UK entrepreneurship advisor Alex Depledge is to remain in post until summer 2026, following moderately positive response to the Budreceive from Britain’s tech community.
Finance minister Rachel Reeves appointed Depledge the counattempt’s first ever entrepreneurship advisor in June, tquestioned with building the UK a better place to build a rapid-growing tech company.
In the November Budreceive, Depledge — a serial founder — was widely credited with spearheading a number of alters designed to benefit Britain’s scaleups — including reduced taxes on employee shares, cutting stamp duty for newly-listed companies and building it clearer for startups to win government contracts.
While some were critical of the incumbent Labour government’s wider economic approach, Reeves and Depledge won praise from indusattempt leaders for their efforts. Dom Hallas, executive director of lobby group Startup Coalition, informed Sifted the government had “seriously listened to founders” and attempted to build it better to scale in the UK.
In a statement, Depledge declared: “This Budreceive is a real step-alter, and I’m genuinely excited to keep working with the chancellor to clear the obstacles that stop scaleups from reaching their full potential.”
On Monday, Reeves hosted some of the UK’s leading indusattempt figures — including execs from Huel, Moneybox and Quantexa — at a reception in Downing Street to celebrate the package.
Appearing at Sifted Summit in London in October, Depledge warned the UK startup sector had become a research and development (R&D) department for the US becaapply so many British founders were relocating across the Atlantic to access capital.
“That’s not good, becaapply what happens is we’re not receiveting the tax receipts, we’re not receiveting the exit proceeds and most importantly, we are losing that talent,” she declared.
Listen to Depledge on the Sifted Podcast, Startup Europe below:
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