News

• 'Enough politics! It's time to get down to business': Small firms say government must listen now (Mail on Sunday)
  Small businesses expect practical help and a change of tone and approach from the government, which has too often viewed them as a problem, in the wake of the election result.
• Business leaders urge politicians to 'get their house in order' as crucial Brexit talks loom (Independent)
• Business reaction to election results
  • What businesses think (Standard)
  • What investors think (Tech City News)
• Amazon to ramp up lending to UK small businesses (Startups.co.uk)
• London is home to more promising fintech startups than any other European city (Elite Business covers the FinTech50 list)
• Red tape is damaging Britain's growth (Telegraph covers OECD report)

Opinion

• 'For a strong and stable economy.' Was that so difficult? (Ben Kelly, exec director, Conservatives for Liberty)
• Technology is transforming the world but the nation's leaders won't discuss it (Rohan Silva, co-founder, Second Home)
• Why we need more female business angels (Jenny Tooth, chief executive, UK Business Angels Association)
• Tech could revolutionise heathcare, if only people would give it a chance (Rhys Little, director, Despark UK)
• The government will need to help startups with Brexit costs (Farid Haque, co-founder, AssetVault)
• Portugal's scaleup ecosystem is growing twice as fast as the European average (Amir-Esmaeil Bozorgzadeh, founder, Virtuleap)

Features

• Startups.co.uk: London Technology Week 2017: Must-attend events
• FT: Special report: Understanding entrepreneurs
• QZ: Y Combinator will accept 10,000 startups to prove there's nothing magical about Silicon Valley
• New York Times: Why women don't see themselves as entrepreneurs
• Guardian: Walking away: When is it time to call quits on your business?
• Telegraph: Big business eyes collaboration to combat dearth of innovation