Doug Richard, a former “Dragon†from the BBC TV show Dragons’ Den and founder of School For Startups that teaches people how to launch a company, calls the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme “potentially one of the most extraordinary incentives ever createdâ€.
Business News- Labour should not dismiss a social media ban for under-16s 14/12/2025Australia is showing what is possible by not succumbing to the pressures of big tech. The UK needs to follow its lead, says Daniel Kebede Lisa Nandy’s suggestion that an Australian-style restriction on social media for under-16s would lead to prosecuting children is a distraction (Young people have faced ‘violent indifference’ for decades, Lisa Nandy […]
- Daily Mail owner secures funding for £500m takeover of Telegraph 14/12/2025Details of financing structure to be reviewed by culture secretary and regulators before deal can proceedThe owner of the Daily Mail has secured funding for a £500m takeover of the Telegraph, in a crucial development that paves the way for the group to announce the terms of its acquisition on Monday.Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail and […]
- ‘I’m going to be heartbroken. This is a landmark’: cherished Times Square dive bar faces eviction 14/12/2025With cheap drinks and friendly locals, Jimmy’s Corner is a New York institution. But a real-estate developer has ordered its closure – can it survive?Founded by Jimmy Glenn, a former boxer turned trainer, in 1971, Jimmy’s Corner has stood, defiantly unchanged, as Times Square has boomed around it.The neighborhood bar, a New York City institution […]
- Don’t use ‘boilerplate’ reasons to justify big executive pay rises, UK firms warned 14/12/2025Investment Association, influential group of shareholders, urges pay committees to avoid ‘benchmarking’The UK’s largest listed companies have been warned against using “boilerplate” arguments to justify big executive pay increases by an influential group of shareholders.The Investment Association (IA) – whose members manage £10tn of assets – has told pay committees to avoid “benchmarking”: where companies […]
- ‘It feels endless’: despite misplaced fanfare about a model home, LA struggles to rebuild 14/12/2025As LA’s mayor touted a developer’s model home, residents of Altadena and Pacific Palisades wrangle for insurance payoutsNearly a year after a mammoth wildfire tore through Pacific Palisades, leveling 7,000 structures and leaving many displaced, some residents watched as the mayor of Los Angeles hailed a “major milestone” in the effort to recover.A new home […]
- Labour should not dismiss a social media ban for under-16s 14/12/2025