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News
- Government failing to support entrepreneurs (Fresh Business Thinking covers Smith & Williamson’s Enterprise Index)
- ‘Crunch time’ for government, as business shows zero confidence in infrastructure delivery (Telegraph covers CBI polling)
- Government told to show restraint on EIS tax relief in Patient Capital Review ahead of Budget (CityAM)
- Business lobby calls on Hammond to make bold moves in upcoming budget (London Loves Business covers BCC recommendations)
- ‘Premium minimum wage’ for workers would be too confusing, MPs told(Telegraph covers comments on the Taylor Review’s key recommendation by the UK’s director of labour market enforcement)
- Telefonica accelerator Wayra UK expands to help startups “thrive”(Startups.co.uk)
- Postcode-level productivity study reveals best and worst performing areas of the UK (Telegraph covers Nesta and Sage report, ‘The state of small business’)
Opinion
- After the end of the startup era (Jon Evans columnist, TechCrunch)
- Why it’s never a bad time to pursue export opportunities (Paul Lindley, founder, Ella’s Kitchen)
- We all have a role to play in creating a nation known for scaling up(Charlie Mullins, founder, Pimlico Plumbers)
- Britain’s most productive locations for SMEs… and the least productive(David Prosser, contributor, Forbes)
- There’s precedent for Amazon competing with so many companies. It doesn’t end well (Michael J Coren, reporter, QZ)
- Trade statistics aren’t fit for purpose (Brian Sturgess, managing editor and chief economist, World Economics)
- Outdated regulations halt Uber in its tracks, but innovation must prevail(Feng Li, chair of information management, City, University of London)
Features
- Harvard Business Review: When founders go too far (written by Steve Blank)
- QZ: A new type of leader is emerging in Silicon Valley