By Rupert Hargreaves One of the major criticisms levelled against the UK and the City of London in recent years has been a lack of interest in startups and venture investing. A lack of tolerance for risk has been blamed for the problem, but one of Europe’s most prolific founders disagrees with that view. “There’s a lot of tendency to bash the UK economy and eco-system for startups,” Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou told City A.M.,” but I think the eco-system is far better than Europe.” Stelios has more experience than most when it comes to comparing the business environment in the UK to the rest of th…