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News
- Three in five UK businesses predict improved performance in the coming year, with London companies most bullish (London Loves Business covers Smith & Williamson’s report ‘Dream bigger: the scale-up moment‘)
- New group to tackle unfair bank contracts for small businesses (City AM)
- Champion of female entrepreneurs and British beauty industry Caroline Neville is awarded an MBE In Queen’s birthday honours (Daily Mail)
Opinion
- How startups die from their addiction to paid marketing (Andrew Chen, general partner, Andreessen Horowitz)
- Growing pressure on government to reform CVAs shows we need a proper discussion (Alys Key, retail and leisure reporter, CityAM)
- The Trump administration is driving away immigrant entrepreneurs (Sonia Paul, journalist, The Atlantic)
- When you forget the reason you started a business, your happiness will plummet (Charlie Mullins, founder, Pimlico Plumbers)
- Startup capital just goes to show patience is a virtue (James Ashton, Evening Standard)
- Religion isn’t the opiate of the masses – AI is (Sascha Eder, co-founder and COO, NewtonX)
Features
- Economist: Good vs bad capitalism – a look at the Conservative Party’s debate on the virtues of markets, including Michael Gove’s speech (transcript) this week
- Gov.uk: Ideas mean business: introducing the young innovators – Innovate UK announce 24 winning ideas from young innovators, run in partnership with The Prince’s Trust