Theresa May is setting up five business councils to advise on Post-Brexit policy –one of which will be for Small Business, Scale ups and Entrepreneurs. It will be co-chaired by James Timpson (CEO, Timpson), Brent Hoberman (chairman, Founders Forum) and Emma Jones (founder, Enterprise Nation). All are great appointments. Emma is one of our Advisers and one of the most prolific and most effective defenders of small businesses in the country. Watch this space for updates on its work.
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The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence, is exploring how it will work with small companies as a part of their mandate to achieve impact through data science and AI research. They are seeking to understand how UK SMEs could benefit from the Institute’s assets and activities and they are inviting your input via a public consultation. Tell Turing what SMEs need to succeed. The consultation closes on 26th November.
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