News

• Don't strangle the self-employed (Fresh Business Thinking covers IPSE's manifesto for the self-employed)
• Give business real support..not fairy tale promises, says Sage boss (Mail on Sunday)
• Over a third of students and graduates hope to work for a start-up (Startups.co.uk covers 9,000-strong survey by Prospects)
• Small firms hit by business rates relief delay (BBC)
• Almost four in five SMEs don't think new late payment rules will work (Elite Business covers Crossflow Payments polling)
• RocketSpace powers into London in hunt for next $1bn tech 'unicorn' (Evening Standard)

Opinion

• Business has no divine rights, but Government must remember who pays the bills (Andy Silvester, head of campaigns, IoD)
• The next government must unshackle the self-employed (Chris Bryce, CEO, IPSE)
• Only the Lib Dems are standing up for entrepreneurs (Dr Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats)
• Migrants are important to UK business and sustainability of the economy (Monica Atwal, managing partner, Clarkslegal)

Features

• FT: Tech companies aspire to become Cardiff's first unicorn
• CityAM: It's hip to be Square's CFO: Meet Jack Dorsey's right-hand woman, finance chief Sarah Friar
• BBC: Retaining some cool and cachet after selling up