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News
- FSB calls on big business to raise their game in fight to end lay payments crisis (London Loves Business)
- TransferWise to back UK’s youngest founders with fee-free transfers(startups.co.uk)
- Rocket Internet moves into fintech and AI with £2.3bn cash investment up for grabs (CityAM)
- Looking beyond Brexit: SMEs are being bullish about growing internationally (Elite Business covers International Business Festival research)
- Drones could add £42bn to UK economy by 2030 with more than a third to be in public sector (CityAM covers PWC research)
Opinion
- What I learned from becoming the CEO when the founder stepped back(Grant Powell, CEO, Central Working)
- The apprenticeship levy is poisoning our economy (Charlie Mullins, founder, Pimlico Plumbers)
- Up, up and away: How to make sure the UK’s drone revolution can take off safely (Baroness Sugg, aviation minister)
- For the love of mothers, stop using the word “mumpreneur” (Annalisa Merelli, reporter, QZ)
Features