How the geography of global innovation is rapidly changing September 8, 2013 Liam Ward-Proud investigates the cities that are attempting to foster new startup cultures WIKIPEDIA founder Jimmy Wales has called on Britain to extend its entrepreneurship visa scheme to make London more enticing to startups. He joked that “nobody wants to live in San Jose, California – it’s incredibly boring”. But the geography of global innovation [...]
Innovation Diary: British entrepreneurs aren’t lazy – but life could be getting easier for part-time small businesses September 8, 2013 NEW RESEARCH from Hiscox, the insurer, has turned some heads. Its fifth annual study into the entrepreneurial DNA has found that UK small business owners work an average of only 37.6 hours a week – down from 38.5 in 2012. Based on a relatively small sample of 3,000 business owners across six countries, the UK [...]
A new breed of super-entrepreneurs could leave HS2 looking antiquated September 8, 2013 FOR A mode of transport that first arrived in the nineteenth century, railways have been remarkably resilient. All three major political parties currently support the creation of a new high speed rail network, High Speed 2 (HS2), a £43bn plan to connect London Euston, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, and the East Midlands in two phases. [...]
City Matters: Why the City’s buildings must adapt to suit a vibrant and commercial future September 8, 2013 THE STORY of the “Walkie-Scorchie” has taken the world by storm – following City A.M.’s revelation last week that a Jaguar had “melted” in the heat on Eastcheap. This brought global attention to the new buildings that are nosing skywards in the east of our Square Mile. It also highlighted the difficult and delicate process [...]
How to tackle Britain’s NIMBYs and end crisis in new house building September 8, 2013 THE STORY is familiar. Figures from Halifax show that house prices rose by 5.4 per cent in the year to August 2013 – the highest rate since June 2010. In 2010, Policy Exchange also published a report called Making Housing Affordable. It argued that housing was getting more expensive, largely because we were building too [...]
Letters to the Editor – 09/09 – Twitter complaint, AI developments, Best of Twitter September 8, 2013 Twitter complaint [Re: Twitter complaint signals the start of a revolution for corporate reputations, Friday] This is a wonderful story. So many companies, of which British Airways is one, do not dedicate sufficient resources towards dealing with customers. The resultant media coverage, not to mention the thousands who saw the comment on Twitter, should set [...]
Undergo a cava conversion in rural Catalunya September 8, 2013 Are you a snob about Spanish bubbly? Penedès will change your mind I ALWAYS thought of cava as Champagne’s poorer cousin – something one takes to parties when the French stuff seems a little dear. You turn up, sheepishly handing the sparkling Spaniard to your host, with the caveat that you would have bought France’s [...]
Lampard won’t toast hundred caps if England flop in Ukraine September 8, 2013 VETERAN midfielder Frank Lampard says he will struggle to celebrate winning his 100th England cap tomorrow unless his team beat Ukraine in their vital World Cup qualifier. England will relinquish top spot in Group H should they lose in Kiev and would then face a likely head-to-head with current occupiers of second place Montenegro for [...]
Robshaw tells lucky Quins to up their game September 8, 2013 ENGLAND captain Chris Robshaw admitted Harlequins must improve after a huge slice of luck was required to earn a narrow 16-15 Aviva Premiership victory over London Wasps at Twickenham on Saturday. The season-opening Heathrow Express London Double Header culminated in a tense finish, as Wasps’ Tom Palmer touched down in the dying seconds, only for [...]
Bale’s record Real Madrid switch ups pressure on European probe September 8, 2013 REAL Madrid’s world record signing of Gareth Bale has increased pressure on the European Commission to rule in a long-running investigation into whether the Spanish club benefit from illegal state aid. The EC’s competition office has spent almost four years probing claims that Real, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna unfairly benefit from being allowed to [...]
