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| Mar 15, 2023 | UK Spring Budget: Government trumpets improved tax relief scheme for ‘R&D-intensive SMEs’ | U.K. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt went a small way toward addressing concerns over proposed research and development (R&D) tax credit cuts for small-and-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). But he stopped short of the u-turn some had hoped for fo... |
| Mar 14, 2023 | Silicon Valley Bank: Here’s a timeline of the bank’s failure | Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.
Writer’s note: We’re breaking from our usual formatting ... |
| Mar 13, 2023 | UK tech ecosystem reacts to the news of SVB UK’s acquisition by HSBC | U.K. tech founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders have been giving their reactions to the news that SVB UK will be rescued by HSBC. The bank purchased the operation for a nominal £1 overnight, averting insolvency proceedings that were du... |
| Mar 11, 2023 | SVB contagion: UK arm shuts down, government scrambles and startups brace for the worst | As of late Thursday night and Friday morning, the fallout from the shutdown of Silicon Valley Bank in the US had reached the shores of the UK and Europe. Yesterday afternoon, the Bank of England sought a court order to place Silicon Valley ... |
| Mar 6, 2023 | Climatetech Founders Can Do More To Ensure Policymakers Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is | The UK’s climate tech revolution spans a diverse range of industries and innovations, from renewable ... [+] energy generation to vertical farming (pictured) getty |
| Jan 31, 2023 | Tech Nation looks for new home as UK Gov hands tech ecosystem contract to Barclays | After over ten years in operation, Tech Nation, the UK’s government-sanctioned ecosystem builder for UK tech startups and growth tech companies is to cease operations after losing its grant funding to a programme run by Barclays Bank Eagle ... |
| Dec 21, 2022 | 2022 – A Tech Nation Year in Review | Hello everyone! We hope you’re all excited to have a wonderful and restful festive period.
Before we get into all of the exciting things we have in store for 2023, we wanted to take one last look back at 2022 and all the incredible things ... |
| Nov 15, 2022 | Startup founders go to war with UK government over its moves to appoint bank into key ecosystem role | Nothing less than a war has broken out between an influential swathe of the U.K. tech startup community and the British government, after the latter has allegedly sought to hand the curation and promotion of British startups — both inside t... |
| Sep 1, 2022 | The Digital Asset Policy Alliance (DAPA) Launches | Key web3 and technology policy participants will support future regulation in decentralised technology
Securing a regulatory world that allows crypto and web3 to fulfil its potential will take coordination at an international level - and th... |
| Aug 7, 2022 | One Step Beyond the Future Fund | The UK Government is looking for new ideas that will stimulate investment and growth in the UK economy as we come out of a COVID 19 induced lockdown. Big ideas that will also address some of the structural problems that face the UK especial... |
| Sep 14, 2021 | As UK Gov reaches out to tech, investors threaten to ‘pull capital’ over M&A regulator over-reach | U.K. competition regulators are spooking tech investors in the country with an implied threat to clamp down on startup M&A, according to a new survey of the industry.
As the U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer engaged with the tech indus... |
| Jul 26, 2021 | UK Coalition for a Digital Economy Publishes Paper on Regulating Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL): Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater | The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), an organization created to promote the UK as the top European startup ecosystem, has published a paper on the fast-growing Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) sector of Fintech.
Entitled Regulate Credit N... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Here are the winners of The Europas Awards 2020 – Even a pandemic can’t stop these startups | Last year The Europas Awards for European Tech Startups was held at a sunny garden party next to a historic museum in London. Last night, because of the global Coronavirus pandemic, it was held over Zoom. But the enthusiasm and success of E... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-hit UK startups cry out for help, as UK gov trails Europe in its response | The UK government is reportedly looking at a range of options to support the startup industry, possibly involving a co-investment model involving state-owned funds (via the British Business Bank) and private VC funds. Investors have been wa... |
| Sep 27, 2019 | The top 10 things you need to know to get your business no-deal Brexit-ready | While it can be tricky to keep track of the UK’s continuously evolving political situation, what we do know is that as it stands the UK is due to leave the European Union on 31st October January 2020 (updated). With not too much time left b... |
| Sep 27, 2019 | Worried about a ‘no deal’ brexit? UK startups should check this guide | UK startups concerned the country is about to leave the European Union in just a little over a month’s time with nothing agreed to ensure a smooth transition should point their eyes at this guide — put together by startup policy advocacy gr... |
| Feb 24, 2017 | While tech giants hire, startups fret — Has Brexit Britain become La La Land? | If you’ve read the latest headlines about Britain’s tech industry, you’d think the country hadn’t been rocked by the greatest political and economic uncertainty since the Second World War. Not only are UK startups raising record amounts of ... |
| Feb 21, 2017 | UK faces triple whammy from skills shortfall, visa restrictions and Brexit uncertainty | Britain’s tech sector faces a “triple whammy” hit to its workforce without government action, according to new reports. Firstly, from a critical fall-off in STEM skills in its own population due to lack of funding; secondly, from visa restr... |
| Jul 9, 2016 | The Brexit hangover has left UK startups drained — Are the brains next? | As the UK referendum result dropped in that fateful Friday morning, the tech startup world didn’t immediately grind to a halt. Websites kept loading. Apps kept opening. But what left UK technology entrepreneurs aghast was not just that Brit... |
| May 18, 2016 | For democracy’s sake, UK tech staff need to vote in the EU Referendum | When it comes to startups trying to scale across Europe one thing is abundantly clear: although the market of over 500 million citizens in the European Union is far greater than the US’s 323 million, European startups are hobbled by fragmen... |
| Feb 24, 2016 | Startups Back Britain To Remain In EU | After months of speculation and a much-publicised re-negotiation of terms of membership, last week the U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron formally announced the date for a referendum on whether Britain should remain in the European Union.
Th... |
| Sep 11, 2015 | Will changes to the ‘Skilled Visa’ system impact your Talent options? | This article was originally posted on the Tech North website.
Building the right team is crucial for high-growth companies, and Tech North want to ensure that the voice of the North is heard in the current consultation on the Tier 2 visa s... |
| Aug 10, 2015 | Access To Startup Skills Threatened By U.K. Visa Review | The U.K.-based startup founders and investors who penned an open letter backing the Conservatives at the General Election in May are now confronted with the prospect of a Tory government looking for ways to make it harder for businesses to ... |
| Jan 7, 2015 | Startup Poland Hopes To Highlight The Country’s Booming Tech Scene | As with most countries, industry bodies designed to represent the startup community have sprung up. The UK has the non-profit Coadec which does its best to influence government policy around startups. As does Startup Australia. Now Poland i... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | EU’s New #VATMOSS Rules Could Create A #VATMESS For Startups | New EU VAT regulations could end up being extremely onerous for early-stage tech startups and could drastically slow sales of digital products in the 28-member state block. The new rules are an attempt to curb the big web giants like Amazon... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | FinTech Leads From The Front At TechCrunch Disrupt Europe In Two Weeks | TechCrunch Disrupt Europe is on 18-21st October, in London. Saturday and Sunday will feature TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon, followed by two days of full-blown conference, with interviews and panels with Europe’s best entrepreneurs and VCs. G... |
| Sep 3, 2014 | UK Startups Call On Politicians To Improve Visas, Broadband, Skills, Regulation | Ahead of the next General Election, over 150 UK tech startups and investors have backed a new “Startup Manifesto” (in PDF or Slideshare) aimed at lobbying the main UK political parties to shape policy towards a tech-driven society.
The non-... |
| Sep 3, 2014 | Startup Manifesto Launches in the UK | Over 150 startups and venture capitalists have backed The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec)’s Startup Manifesto, which sets out 24 ways the next government should make Britain a world leader in digital innovation.
Set up in 2010 by M... |
| Sep 29, 2011 | The Europas Awards for European tech startups launches – enter now | The Europas, the European Tech Startup Awards, were held for the second time December 2010, in London, supported by TechCrunch Europe. It was the culmination of a month of online voting by the European tech startup industry for the finalist... |
| Aug 5, 2010 | Want more Angel investing in the UK? Then let’s talk about returns | This is a guest post by Jeff Lynn, the Chairman of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) and Co-Founder and CEO of Seedrs. In this piece he argues that if we want to encourage angel investing in the UK, the discussion in the angel co... |
| May 14, 2010 | Britain’s new government has the chance to save the digital economy | This guest post was written by Jeff Lynn, Chairman of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec). Jeff is also CEO and Co-Founder of Seedrs. He explains how the coalition government between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats coul... |
| Mar 5, 2010 | TechCrunch backs the launch of The Coalition for a Digital Economy in the UK | Today TechCrunch Europe is backing the creation of a new entity to support a lasting, sustainable and innovative Digital Economy for British businesses based on modern thinking around the Internet. Coadec (The Coalition for a Digital Econom... |
| PODCAST: What does Brexit and The Budget mean for UK entrepreneurs? | Guy Levin of Coadec |
This week, we speak to Guy Levin, the Executive Director of Coadec. Guy heads up the UK's foremost digital think tank and trade association, and is also the Associate Editor of Policy at The Memo. He was formerly a special adviser to DFID... |
| Future of UK Tech Sector Post-Brexit | Orrick's London office joined the Coalition for a Digital Economy (COADEC) in launching a new report on the effects of a projected skills shortfall on the UK technology industry following the pending departure of the UK from the European Un... |
| No Deal Brexit: 5 Ways It Affects Tech Startups And What They Can Do About This In Particular | With the UK being the most vibrant startup ecosystem throughout Europe, attracting founders from all over the union, and … leaving the EU at the end of the month, there are many uncertainties that might occur. In a no deal Brexit scenario, ... |
