Rick Steele

if in any #infosec doubt, outsource. he/him Derby/London/etc

[Rick Steele @RickasaService]

@clive_blunt Surely point 6 reverses point 2

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@Steven_Swinford @oliver_wright OK, but it isn’t small tax payers who are causing the problem

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@ShamiKalra @ScarbsTech Holy shit they’ve already gone 😢 I should spend less time working and more time online!

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@BobFromAccounts @MikeyCycling If EMR weren’t inept and robbing bastards I’d love every trip in and out of London

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@derbyshire_live The only good plan - or whispered hopeful rumour - I heard was the idea that the university were going to take on the site as a new main campus. Just imagine the good that would do to the city centre

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

US President Trump has a meltdown after losing the Nobel Peace Prize to Indian-origin South African jurist Navi Pillay

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@SANSInstitute Never understood the American need to wear baseball caps indoors, but an interesting topic nevertheless!

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On the face of it this seems a fantastic idea

[Dom Hallas @Dom_Hallas]

NON COMPETES BANNED

Today, the PM has announced that his Government will legislate to functionally ban non-compete agreements for startups and scaleups in the UK or as he called it - the Bosman ruling for ruling for the innovation sector' 😂

At the @StartupCltn been working on this for months and we think it’s a huge potential unlock for our tech ecosystem.

Here’s what you need to know…

- Measures to functionally ban non-competes for startups and scaleups in the UK are going to be set out.
- There will also be consultation on a wider set of restrictive practices including gardening leave.
- More detail on these plans at the budget in a few weeks (Wednesday 28th October) including a timetable for consultation with a view to legislation in the coming months.

We think this is a huge move and so do lots of friends including so many of the great founders that signed the letter with Inherent just the other week.

Why? Because talent matters and mobile talent means startups can build. The Valley was built on free-flowing talent. In the UK, we’re now seeing our own versions of this story with companies being built from alumni of both homegrown firms like Revolut and beyond. But we need that to move faster. Hiring and building faster means British startups and scaleups can grow faster. Barriers to that slow our ecosystem down.

We won’t pretend it will be perfect, and people (including some of our friends but also lots of fairly vested interests too) will have a right to disagree. But we think that startups will thrive and win in a faster paced Britain.

So we are delighted with the progress today - as part of a strong speech by the PM outlining his ambition for building the world’s leading innovation nation including more on tax, growing companies outside London and more. But this is the start, not the end of the process. The announcement launches a consultation. It doesn't mean the issue is settled. How far reform goes, and what it looks like on the ground, is still to be decided.

The Prime Minister today has done something that can materially impact the trajectory of the UK tech ecosystem and with it our economy - but only if we make sure it’s delivered. So, the real work starts now.

[Rick Steele @RickasaService]

@sniffpetrol Imagine a phantom-drophead-coupe version of the Type 01

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@Masterofwhine Really lucky that Trump had them under surveillance 👀

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@Frencheconomics My hand is firmly up for a four day week…

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@SkySportsF1 His drivers should only crash when he instructs them to

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@danhaggok @AlpineF1Team The fact that Briatore is allowed near an F1 race, let alone in a position of power, is shameful

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@Frencheconomics Had Brown called an election when he came in he might have won an election though…

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@BBCNews Weird how this is bringing out the reform bots even though it doesn’t mention the lies paid for by Russia and spread by the leave campaign

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@bsd_junkie @James387536 @narindertweets What is it about JameLotsOfNumbers that makes you think that!?

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Again?

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK https://t.co/IsXhwqOXdG

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@SkySportsF1 An Englishman saying “interesting” doesn’t mean what you think it does

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@F1 Fortunately a new track designed for overtaking so it didn’t ruin the race

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@rowlsmanthorpe @AndyMasley Amazing how many people haven’t watched Terminator