Concrete changes can allow Britain’s digital firms to fly January 28, 2021 Britain’s technology entrepreneurs seem the last people who need any attention from Government right now. Valuations are soaring. IPOs are being lined up. Even as the pandemic constrains our daily lives, businesses that will deliver the jobs, growth and tax revenues of the future are thriving. But in the great global race to create and [...]
Startup Spotlight: The top 50 London tech firms to work for January 2, 2021 From insurtech to fitness and everything in between, recruitment platform Tempo has compiled a list of the best London-based startups to work for. Companies in its “Super Startups” list have been based on the company’s mission, employee reviews and career pages. To be considered for the list the startups must have been launched after 2014, [...]
Exclusive: Tech guru Harry Destecroix launches new disruptive investment vehicle December 11, 2020 Well-known tech scientist and entrepreneur Dr Harry Destecroix is bringing a new deep tech ecosystem to the market, which includes an investment fund and a network of partners to nurture science and engineering start-ups and spin-outs, as he puts it. In an exclusive interview with City A.M., the founder of Ziylo – which he sold for nearly [...]
Join EY in celebrating UK entrepreneurship December 9, 2020 | City Talk Tune in on Thursday 10 December to celebrate the UK’s entrepreneurial community. EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ UK has been celebrating, supporting and connecting entrepreneurs since it first launched in the UK over 20 years ago. Entrepreneurs are a crucial part of the UK economy, and will be key to our economic recovery as we [...]
Data first: How tech startups build trust and tap investment November 19, 2020 When Phil Marshman set about launching his health startup Sentai this year he faced a challenge. For the serial entrepreneur, it was not the pandemic or the intricacies of artificial intelligence or even getting to market that posed a challenge, it was customer data. “For any product team you need to be data first… We [...]
Exclusive: These are the top 50 London startups to work for October 29, 2020 An insurtech startup that has raised just £13m to date is the best startup to work for in London, according to new research. The incentive-based life insurance platform Yulife is the best London-based startup to work for, according to research by recruitment platform Tempo. The startup, which employs just 61 people, has been recognised for [...]
London is the toughest place to be an entrepreneur, report finds October 21, 2020 London is the toughest place in the UK to be an entrepreneur due to a huge wealth disparity and a higher cost of living, according to a new report. The government-funded British Business Bank (BBB) and management consulting firm Oliver Wyman have today published a report into the huge impact ethnic and economic background as [...]
A lost generation of startups: are early-stage companies being left behind? October 15, 2020 Early-stage companies face a difficult winter ahead as barriers to funding increase and the number of failing tech startups soar. Last month saw a record number of filings for administrations, liquidations or dissolutions of the UK’s startups. Research by Plexal and Beauhurst published today reveals more than 1,000 tech startups have filed since the start [...]
Entrepreneurship can be taught – so why don’t we teach it more? September 22, 2020 It is hard to think of a tougher task than teaching school children remotely. Until this month’s return to the classroom, schools across the country have been forced to adapt these challenging circumstances. Not everything has worked out, but projects such as Oak National Academy thousands of free online lessons show the potential for innovation [...]
Entrepreneurs are an asset to grow. The government must give them time to thrive September 14, 2020 “Energy is eternal delight.” Heed the words of William Blake, because entrepreneurial energy is the dynamo that has powered the UK economy and transformed the business scene in recent times. The worry has to be that this is not a year that suggests this energy is eternal, and the mistake is to assume the resilience [...]