The voice of UK tech startups

We do policy how the startup ecosystem does business: punchy, honest, and focused on outcomes.

Our work isn’t high-level waffle – it’s real, detailed solutions to the problems startups face when they want to set up and grow.

But what matters most is that we get the job done. We don’t care who gets the credit – we just want better policy for the people and companies building the UK’s economic future.

Our Work

Access to Talent

Making sure Britain’s startups can hire the very best – from both home and abroad.

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Access to Talent
Access to Finance → £

Ensuring the UK has the right incentives for founders starting up, and a robust VC market for scaling up.

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Access to Finance
Regulation (≈)

Fighting for regulation that allows startup founders to innovate – whether that’s in the cross-cutting issues impacting all tech businesses or the ones to disrupt established industries.

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Technology Regulation

News + Events

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Today we have published a new paper setting out its wishlist for the recently established Regulatory Innovation Office (RIO). Timed to follow the appointment of Lord Willetts as Chair of the UK’s RIO, the report builds on the Government’s commitment to economic growth and the Chancellor’s recent “go for growth” Regulation Action Plan designed to […]
08.05.2025
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UK fintech’s drag factor isn’t application or acceleration; it is the appeals and the process of financial disputes. Our report, Fed Up of Complaining, says the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) risks throttling the very best of the tech sector the UK loves to champion. It does so through inconsistent judgments, lumbering complaint timelines, and a lack […]
07.05.2025
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We have released our Growth Vision for Fintech – read it here. The UK’s fintech sector stands as one of our greatest economic assets, having raised nearly £40 billion over the past five years, and produced more unicorns – privately held companies valued above £1 billion – than any other technology sector in the country.  […]
07.05.2025
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