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News
- Surge in female entrepreneurs narrows UK gender gap (FT covers GEM UK 2016 report)
- UK tech shrugged off Brexit with record VC investment in the first half of 2017 (CityAM covers London & Partners and Pitchbook research)
- Matthew Taylor to call for boost for ‘gig’ workers but stops short of blanket minimum wage demand (Telegraph on government’s self-employment review which launches this week)
- More than 105,000 businesses helped through New Enterprise Allowance scheme (gov.uk)
- Wayra UK launches accelerator to tackle the ‘poverty premium’(TechCrunch)
- School kids can make 400,000 new jobs if seen as aspiring entrepreneurs(Real Business on Barclays research showing 42% of 8-16 year olds plan to start a business when older)
Opinion
- Think beyond GDP to measure the true success of an economy (Brent Hoberman, serial entrepreneur and Lord O’Donnell, former cabinet secretary write in the Evening Standard to launch the £100,000 Indigo Prize)
- Founders shouldn’t doubt their own ability to scale a startup (Tony Zappala, partner, Highland Europe)
- The government must urgently roll out rate-relief for SMEs (Mike Cherry, national chair, FSB)
- Savvy startups prove you can help the community while making good profits (Rohan Silva, co-founder, Second Home)
- Why employers should give ex-offenders a working chance (Kirstie Brewer, Guardian)
Features
- New York Times: Why France is taking a lesson in culture from Silicon Valley
- Forbes: The air strike continue, but a Yemeni entrepreneur brings jobs to his people
- Guardian: How an ‘Airbnb for retail’ is bringing entrepreneurs back to the high street
- Telegraph: How Adam Neumann built WeWork into a £14bn company redefining office culture