Friday: pick of the press – enterprise in the news
January 29th, 2010 by Alex_GoldupAnother dose of enterprising news from today’s papers. Of note: some interesting discussion around small businesses and social media, and a piece from the Financial Times that illustrates the new-found political currency of entrepreneurship:
BBC Online
‘Dragon’s Den challenge for Bristol teenagers’
Peter Jones has thrown down a challenge to business-savvy youngsters in Bristol to make a profit from a £10 loan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8485000/8485649.stm
City AM London
‘Update your business profile’
City AM reports on research from private bank Kleinwort Benson, which showed – among other things – that 42 per cent of respondents used Twitter and 28 per cent Facebook for business purposes. The need to cut overhead, the argument goes, has meant that more and more entrepreneurs are using social networking sites to grow their business.
http://www.cityam.com/city-focus/update-your-business-profile
Financial Times
‘Foul weather friend’ (Jonathan Guthrie)
Jonathan Guthrie argues that the recession has made “heroes of small businesses in the moralising world of politics”.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2a87ab4-0c75-11df-a941-00144feabdc0.html
Financial Times
‘Maximum Crossrail levy to hit companies’ (Bob Sherwood)
Boris Johnson, London’s Mayor, will today announce that London businesses will pay the maximum extra levy to fund Crossrail for the next quarter of a century in spite of warnings that the tax will hurt companies’ chances of recovering from recessopm/
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e7de6184-0c75-11df-a941-00144feabdc0.html
Financial Times
‘Computer games companies find firm foundations in brotherly love’ (Maija Palmer)
Report on games developer Rebellion, the latest in a line of games development firms founded by kids.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a72d1bc-0c75-11df-a941-00144feabdc0.html
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