New research has found that almost a quarter of university students are either running their own business or planning to do so, with estimates of the collective turnover of these undergraduate businesses totalling more than £44m a year. Continue reading
A new report from Ofsted has revealed that academies not in multi-academy trust are failing at a higher rate than those in them. Continue reading
A national scheme called Hatch, started by Barclays in collaboration with charity 3Space, will give social enterprises, not-for-profit charities and early stage start-ups access to free co-working space by using the bank’s “under-utilised” properties. Continue reading
One of the main sources of funding for the majority of Academies, The Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG), will change next year as part of plans to modernise the way schools are financed. Continue reading
The Government has announced the launch of a new £85m fund in London that, over the next three years, will address the funding gap faced by the capital’s tech start-ups. Continue reading
Business owners and campaign groups are hoping that Chancellor George Osborne’s Autumn Statement being delivered later today (3 December) will contain the measures they need to grow, and one of the most urgent calls over the past year has been a reform of business rates. Continue reading
