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Start-ups

Articles on Startups – newly established businesses most often characterised by innovation, agility, and high growth potential, pursuing disruptive ideas or technologies with the aim of addressing unmet needs or solving pressing challenges in the market.

News

Support for South West start-ups

A new £20 million fund has been launched to fill the gap left by the South West Ventures Fund, which will receive no further government cash.

News

LinkedIn founder set to invest in UK

Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, is making a return to the European start-up market, announcing he is closing an investment in the UK.

News

Great time for start-ups, says Playfish founder

Entrepreneurs should brush aside economic doom and gloom because now is a great time to start a company or sell a young business, according to leading European entrepreneur Kristian Segerstrale.

Legislation and Regulation

Is the notion of a single country legal structure for start-ups relevant in the 21st century?

Simon Cook, the CEO of venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, questions the relevance of a geographic home and single country legal structure for start-ups.

News

Institutional investors shun start-ups

Venture capital (VC) funds are moving away from investing in promising early-stage businesses, according to Government-backed fund manager NESTA.

Entrepreneurs

Sir Tom Farmer: Ethics, ambition and enthusiasm

Sir Tom Farmer revolutionised the auto-repair market when he founded Kwik-Fit – and made a tidy fortune in the process. Now 63, he is energetically injecting his hard won resources into an array of UK start-ups.