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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 Directors call for small business focus in budget (CityAM)
Opinion
- Stop clinging to the last century and let the high street evolve (Bill Grimsey, retailer and author ‘The Grimsey review: An alternative future for the high street’)
- Needed: Older female employees (Kristina Nilsson, VP comms, Voi)
- Scottish National Investment Bank looks hardwired for failure – here’s why (Ross Brown, professor in entrepreneurship and small business finance, University of St Andrews)
- The art of board membership (Mike Volpi, general partner, Index Ventures)
- Free ports can revitalise the UK’s forgotten coastal communities (Harry Theochari, global head of transport, Norton Rose Fulbright
- Why UK business must end its apprenticeships snobbery (Charlie Mullins, founder, Pimlico Plumbers)
Features
- Business Live: Wales Fast Growth 50, 2019: These are the fastest growing companies in Wales
- Sifted: Europe’s top Series A investors
- Wired: Michael Bloomberg, the original tech bro
- BBC: Blockchain: The revolution that hasn’t quite happened
- Fast Company: The Body Shop will start hiring the first person who applies for any retail job
Upcoming CFE events
- 3rd March: An audience with George Bevis (Tide)
- 11-12th March: The 3rd CFE Incubator and Accelerator Network annual conference