Russell Dalgleish has been appointed as GEN UK's National Director, Scotland. Russell commented, "The goal of GEN is to build one global entrepreneurial ecosystem and I am delighted to contribute to this mission. In the UK GEN is organised at a national level and I am delighted to sit alongside National Directors for England, Northern Ireland [...]
GEW UK 2020 goes live 16-22 November and will be celebrated across the UK and in over 170 countries. GEW UK will be inspiring entrepreneurs to drive growth by focusing on innovation and job creation. For the first time GEW UK will be delivered online and coordinated through GEN UK's new HUB, powered by WorldLabs. GEW [...]
The Super Connect For Good 2020 Competition launches today powered by Empact Ventures and Hays DigiTech UKI. The competition aims to discover, connect and recognise the best tech for good startups and scale-ups in eight regions of the UK and Ireland. Applications are now open. Find out more at http://superconnectforgood.com #SCForGood
This November Global Entrepreneurship Week will be celebrated in over 170 countries with 10 million people participating in 35,000 different events in 2019. There is no doubt that GEW 2020 will have a different shape to previous years, and with more virtual events being planned, we'd like to offer you the opportunity to be part of [...]
25% of UK students want to become startup founders says report with 43% of startups having a BAME founder and 40% a female founder. The State of UK Student Startups 2020 is the inaugural report published by Creator Fund looking at what inspiring student founders are working on across the UK. The report is based on [...]
A £500 million Future Fund loan programme implemented by the UK government was launched in May to help startups survive the global pandemic. The government has expanded the scheme now to include companies not incorporated in the UK. The Future Fund scheme allows startups and other high-growth early-stage businesses from a wide range of sectors to [...]
GEN and Startup Genome have released a comprehensive report detailing the state of ecosystems around the world. Apart from country by country comparisons the report also looks at factors that are in play caused by the pandemic and considers how to address these. The report is now available for members in our HUB Resources and public [...]
