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A think tank for making Britain the best country in which to start and grow a business | Secretariat: @appg_e | ✍️ @Philip_Salter, @eamonnives + @anastasiabekt.
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🏎️🚨NEW!. Startup support programmes are booming. But how well are they performing?. For founders, navigating them can be difficult. Too often, it’s unclear which programmes are high-quality, how long they’ll last, or what outcomes they actually deliver. 🧶Here’s what we found.
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📈 @antonhowes tells @WorksInProgMag the real history of the Industrial Revolution.
According to Anton Howes (@antonhowes), we have Henry VIII to thank for the Industrial Revolution. Henry VIII might be England's worst king. He debased the currency, imposed devastating wealth taxes, and brought England into pointless and wasteful wars. By the time he died the
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🏗️ @InstituteGC set out a blueprint for how Britain can build the infrastructure needed to win the AI race.
What should the UK's AI infrastructure strategy be?. A new report by @InstituteGC argues that the UK needs to quickly build diverse and resilient AI infrastructure for safe and competitive deployment across the economy. Succeeding in this quest for sovereignty, security and scale
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🛠️ @BritishProgress launched an online ‘policy toolkit’ for understanding different ways to spur innovation.
🚨🔧 NEW R&D TOOLKIT LAUNCHED 🚨. Excited to launch a new @BritishProgress product: an interactive policy toolkit for UK R&D analysts and policymakers! 🧵
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🎊 @CamCavendish argued Britain needs to be a little less British when it comes to celebrating and encouraging academic entrepreneurship.
Britain needs to unleash the spirit of entrepreneurship | opinion.
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🧠 @neuralink announced it will start a clinical study of its brain-computer interface in partnership with two British hospital trusts.
🇬🇧 We’re launching a clinical study in Great Britain!. In partnership with @uclh and @NewcastleHosps, we’re exploring how our brain-computer interface can restore digital autonomy to individuals with severe paralysis by enabling them to control devices with their thoughts.
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🌱 “We can’t create a homegrown IPO and equity-first culture overnight, but it certainly won’t be built if we keep hand-wringing instead of getting hands-on,” says @fergalmullen.
It's time to stop chastising European founders who choose to list in the US.
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⚡ Is Net Zero to blame for Britain’s high energy costs?.
Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive. Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock). What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @TheEconomist. (🧵)
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✈️ A third runway at Heathrow took one step closer towards finally being built.
Full details of Heathrow's plans for a third runway revealed. Read more⬇️.
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📉 Business leaders are increasingly pessimistic about Britain’s economy, according to a new survey.
Business confidence hits ‘record low’ as Reeves slammed over taxes
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💡 We published the latest instalment in our Three Big Ideas series.
Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out!. This week:. 🇪🇪 @anastasiabekt on Estonian excellence.🏗️ @philip_salter on crafting coalitions.📈 @eamonnives on artificial advancement. Link to read and subscribe below.
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📑 Plans to crack down on late payments and improve access to finance were announced in the Government’s strategy for small businesses.
We’re tearing down barriers to make starting and growing a business easier. This is how.
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🚨🥳 It’s time for our Friday Thread! 🚨🥳. Here’s a rundown of the key stories and interesting articles relating to entrepreneurs, technology, and innovation this week…
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📈 @eamonnives explores how AI could usher in an era of double-digit economic growth, but warns that politics may slow its transformative impact.
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🏗️ @Philip_Salter discusses why single-issue campaigning works and how YIMBYs should build broader coalitions while maintaining their housing focus.
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🇪🇪 @anastasiabekt writes about Accelerate Estonia programme and how "making illegal things legal" could offer lessons for the UK's Regulatory Innovation Office.
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Our latest Three Big Ideas roundup is now out!. This week:. 🇪🇪 @anastasiabekt on Estonian excellence.🏗️ @philip_salter on crafting coalitions.📈 @eamonnives on artificial advancement. Link to read and subscribe below.
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🚨 @lawhsw argues that if the Government thinks AGI is around the corner, it needs to start acting like it.
It's trendy for politicians to show off extremely short timelines. In the UK, this is especially curious given (a) the Secretary of State for technology is one of them and (b) with a few notable exceptions, the UK is behaving as if AGI is centuries away. Link below 🇬🇧
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