The week in entrepreneurship
Your weekly summary of entrepreneurship news, comment, and features. Sent by the Centre for Entrepreneurs (part of the New Entrepreneurs Foundation). Sign up here. Read the original newsletter here.
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