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News
- Andrew Griffiths appointed minister for small business (Economia)
- FSB warns credit card fee ban is “double-edged sword” for small businesses (CityAM)
- London Co-Investment Fund announces 100th investment as it reveals it has created 1,000 jobs while saving 300 (CityAM)
- SMEs paying more corporation tax than big business (Economia covers Moore Stephens research)
- Skills shortages at ‘critical levels’ risking UK growth, BCC claims(Telegraph)
- Free initiative to support entrepreneur well-being launched by The Trampery (Startups.co.uk)
Opinion
- Tech isn’t enough to solve the productivity crisis – we need a flexible working revolution (Michelle Senecal de Fonseca, area vice president, Citrix)
- We need to call out not just crony capitalism, but an awful lot of what passes for capitalism today (transcript of Lord Ridley’s 2017 Keith Joseph Memorial Lecture)
- The role of the founder / CEO: You have one job (Jeff Seibert, associate producer, Chasing Coral)
- Busting the London Stock Exchange’s greatest myths (James Clark, head of tech and life sciences, London Stock Exchange)
Features