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News
- Competition policy must change to help startups fight ‘winner takes all’ platforms, say UK report (TechCrunch covers government’s ‘Unlocking digital competition’ review)
- Businesses urged to ‘do more’ to win public contracts (BBC covers government plans to demand businesses help to improve society)
- Veuve Clicquot business women awards unveil shortlist (London Loves Business)
- Crackdown on late payments that close 50,000 firms a year: What the Spring Statement means for small businesses (This is Money)
- One in four women has been sexually harassed at a tech conference, study finds (CityAM covers Ensono survey)
Opinion
- Government’s refusal to help small businesses is destroying them (Rohan Silva, co-founder, Second Home)
- How we can support the next generation of young entrepreneurs? Let’s start with £160m (Kelly Tolhurst MP, small business minister)
- Facebook is not a monopoly, but it should be broken up (Anotonio Garcia Martinez, contributor, Wired)
- The rise of the humble entrepreneur (Maud Camus, PR & comms, The Family)
- 30 years since the dawn of the World Wide Web, Britain is still at the heart of tech success (Jeremy Wright MP, culture secretary)
- Why the UK’s have-a-go games scene is cause for celebration (Paul Sulyok, founder & CEO, Green Man Gaming)
Features
- The Maserati 100: Recognising Britain’s innovators
- Scaleup Institute: The Scaleup Landscape
- Sifted: Where are all the UK’s black VCs?
- FT: Special report: Boldness in business
- TalentPool: Top 50 female-founded companies in London
- New York Times: ‘We know them. We trust them.’ Uber and Airbnb alumni fuel tech’s next wave