liz stevenson

Communications and Stakeholder Affairs Director, Tech Nation. Family addict, global politics/ finance/ economy watcher and nature lover

[Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 @jimmym]

Going out on the street to clap people was quite extraordinary.

I haven’t seen anything like that before in the UK 🇬🇧

It feels as though a new civic pride is being unleashed.

[Malcolm Clark @malcolmjclark.bsky.social @MalcolmClark77]

Even from bottom of my tucked away cul-de-sac I could see - and most definitely hear - people joining in #clapforourcarers. Lovely to exchange a few words with neighbours from their windows, and see smiles on faces. And now see similar WhatsApp messages from across #streatham.

[Brent Hoberman @brenthoberman]

We’ve just opened up Founders News - From @Founders_Forum - algorithmically generated newsletter, each issue is entirely tailored to you using your LinkedIn and Twitter connections. https://t.co/SCpHIvGxYy
Personalised news on what top founders are up to with a community spirit

[John G. Courtney @JohnGCourtney]

The total number of #scaleups in the UK has increased: 36,510 businesses are #growing their turnover or employee numbers by more than 20% a year, an increase of 3.7% since 2016. Find out more from @scaleupinst https://t.co/fArPh7DimS

[Tech Nation @TechNation]

Coordinated by @TramshedTech, a new Tech Sector Taskforce has been launched in Wales to bring together organisations from across different sectors and industries to share resources on best practise of dealing with Coronavirus pandemic. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

More details 👇
https://t.co/P4twgNFWCz

[Brent Hoberman @brenthoberman]

France pledges €4bn liquidity support to startups via @siftedeu https://t.co/JKdx4wIqt4

Hopeful that more will be done in the UK too and across Europe for startups.

[James Hurley @jameshurley]

It's not often I say this, but well done @RBS and @NatWestBusiness . They have just confirmed to me they will not be asking for personal guarantees in support of emergency coronavirus loans. Over to you @Barclays

[Jimmy McLoughlin 🐑 @jimmym]

Great piece, and demonstrates how the Coronavirus is going to bring forward changes that were already underway in the economy.

[techSPARK @techSPARKuk]

"Bristol is one of the top European scaling tech cities - VC investment increased by 45% between 2018 and 2019 from £220mn to £320mn" via @TechNation 2020 Report https://t.co/P9pzOFTx3m

[Octopus Ventures @OctopusVentures]

Last week @akritidokania joined a panel put together by @TechNation to discuss fundraising in a lockdown. Here’s the practical advice that was shared.

https://t.co/FnbKRy3UFw

[Daniel Korski @DanielKorski]

This is the sort of support all governments need to give their startups unless they want the innovative part of their economies to collapse as cash runs out, VCs stop investing, coworking spaces collapse and customers hold back cc @RishiSunak @AlokSharma_RDG @OliverDowden

[Mike Butcher (BlueSky/Threads: @mikebutcher) @mikebutcher]

UK's @TechNation is doing a survey for startups about COVID-19. Responses will be sent to the Government. https://t.co/tK6c7AFlug

So what issues do you as a tech startup face now? (Apart form the obvious personal problems)

[Tech Nation @TechNation]

The UK fintech community, including @getfronted @creditkudos and @11FS have created a proof-of-concept tool to help self-employed workers demonstrate loss of income from COVID-19, using #OpenBanking 💕💸

https://t.co/pomCUJ0hX1

[Daniel Korski @DanielKorski]

Good list of UK govt support for business and other tech-related initiatives collated by ⁦@TechNation⁩ 🦠 https://t.co/bu4LC2m1xv

[Cervest @CervestEarth]

Last week our 2 newest team members were fully onboarded remotely🧑‍💻Luckily we tested a virtual onboarding process with a new data engineer just the week before!

Front-end engineer Dorota joins the product delivery team and describes what it’s like to start a new job from home:

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Daily blog just updated. Includes survey results from 100+ scale-ups, up to last Fri. New survey out since: https://t.co/srxtdhzwGN to compare & contrast given number of Govt. announcements. Do share your thoughts. https://t.co/FFLy5Vqw34

[Gerard Grech @gerardgrech]

Lots of considerations going into Govt. in how to support pre-Product Market Fit startups, given they don't qualify for the loan scheme (need to be profitable) + some cannot take on debt without permission of investors (all doable but another complication). We'll get there.

[Catherine McGuinness @City_McGuinness]

Welcome positive news that London has maintained its position as the world’s leading centre for the quality of our green finance offer. This work will remain vital both during the current COVID-19 outbreak and after. 🌍 https://t.co/1ox73XVVT9

[David M. Brear @davidbrear]

We got @ValKristensen for breakfast this morning!! 💪🍳

How is @oaknorthbank reacting to the crisis?

Bring your coffee and tune in live 👇

https://t.co/PNzjfsa20I

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

UK finance announcing contactless card spending limit to rise to £45 from 1 April, to reduce contact due to #COVIDー19, though individual retailers may take longer to process.

Of course contactless limits often don't apply for payments via mobiles.