News

• Surge in female entrepreneurs narrows UK gender gap (FT covers GEM UK 2016 report)
• UK tech shrugged off Brexit with record VC investment in the first half of 2017 (CityAM covers London & Partners and Pitchbook research)
• Matthew Taylor to call for boost for 'gig' workers but stops short of blanket minimum wage demand (Telegraph on government's self-employment review which launches this week)
• More than 105,000 businesses helped through New Enterprise Allowance scheme (gov.uk)
• Wayra UK launches accelerator to tackle the 'poverty premium' (TechCrunch)
• School kids can make 400,000 new jobs if seen as aspiring entrepreneurs (Real Business on Barclays research showing 42% of 8-16 year olds plan to start a business when older)

Opinion

• Think beyond GDP to measure the true success of an economy (Brent Hoberman, serial entrepreneur and Lord O'Donnell, former cabinet secretary write in the Evening Standard to launch the £100,000 Indigo Prize)
• Founders shouldn't doubt their own ability to scale a startup (Tony Zappala, partner, Highland Europe)
• The government must urgently roll out rate-relief for SMEs (Mike Cherry, national chair, FSB)
• Savvy startups prove you can help the community while making good profits (Rohan Silva, co-founder, Second Home)
• Why employers should give ex-offenders a working chance (Kirstie Brewer, Guardian)

Features

• New York Times: Why France is taking a lesson in culture from Silicon Valley
• Forbes: The air strike continue, but a Yemeni entrepreneur brings jobs to his people
• Guardian: How an 'Airbnb for retail' is bringing entrepreneurs back to the high street
• Telegraph: How Adam Neumann built WeWork into a £14bn company redefining office culture

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