News
- Half of medium-sized businesses on the brink as lockdown restrictions continue (CityAm covers BDO research)
- New ‘Pay As You Grow’ facility will enable more flexible repayment son Bounce Bank Loans for UK small businesses (British Business Bank)
- Buy now, pay later firms such as Klarna face stricter controls (BBC)
- Atomico launches third angel programme (Sifted)
Opinion
- Post-brexit, how do we get more founders backing the next generation of tech startups? (Brent Hoberman, co-founder and chairman, Founders Factory)
- Business needs some breathing space, not talks of tax rises (Rory Meakin, research fellow, Taypayers’ Alliance)
- Here comes Govtech: It’s time to digitise government and the public sector (Matthew Elliott, senior political advisor, Shore Capital)
- There’s a massive hole in so many critiques of big tech – the enormous value they offer consumers (Sam Bowman, director of competition policy, International Center for Law and Economics)
- Tech firms need to grasp the chance to change their hiring (Oliver Beach, UK GM and VP for growth, Jolt)
Opportunities
Features
- Sifted: The most active angel investors in the UK
- FT: UK government becomes shareholder in toilet maker (feature on the Future Fund)