StartUp Britain bus heads west

The StartUp Britain tour - powered by NatWest and sponsored by 123 Reg and .UK - begins its second half by touring west England and Wales. If you're thinking of starting a business, or wanting advice to help you grow an existing business, come along for free, impartial advice! 

• Monday: Market Square, Lancaster
• Tuesday: Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester
• Wednesday: King Street, Nottingham
• Thursday: High St, Cheltenham
• Friday: Queen Street, Cardiff

Tour website: www.startupbritain.org/bus
Hashtag: #StartUpTour
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News

• 'Cut business rates to help us cope with Brexit': Key groups send urgent plea to Chancellor from 100,000 UK firms (Mail Online)
• Business secretary to start round the world trade tour to secure British deals (Telegraph)
• UK fintech startups are more attractive than ever post-Brexit, one investor claims (City AM)
• Sharing Economy UK unveils new kitemark for industry (Elite Business)
• Tax regime tempts owners to sell firms but not grow them, claims former Green & Blacks chief exec (Mail Online)

Commentary

• To the vultures circling London's tech scene post-Brexit (Neil Murray, founding editor, The Nordic Web) 
• Britain will retain its golden spirit of enterprise if we keep backing entrepreneurs (Xavier Rolet, chief executive, London Stock Exchange Group and Gerard Grech, chief executive, Tech City UK)
• Government must start talking up the UK economy (Allister Heath, The Telegraph)
• The legal complexities of late stage tech deals (Dylan Kennett, associate, DLA Piper and Louis Lehot, partner, DLA Piper)
• The digital economy is outgrowing existing business eco-systems (Eleanor Ross, The Guardian)
• SMEs and Brexit: Seeing through the uncertainty (Stephen Hodges, chief executive, Close Brothers Banking Division)
• Could the latest sharing economy model disrupt the retail market? (Jo Davies, founder & CEO, Zak)
• How I surfed the wave that nearly drowned my company (Jane Chen, co-founder, Embrace Innovations)

• What ever happened to John Lewis's favourite startups? (The Guardian)