What do founders really think of Labour? Opinion The mood among Britain’s founder community has shifted, with 84 per cent now saying they don’t believe the Labour government understand their needs as entrepreneurs, says Eamonn Ives Last week, the government announced that serial entrepreneur Alex Depledge would be joining the Treasury as Britain’s first-ever entrepreneurship adviser. New polling from The Entrepreneurs Network suggests [...]
Neurodiversity isn’t an obstacle in business, it’s an intrinsic driver of success eamonn ives Awareness around neurodiversity is improving, but the narrative of it as an obstacle to rather than driver of success needs to change.
Young, rich and fearless? Misconceptions about entrepreneurs are holding us back eamonn ives Misconceptions about who can be an entrepreneur and how much it costs to start a business is holding Britain back, writes Eamonn Ives.
Tech founders are turning away from the Tories, and into Labour’s open arms October 20, 2023 With an MBA from Stanford and a self-professed fondness for all things tech, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the country’s entrepreneurs would have taken a natural shine to Rishi Sunak and the party he leads. Yet, according to a recent report from The Entrepreneurs Network and Mishcon de Reya that could hardly be further from the [...]
Road pricing can level up the nation and take our outdated transport system into the twenty-first century November 19, 2020 If the leaks from the Treasury this week are to be believed, Rishi Sunak has been presented a study on road pricing by his civil servants. He’d be a fool not to take it seriously. Shifting towards a comprehensive system of road pricing would help the chancellor level up the regions, drive down pollution, and [...]
Let hydrogen fuel our vehicles to a greener future June 4, 2020 Almost exactly a year ago, the UK became the first major economy to sign into law an ambition to become carbon neutral by 2050. Getting to “net zero” will be a monumental feat, and will require both behavioural changes and new technological solutions coming to market. Such efforts are essential to protect against the worst [...]
We need a carbon border tax to get Britain to net zero March 17, 2020 Later this year, the eyes of the world will be on the UK as it hosts COP26. While delegates won’t convene at the UN’s annual climate change conference until mid-November, the government needs to consider now how it can showcase leadership on climate action. The UK starts from a position of strength. In 2019, it [...]
DEBATE: Is there any merit to Labour’s idea of a ‘right to buy’ policy for private renters? September 3, 2019 Is there any merit to Labour’s idea of a ‘right to buy’ policy for private renters? James Meadway, an economist and former adviser to John McDonnell, says YES. Labour looking into a right to buy for private tenants could be a godsend for those tens of thousands of private renters who find themselves on the [...]
A citizens’ assembly is the wrong way to tackle climate change July 2, 2019 Last week, our interim energy minister signed into law the UK’s commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. That was the easy part – achieving it will be more challenging. To help parliament in its search for solutions, no fewer than six select committees recently joined forces to announce their plan for a citizens’ assembly [...]
