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By: Aria Babu

Aria Babu is a researcher at The Entrepreneurs Network

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  • It’s not just taxes holding Britain back, we need to be as investment friendly as the US

    ARIA BABU

    Last week we were told to expect a “mini budget”, which, ironically, introduced the largest tax cuts since 1972.  It provided the clearest outline of how Liz Truss plans to deliver her target for 2.5 per cent economic growth. The tax cuts, predictably, stole the headlines, but other, more granular changes for entrepreneurs slipped under [...]

  • A new, simplified visa system could attract the fresh talent our tech sector badly needs

    Dom Hallas & Frances Lasok

    People are the most important input for a successful tech startup. But there are more jobs that require data literate people than there are workers to fill them; two thirds of businesses say they struggle to fill their tech roles. Solving this problem is one of the most important actions our new prime minister can [...]

  • Our public services are losing money to haphazard ‘social value’ procurement

    Aria Babu

    Public procurement is a third of all government spending, a tenth of the entire economy, yet it is a topic that attracts almost no media attention. Discussions of procurement are rare and typically only get attention when something goes wrong, like the controversy around PPE contracts during the pandemic. Think of it this way, for [...]

  • Britain’s productivity has been battered by the scarcity of affordable homes in cities

    February 15, 2022

    Londoners are feeling the squeeze. The Bank of England has forecast the biggest annual fall in living standards for at least three decades: energy costs are surging, and rents are going up by 5.5 per cent. The high cost of housing leads to a worse quality of life in familiar ways, through lower disposable incomes, [...]

  • Childcare, chores, and stereotypes: Breaking down the barriers to female entrepreneurship

    October 12, 2020

    The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our economy.  GDP has dropped by 20 per cent, and 7.5m people are out of work, with more job losses on the horizon. While business failure rates are currently low, as government support packages begin to be withdrawn we should expect to see more companies fold — and [...]

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