{"id":36271,"date":"2016-03-10T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/resource-center\/\/a-visit-to-downing-street-and-the-national-gallery\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T16:41:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:41:36","slug":"a-visit-to-downing-street-and-the-national-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loopup.com\/us\/resource-center\/blog\/a-visit-to-downing-street-and-the-national-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit to Downing Street and the National Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, co-CEOs Steve Flavell and Michael Hughes made a special visit to Downing Street and the National Gallery to mix and mingle with CEOs and founders of fellow Future Fifty companies. 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