News

• UK fintech startups on track for a record-breaking year of investment in 2017 (CityAM covers London & Partners and Pitchbook research)
• Millennials ditching graduate jobs at big firms in favour of founding startups (Independent covers Moore Stephens research)
• Small businesses can now access government-backed export finance directly from their banks (gov.uk)
• Business rates rise of £1bn next year will be 'final straw' for small shops (Telegraph)
• London's home-based businesses could generate an extra £2.76bn revenue but are being held back by high commercial space costs (CityAM covers Vonage report 'Unlocking the UK's home business potential')

Opinion

• Index of ambition: How AIM fuels Britain's startups (Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury)
• What other ecosystems can learn from Barcelona (Dane Stangler, head of policy, Startup Genome)
• We need businesses to thrive for a resilient economy. So why are we shooting ourselves in the foot? (Chris Blackhurst, former editor, The Independent and exec director, C|T|F Partners)
• It's time to stop pretending Airbnb is part of the 'sharing economy' (Oliver Smith, senior reporter, The Memo)
• Unjustified business rates are a hungover relic from the time before the digital age (Kate Nicholls, chief executive, Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers)
• Meet the home-based businesses that could net the UK billions (David Prosser, contributor, Forbes)
• Forget talk of mass automation. The UK needs to ramp up investment in AI or be left behind (Benedict Dellot, associate director, The RSA writes about the government's AI review)

• New York Times: How the frightful five put startups in a lose-lose situation
• The Memo: This VC fund is 50% women and staffed by students
• The Guardian: 'You just can't get bank loans': the entrepreneurs dipping into pension pots 
• Elite Business: The French revolution: Paris' startups are on the rise
• The Telegraph: Digital business bank Tide 'shooting at open goal'

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