News
- 4th ScaleUp Female Founder Index reveals 371 ‘visible’ scaleups with at least one female founder (Scaleup Institute)
- The growth economy post-covid: The perspectives of woman who lead growing businesses (BGF survey of 152 female business leaders)
- Outcry from businesses over perceived delays to support grants (LGC)
- Deliveroo confirms anticipated floatation in London, will be among first to use ‘dual shares’ structure (Techcrunch)
- Tech titans club together to launch climate change taskforce (CityAM)
- New UK fintech visa will struggle to attract specialists, experts warn (FT)
- UK small businesses donated £6bn in cash and gifts during the pandemic (CityAM covers Oxford Economics and Intuit Quickbooks research)
- Apprenticeships Levy ‘has failed on every measure’, says HR body (BBC covers CIPD study)
Opinion
- Female entrepreneurship can help fuel a fairer, more productive future (Alison Rose, CEO, NatWest)
- We can’t let Covid crisis hold back female entrepreneurs (Ann Cairns, exec vice chair, Mastercard and global chair, 30 Per Cent Club)
- Innovating places (Stephen Roper, director, Enterprise Research Centre)
- FinTech revolution was borne out of 2008 crash; Rishi Sunak must nurture a post-crisis environment for innovation (Darren Westlake, co-founder and CEO, Crowdcube)
- Taxes, tweaks and super-deductions – but where was the long-term plan? (John Ashmore, editor, CapX)
- Memo to Silicon Valley: Here’s what ‘blitzscaling’ looks like in the nonprofit world (Mona Mourshed, founding global CEO, Generation: You Employed and Maryana Iskander, CEO, Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator)
Opportunities
- Centre for Entrepreneurs: Join our team as content and social media lead or business development lead
- Small Business Charter: Register your interest for the newly-announced Help to Grow: Management scheme
- Government: Respond to the R&D tax credits consultation and the enterprise management incentives call for evidence
Features
- BBC: Teen entrepreneurs: ‘My friend’s pug inspired my business’
- Daily Mail: ‘Female-led firms can be at the heart of recovery‘ (feature with Small Business Britain)
- UK Tech News: 2021’s coolest UK female founders mkaing huge impact in tech