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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)
- Government appoints Phillip King as interim Small Business Commissioner (gov.uk)
- Gig economy leaves some workers on the finges, say think tank (CityAM covers doteveryone report)
Opinion
- UK competition policy undermines British startups (Neil Rimer, founding partner, Index Partners)
- Silicon Valley abandons the culture that made it the envy of the world (Alexis Madrigal, staff writer, The Atlantic)
- The real cost of being an early-stage startup founder (Stephanie Badger, founder, Cache)
- Common rules needed to foster Europe’s startups (FT view)
- Has the business world found its purpose? Trust, but verify (Joe Zammit-Lucia, co-founder, Radix)
- The real reason tech companies want regulation (Azeem Azhar, chief, Exponential View)
Features
- Sifted: The art of the startup publicity stunt
- Inc: Want to make your city a startup hub? You’ll need to befriend 25 founders, 8 investors, and 10 experts first
- Brexit should be the catalyst to create the United Tech of Europe (open letter from Europe’s largest startup associations)
Upcoming CFE events
- 3rd March: An audience with George Bevis (Tide)
- 11-12th March: The 3rd CFE Incubator and Accelerator Network annual conference