Healey launches £150m northern scale-up fund Economics Chancellor John Healey is to pile £150m into start-ups in the North of England as part of the government’s bid to use devolution to drive economic growth. Healey will announce a new fund designed to back university spin outs and other start-ups in Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle. The Chancellor will announce the fund, [...]
‘It feels like a break-up’: CEO shuts down firm after passion runs dry Tech The chief executive of a technology start-up has decided the close down the business after ‘running out of passion’. Ike Cooke, who co-founded Liverpool-based Bundant, announced the news on social media that the firm is to be wound down. The company provided a home refill service centred around a smart device – The Bundantband – [...]
Is London losing its crown? Here’s where UK start-ups are really thriving Entrepreneurship Regional entrepreneurship in the UK is booming, and new research has highlighted the fact that the top fastest-growing start-ups are now based outside the capital. The findings came from Godaddy’s research initiative Venture Forward, which analysed over half a million digital micro businesses. The figures showed that each of the top 20 fastest-growing constituencies is [...]