News Business groups blast new Ofcom powers to police social media (CityAM) N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling (Sifted) Brexit schmexit: UK saw record fintech investment last year, trumping China and India (Sifted feature Innovate Finance research) Why the FTC wants to revisit hundreds of deals by big tech (Wired) CBE and Institute of Directo...
Read More »News UK government warned against cutting entrepreneurs’ relief in Budget (FT) British tech startups retain crown as European fintech capital (CityAM covers Innovate Finance report) She Means Business campaign to double commitment to training female entrepreneurs (Business Matters) The UK is finally ready to discuss legalising e-scooters, with consultations starting February (The Next Web) G...
Read More »News Sajid Javid set to curb entrepreneurs’ relief in Budget (FT) RBS earmarks £1bn for female entrepreneurs as new boss bids to win back small and medium business customers (Daily Mail) Empty business rates relief costs £1bn (BBC) OECD talls UK to ‘hold fire’ on new tech giants tax (CityAM) More than 1 in 5 Brits plan to start the...
Read More »News BGF continues to build momentum as it reaches £2bn landmark with Merseyside investment (BQ) Business call to cut immigrant salary threshold (Fresh Business Thinking) Atomico co-founder and partner Mattias Ljungman is leaving to start his own seed fund (TechCrunch) &nbs...
Read More »News Just 8% of UK VCs know what it’s like to work at a startup (Sifted cover Diversity VC report) Migrants drive UK’s fastest-growing companies (FT covers The Entrepreneurs Network’s latest report) London-based AllBright raises £13m (UK Tech News) British businesses attack post-Brexit immigration policy (City AM covers BCC ...
Read More »News Tech startups’ confidence rises despite political uncertainty (CityAM covers a Studio Graphene survey) Amazon investment in Deliveroo halted as competition watchdog launches investigation (Independent) Station F launches a co-living space for 600 startup people (TechCrunch) Regulator steps up scrutiny of fintech banks (CityA...
Read More »News Government proposes measures to tackle late payment scourge (CityAM) Startup Loans reaches £500m loans milestone (BBC) Techies outstrip bankers on pay for first time but still can’t buy a London home (Evening Standard covers Hired research) Women are under-represented in Cyber, says government (Fresh Business Thinking) Two ground-b...
Read More »News Small and medium enterprises lead outstanding British businesses honoured by the Queen (gov.uk publish Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2019 winners) Apprenticeship levy makes training harder, say UK small businesses (FT covers FSB survey) UK tech startups doing social good are worth £2.3bn and have raised over £1bn in VC fundin...
Read More »News London startups to take fintech unicorn crown from San Francisco (CityAM covers Robert Walters and Vacancy Soft research) New European AI ethics guidelines announced (UK Tech News) Business confidence crashes to lowest point since 2012 (Fresh Business Thinking covers BDO Optimism Index) Secret Escapes and Zoopla investor Oc...
Read More »News · Number of UK scale-ups hits record high (Fresh Business Thinking covers ScaleUp Institute and ONS research) · Investing in random group of startups secures better returns than firms backed by Dragons’ Den stars (CityAM covers Syndicate Room research) · Microsoft gives 500 patents to startups (Techcrunch) ·...
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