etn: Meet Europe’s answer to the live tech pod Media As the podcast market continues to gain traction and the tech sector swells, two young London-based operators, former startup operator Ronan Chambers and ex-investment associate Luke Knight, have launched a counter-offensive. Their venture, the European Technology Network (etn), takes the form of a live-streaming video podcast, built as the continent’s answer to the new media [...]
Rachel Reeves told to ‘get out of the way’ ahead of Autumn Budget Business Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been told to “let businesses get on with it and get out of the way” ahead of delivering her second Autumn Budget in the coming months. A group of 1,500 private business leaders surveyed by KPMG said the Chancellor should focus on promoting higher wages and lower costs for companies. They [...]
After angels, before VCs: UK consumer startups are stranded in £1m-£5m no man’s land Opinion Britain's brilliant consumer startups are finding themselves stranded in a funding no man’s land, writes Joe Benn.
How Playtomic surfed – and fuelled – tidal wave of interest in padel December 10, 2024 The platform now boasts 1.4m active users in Europe, up 40 per cent on last year.