireland-based ‘smart bike lights’ and road-use data analysis venture that was our regional winner in 2018; Ian Ritchie CBE, a leading figure in Scottish tech circles, having been involved as an investor or director in more than 40 start-up businesses; and Gordon Scott is a regional team head at Julius Baer, based in its Edinburgh office.</div> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>