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News
- UK government slashes tax relief for entrepreneurs (Sifted)
- 2020 Budget key points (CityAM)
- Startups developing tech to combat COVID-19 urged to apply for fast-track EU funding (TechCrunch)
- Apply here (deadline Wednesday 18th March 4pm)
- London’s Imperial College debuts ‘Innovation Fund’ to back startups founded by students and staff (tech.eu)
- New transport tech to be tested in biggest shake-up of laws in a generation (gov.uk launches Future of Transport review)
Opinion
- What we’re doing to help business through this crisis (Nadhim Zahawi MP, under-secretary of state, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy)
- Spending like a drunken sailor does not create a thriving entrepreneurial economy (Matthew Lesh, head of research, Adam Smith Institute)
- A bolder vision for business schools (Peter Tufano, dean, Said Business School)
- Berlin is crap and no-one is talking about it (Torben Friehe, co-founder, 1aim)
- Taking a more inclusive approach to inclusive innovation: What the UK can learn from emerging economies (Alex Glennie, principal researcher, Nesta, Juliet Ollard, researcher, Nesta, and Robyn Klinger-Vidra, senior lecturer, KCL)
- How to ‘level up’ for real – put communities in charge (Vidhya Alakeson, chief executive, Power to Change)
Features