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Executive Director @StartupCltn . Member of UK's Digital Economy Council. Semi-professional Yorkshireman. @NUFC fan. Formerly @DExEUGov @BloombergDotOrg

London via Delhi, Brx & Leeds

https://t.co/f6xHV3FLCm

Joined November 2013

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Coadec is rebranding as the Startup Coalition ( @startupcltn ). We’ve got a new name, a new brand, new board members and new staff - but the same simple goal: making policy in the UK better for the tech startup ecosystem.

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

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Goodbye Coadec, Hello Startup Coalition! We’ve got a new name, a new brand, new board members and new hires - but the same, all-encompassing focus: making policy in the UK better for startups. We need your help to do it - so get involved…

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Dom Hallas

1 year

It's done. 🥳

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Startup Coalition

1 year

THE DEAL IS DONE. HSBC will acquire SVB UK. Story here: Details to come...

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Dom Hallas

1 year

The Government deserves huge credit. From the very top, to HM Treasury who understood the challenge and gripped it, to the PRA, to the huge number of civil servants who have likely not slept since Friday. They have saved hundreds of the UK’s most innovative companies today.

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2 years

Can’t believe we are going over this again. Yes - lots of companies in the Future Fund will fail. No - that doesn’t mean the whole thing is garbage. That’s how these investments work and these stories are foolish at best and misleading at worst.

UK’s government investment fund largely backed ‘zombie businesses’

Audit committee member on state-backed bank warned of ‘significant tail of dormant companies’ in Future Fund

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Thanks for every last bit of support from the startup community - it's been immense and genuinely heartwarming even to an embittered cynic like me. 👏 👏 👏

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3 years

What's in the budget for tech startups? A quick thread 👇

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10 months

What's in the Autumn Statement for Tech Startups. Headline: It's pretty good. Here's a thread of what to look at.... 🧵

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Hi guys 😂😂😂

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2 years

Real hatchet job on the Future Fund in The Times today. Thought I’d do a quick 🧵 on why I think this is way off the mark - as someone who was deeply involved and along with others lobbied hard for its creation.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

What do you do when the community that was on the cliff edge 24 hours ago is saved? You celebrate with those who helped save it including @michelledonelan 👏👏 @Coadec

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1 year

I can’t repeat this enough - the Future Fund was a pandemic support package that will actually make money for the taxpayer. Every time you see an odd hit piece like this focused on individual firms - keep that in mind…

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‘A naive and stupid idea’: how Rishi Sunak’s Future Fund spent millions on failed firms

The then chancellor’s loan scheme, set up as Covid hit, was supposed to keep dynamic startups going, but ended up giving taxpayer cash to long-established or lame duck businesses

www.theguardian.com

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1 month

Good to be back in Downing Street this morning talking tech with @RachelReevesMP and @peterkyle

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2 years

Lots in the budget for tech startups (mini budget indeed…). A thread…🧵

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2 months

Congrats to @peterkyle - really excited to get going!

@10DowningStreet

UK Prime Minister

@10DowningStreet

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Peter Kyle MP @peterkyle has been appointed Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk .

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1 year

A morning update from us. This is a hugely welcome @hmtreasury statement - acknowledging the challenge and committing to a solution. 👍

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Startup Coalition

1 year

Good morning - another update with a very welcome statement from @hmtreasury :

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1 year

It is a running joke that the beneficiaries of the UK’s tech success have been teachers in Ontario. This is why. Funds would make more money by allocating a small proportion to growth investments. Instead they sit on their hands. Unacceptable.

UK pension funds urge Hunt not to force them to invest in riskier assets

Retirement schemes fear chancellor is considering ways to compel them to put money into fast-growing British companies

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Dom Hallas

2 years

The creation of the new Department of Science, Innovation and Technology will be good for British startups - there’s long been the need for a real innovation voice in Whitehall. Bringing research and funding from BEIS with the digital policymaking from DCMS makes real sense.

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Pleased to be appointed to the Tech & Telecoms Trade Advisory Group. There will be an awful lot for startups to be wrestling with in trade policy - and now a good group of techies to discuss it! 👍

@trussliz

Liz Truss

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We're bringing 🇬🇧 industry from farmers to car-makers closer to our trade negotiations. This will make sure we are getting the best deals that benefit all parts of the UK.👇

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6 months

Very pleased to hear that @hmtreasury plans to reverse changes to angel investment rules to make sure funding (in particular to female and underrepresented founders) continues to flow. 👏👏👏

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Always a joy to be in No10 for the London Tech Week garden party with many friends including @Adelbadge

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1 year

Today @StartupCltn we're launching our new AI project with @InstituteGC and @ukonward . We all believe AI is too important to Britain's future to get bogged down in punch and judy politics - so we're coming together to build on all our existing work on Britain's AI future.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Choose your fighter…

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1 year

🚨 EXCITING COADEC UPDATE 🚨 It’s been a pretty crazy month for The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) team. From SVB to the Budget, the new AI white paper to our launch in Wales Fintech week - we’ve never been busier. But we've got two more exciting announcements... 🧵

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Dom Hallas

2 months

Today we're launching our Manifesto for the next Government backed by 100+ founders from across our ecosystem. Read it here and sign our open letter backing the plans at

Startup Manifesto 2024

www.startupmanifesto.co.uk

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

2 months

Britain’s startup and scaleup ecosystem is at a crossroads. And whoever forms the next Government has some serious decisions to make. That's why today we are launching our Startup Manifesto. Read it here: Or find out more below 👇

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1 year

Final special shoutout (I know I'll miss people) to a small number of folks in the community who I know were pushing Govt all weekend and suffered through many anxious calls. @matthewclifford @ccrosswell @brenthoberman @cape . You're all heroes.

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Dom Hallas

3 years

Really delighted to get this over the line - a big win for the startup community!

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Sam Dumitriu

3 years

The scope of R&D Tax Credit will be expanded to include cloud computing and data costs. It's great to see another one of @TenThinkTank and @Coadec 's Startup Manifesto ideas become policy.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

A final update this evening from us on current status of SVB U.K. talks 👇

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

1 year

@RishiSunak A final update for this evening:

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1 year

You v the subscription traps she told you not to worry about...

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Great news the Government plans to launch a new fast-track visa for British tech. As I say in this piece - it has to address the key challenge startups face with the visa system: crippling bureaucracy.

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Chancellor spots break in clouds after Brexit, Covid and battered finances

Rishi Sunak tells FT he wants to start laying foundations for Britain’s future economy

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Dom Hallas

3 years

🚨 We're hiring for a new Head of Talent & Skills Policy. Lots of opportunity to move the needle on big issues that matter to startups from visas to share options. Know anyone who might be interested? Please do share/Feel free to reach out.

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2 months

British Optimism 🇬🇧

@CityAM

City A.M.

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British firms have received nearly a third of European venture capital tech funding so far this year, new data shows, as investors flock back to London and Cambridge bolsters its credentials as an international hub. VC investment in the UK tech sector came in at £7.4bn for the

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Dom Hallas

2 months

Here at @hmtreasury this morning to hear from new Chancellor @RachelReevesMP on Labour’s growth plan with a strong cabinet showing 👍

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1 year

It's Budget Day! So that means a @Coadec thread on what's in it for startups... 🧵

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Dom Hallas

3 years

Really pleased to say we’ve appointed @deCoverlyVeale as @Coadec ’s new Policy Director. It was a big past year of growth for our work. And there’s more to come in 2022…

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Dom Hallas

1 year

For founders looking to celebrate having access to functional banking services after this weekend's madness - @Coadec is hosting drinks tonight. Dm me for details 👍

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Me for @Telegraph . In supporting the tech ecosystem today, the Chancellor is trusting startups to deliver. 👍👍👍

The Government is trusting tech start-ups. Now they need to deliver

Today’s announcement of support for tech start-ups signals the day that Britain’s tech ecosystem grows up.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Obviously fuel duty, NIC changes & an income tax cut (in a couple of years time conveniently before the election...) will lead the headlines. But here's a quick thread on what's in the Spring Statement for startups...

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Dom Hallas

3 years

Big win for @Coadec & startups - Govt announces plans to loosen pension charge cap from October 2021 by smoothing performance fees over 5 years. It removes one of the key hurdles to pension funds investing more in venture capital and startups. 👍

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Dom Hallas

3 years

Mega excited for this - looking forward to chatting with some great founders and of course @RishiSunak !

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

3 years

🚨 We’re excited to say we're hosting Chancellor @RishiSunak this Thursday 25th March at 4.30pm to chat about all things UK tech and what the UK Government is doing to support startups with some very special guests… details here:

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2 months

Whether it's current Government policy or not Patrick Vallance is absolutely right that visa fees need to be looked at more closely. The cost of visas remain a clear issue across the innovation economy.

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Arj Singh

2 months

🚨Slapdown for Labour minister Patrick Vallance, who calls for lower visa fees to ease immigration of scientific talent from EU Home Office spox says this is "not Government policy"

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Dom Hallas

6 months

Great to chat with AI Safety Institute Chair (and stalwart of the UK’s startup ecosystem) @soundboy about where next on AI, his experiences of working in Govt and how we shape a sensible conversation on AI.

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Dom Hallas

3 months

Great to host Shadow DSIT Secretary @peterkyle tonight for our @StartupCltn London Tech Week party with @balderton 🎉

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Dom Hallas

1 year

I’m never a fan of ‘Top X’ lists, unless of course one has me on it in which case they’re of course wholly accurate and well researched. Therefore a delight to read I’m lucky number 13 in @POLITICOEurope ’s London Power 40 this morning.

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Power 40 — London class of 2023

The class of 2023 Meet the 40 top influencers who are most effectively setting the agenda in politics, public policy and advocacy in London. While their names might not always be known to the publi…

www.politico.eu

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Dom Hallas

11 months

Great to host the Shadow Chancellor @RachelReevesMP for a roundtable with some great startups and our wonderful board member @adepledge this morning.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

This is very positive news.

@kitty_donaldson

Kitty Donaldson

@kitty_donaldson

1 year

EXC: Rishi Sunak has given the go-ahead for officials to finalize a deal to allow the UK to re-join the European Union’s €95.5 billion Horizon science program Story to follow with top colleagues @AlbertoNardelli and @EllenAMilligan

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Dom Hallas

4 years

British Startups Need Saving - my response to some of the critiques of @SaveOurStartups

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British Startups Need Saving

A Response to some of the critiques of the Save Our Startups Campaign

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Dom Hallas

2 years

For startups wondering, my understanding is the implications of changes today *DO NOT* impact on the Government's planned increases to SEIS and long term commitments made to EIS/VCTs at the mini-budget.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Today @RachelReevesMP is launching the @UKLabour startup review. It's a great document and there's lots in it for startups to be excited about. Here's a quick thread... 🧵

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Dom Hallas

4 years

My tech startup budget takes. Lots to be pleased with. From new visas, incentives for SMEs to spend money on software and funding - to consultations on reforms to the R&D tax credit, EMI share options scheme and pension fund rules to allow more investment in VC.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

An update from us on the latest RE: SVB UK here 👇

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

1 year

A short update on the current situation with Silicon Valley Bank UK:

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Startups are about to get screwed on R&D tax credits. Here's what you can do about it... a 🧵

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Dom Hallas

4 years

This has taken a long time coming but is really important and I would encourage as many startups as possible to apply (you don’t need to be on an existing InnovateUK programme to apply)👍👍👍

@innovateuk

Innovate UK

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@innovateuk is pleased to announce our Sustainable Innovation Fund, opening on Monday 29 June. This will support the recovery, growth & future development of the economy, including new green innovations and sustainable industries- @beisgovuk @hmtreasury

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Dom Hallas

1 year

🚨 An update on the @TechNation visa. The Home Office has issued guidance for startups making clear that: 1) you can still use the Tech Nation application process now 2) A new endorsing body will then take over as soon as possible. More here:

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Global Talent visa: Tech Nation

Tech Nation has become part of Founders Forum Group and will continue to assess digital technology applications for the Global Talent visa.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

In a random segway from tech policy - I'm in the Guardian today as part of @peterwalker99 's great piece on London's lost motorway showing him round our flat in Brixton. I would highly recommend both the piece and the flat 😂

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Amazing to see this. There was rightly plenty of debate about this but hard to see the demand as anything other than vindication. £1bn invested. The #FutureFund has worked.

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

4 years

This means over £1bn in public and private capital has gone into British startups through the #futurefund 👍

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Dom Hallas

6 months

I am now more than happy to count the chickens 🎉🎉🎉

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Dom Hallas

6 months

Very pleased to hear that @hmtreasury plans to reverse changes to angel investment rules to make sure funding (in particular to female and underrepresented founders) continues to flow. 👏👏👏

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Dom Hallas

4 years

This would be a huge mistake. Not only would this not 'Save the High Street', it would unfairly punish small businesses pivoting to online sales in this pandemic. We need to celebrate Britain's eCommerce champions not punish them.

@hendopolis

Neil Henderson

4 years

TIMES FRONT: ⁦ @RishiSunak ⁩ considers online sales tax in bid to save high street #TomorrowsPapersToday

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Dom Hallas

7 years

Delighted to finally be able to say I’m taking over as Exec Director of @Coadec in the new year. Looking forward to getting started!

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Dom Hallas

5 years

Ministers keep repeating that the online world should be regulated like the offline world. Love to hear about this offline world where a restaurant owners are personally liable for a dispute between two customers...

@guardian

The Guardian

5 years

Social media bosses could be liable for harmful content, leaked UK plan reveals

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Great to hear from the Shadow Chancellor on this. We’ve had encouraging conversations with Government today. Encouraging to see cross party support for startups at risk.

@RachelReevesMP

Rachel Reeves

@RachelReevesMP

1 year

This will be really worrying for many firms, including startups, across our country. The Chancellor should urgently assess the scale of risks to UK firms posed by SVB's collapse, and must work with firms to manage those risks.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Today in dumb regulation... Ofqual requires students taking exams like GCSEs to do it at the registered address of the provider - so currently remote learning still requires students to hike across the country to the office of the online provider they are learning with.

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Dom Hallas

6 years

Let's be clear about who this would hit hardest - startups & local businesses pivoting to online sales. The solution to our ill-fitting business rates system isn't to hold back those less burdened by it. We need to support our British online champions selling around the world.

@SkyNewsBreak

Sky News Breaking

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Chancellor Philip Hammond has told Sky News he is considering introducing a special retail tax on online businesses saying he wants a level-playing field for online and high street retailers

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Dom Hallas

3 years

This was great. Awesome to chat with @RishiSunak @romisavova @HarryStebbings @johnnyboufarhat @zachperret & Camille Rougié.

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

3 years

🎙️ Mic check 1-2, 1-2 🎙️ WE’RE ABOUT TO GO LIVE WITH THE CHANCELLOR! @RishiSunak Join us NOW on:

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Dom Hallas

11 months

I see the Future Fund is back in the news again because of a wilful attempt to misunderstand how it was structured...

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Dom Hallas

1 year

I can’t repeat this enough - the Future Fund was a pandemic support package that will actually make money for the taxpayer. Every time you see an odd hit piece like this focused on individual firms - keep that in mind…

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Dom Hallas

1 year

A last update of the day from me on SVB 👇

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

1 year

Our final update of the day on the latest on SVB UK: 👇

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Dom Hallas

4 years

We’re excited to say we’re hiring! Should be a great opportunity for someone interested in making sure tech regulation from data to competition is startup friendly in the years to come. More info here👇

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

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And in exciting news - we’re hiring for a new Head of Tech Regulation. More details here:

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Dom Hallas

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Big Day for the @StartupCltn today. Two huge announcements. First - three great additions to the team. 👇

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

1 month

Delighted to have Jordan Sullivan joining as our Head of Economic Policy today, alongside Cameron Scott as a Policy Fellow, and @Abigailamykaren as a Senior Adviser!

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Great to join the @Siftedeu podcast to talk SVB & Budget

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Amy Lewin

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Today's pod episode finds out what it's like spending the weekend holed up with government top brass coming up with a plan to save the startup sector... Fun listen! @Dom_Hallas

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Dom Hallas

3 months

I spoke to @Siftedeu about immigration in the UK election - we’re really clear at the @StartupCltn that anything that prevents the world’s best and brightest building companies in the UK will stifle growth.

Plans to cap migrant visas would damage UK startups ‘without a doubt’

Startup lobby groups, investors and founders say limiting access to international talent could hamper tech growth plans.

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Startups need help through this crisis. That’s why @Coadec is working with @brenthoberman @capenterprise and a whole host of investors on a financial plan to help startups navigate this crisis.

@FT

Financial Times

4 years

UK government must act to help start-ups

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Dom Hallas

5 years

Tech giants might be prepared - but (as this data shows) startups aren't. We're very clear no deal would be a disaster for the British tech ecosystem.

Biggest tech companies 'fairly or very prepared' for no deal Brexit, survey finds

Almost all of the largest technology companies in the UK are now ready for a no deal Brexit, techUK has said, even as they continue to warn it would be an “unattractive outcome”.

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Dom Hallas

11 months

This week we’ve been kicking off our AI project roundtables with startups and @ukonward & @InstituteGC . Want to get involved? Get in touch.

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

11 months

2 AI roundtables in 2 days! Progress on how the UK treats AI should come from everyone in the market - not just the big guys. Thanks to every startup that joined - its really helpful to hear from you as we formulate recommendations that the Government needs to hear.

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🚨 The Startup Coalition is hiring 🚨 Excited to say that we're hiring for a new ClimateTech Policy Lead at the @StartupCltn . We've been building out our climate work over the past two years (led by @charlie_mercer ) and now we're hiring for a new role to help double down.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Very flattered to be on @POLITICOEurope '20 People who matter in UK tech' alongside people far more important than me. Obviously, the ones who really matter are startups building stuff - but it's a joy to complain about why they can't do it easier.

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These changes are very positive. The UK is a tricky place to list for growth companies but there’s now real impetus to fix it. Getting the rules right is a big step - but the giant leap will be changing the culture of the city’s institutional money.

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UK announces biggest overhaul of listings regime in decades

A win for venture capital firms and sovereign wealth funds as they will be allowed to hold ‘supervoting’ shares

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Great for @Coadec to host @jreynoldsMP , Lord Jim O’Neill & the @UKLabour team to talk access to capital with a great group of tech investors - lots of optimism about the Labour Startup Review but lots to fix too!

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1 year

🚨 COADEC NEWS 🚨 We’re hiring for a new Head of Economic Policy to lead our work on Access to Finance, Investment and VC policy, tax, and lots more on funding for startups and scaleups in the UK. The job ad is here:

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Good to be @BloombergUK this morning to hear from Ministers including the Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt on their plans for tech sector growth

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2 years

Needless to say this new honour has been taken well by the @Coadec team on behalf of their fearless leader... 😂

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Dom Hallas

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Lots of great policy flying around today from @hmtreasury - spinouts, more chunky funding for scaling firms, and lots more expected tomorrow. But if you ask tech startup founders what they need most they have one simple message: WE NEED THE CHANCELLOR TO FIX R&D TAX CREDITS.

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UKTN

10 months

Whatever happens at the Autumn Statement, the chancellor must fix R&D tax credits. ❗️ ➡️ 🔗 Opinion piece by @Dom_Hallas , executive director of the @StartupCltn . #randd #autumnstatement #taxcredits #startups #business #government #UKtech

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Dom Hallas

4 years

The #FutureFund has shown there is huge demand for support in a way that can benefit the taxpayers. With numbers from the BBB on Tuesday likely showing £250m has been spent - it’s great to hear @hmtreasury is now looking to expand the scheme 👍👍👍

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Financial Times

4 years

UK Treasury plans Future Fund expansion after demand surge

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@Dom_Hallas

Dom Hallas

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CMA has decided Mistral-MSFT doesn't qualify for review after opening one. Worth saying that this should never have been considered and was a month of pointless uncertainty and effort for everyone concerned over a tiny tiny cheque. It's a lesson in why merger powers shouldn't be

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Dom Hallas

2 years

An increase to SEIS from 2023 (🎉 a @coadec policy win)

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Dom Hallas

4 years

The truth is that whilst state aid is one barrier, it's by no means the only barrier. And I'm not sure I could name many startups who would put state aid tweaks at the top of their wishlist. The impact of (for example) no deal over data flows is a much larger risk.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Today @Coadec we're launching a Tech Startup Manifesto for the new PM with our friends @TenThinkTank . There's lots the UK is doing right on tech - but there's so much further we can go on attracting talent, helping startups raise capital and getting regulation right. Read more👇

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Startup Coalition

2 years

Today Coadec and @TenThinkTank are publishing a plan to enable tech startups to turbocharge the UK’s economy. Our new manifesto 👇 sets out the levers the new Prime Minister can pull to make this happen...🧵🧵🧵

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Dom Hallas

3 months

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@TelePolitics

Telegraph Politics

3 months

Labour is planning to override local councils to build data centres on the green belt, as Sir Keir Starmer’s Opposition seeks to boost Britain’s artificial intelligence industry

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Dom Hallas

7 months

Today we're launching an open letter to the Chancellor with a boatload of our startup ecosystem friends to protect angel investment in the UK. But we need your help and your signatures - so you can sign it below 👇

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Startup Coalition

7 months

📣 Today we have launched an open letter to the Chancellor calling on damaging changes to rules for angel investors to be reversed. Read the full letter here ➡️ Or read more below 👇

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Dom Hallas

4 years

LinkedIn content really is sub Facebook level trash isn’t it.

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Dom Hallas

6 months

🚨It's Budget Day! 🚨 Almost certainly the last one before the next General Election. Amid headline tax cuts and electioneering, here's a quick @StartupCltn roundup of what was in it for UK startups...

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Dom Hallas

2 years

What's in Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement for tech startups - a thread...

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Dom Hallas

4 months

The @StartupCltn is in Newport for our next @uktechwk event tomorrow with our friends at @TramshedTech

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Dom Hallas

5 years

As is often the case, @azeem is on the money here: “Regulation is an irritant to a trillion-dollar firm, it’s a pre-existential issue for a founder thinking about her new startup.” Couldn’t agree more...

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💭 The real reason tech companies want regulation

Clarence isn’t from the 313.

www.exponentialview.co

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@Dom_Hallas

Dom Hallas

2 years

Forgive me a little hometown pride… 👏👏

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Dom Hallas

4 years

Exciting few months for Coadec board members as one raises at a $200m valuation and another is elevated to the House of Lords. Get involved and good things happen folks...

@fttechnews

FT Technology News

4 years

Euan Blair’s education start-up valued at $200m

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@Dom_Hallas

Dom Hallas

1 year

The Chancellor’s Great Leap Forward on pensions is the start of a city revolution and tells us a story: small c conservatism won’t work for the city in the era of tech. It’s time for change. Me for @CityAM

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Small ‘c’ conservatism won’t work for the City anymore - CityAM

At Mansion House earlier this week, Jeremy Hunt signalled the era of small ‘c’ conservatism is over and the government will get out of the back seat in the City, is over, writes Dom Hallas. If the...

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Open Banking is a great British success story. We've taken a broken retail banking market and turned it into a £4bn boost to British fintech and even more importantly, British consumers. Now we need to know what's next...

@StartupCltn

Startup Coalition

1 year

Today, we launched our report on Open Banking, as the folks at the FCA, PSR and HMT enter the final sprint before the long awaited JROC report. The Open Banking sector is a £4bn asset, supercharged by regulation, delighting 7m UK users, and employing over 4,800 people.

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Dom Hallas

1 year

Great to have Ministerial engagement on this issue of huge concern to the community. Lots to resolve in the coming days.

@michelledonelan

Michelle Donelan

@michelledonelan

1 year

I have just joined an industry roundtable to discuss the Silicon Valley Bank UK situation. We recognise that the tech sector is often not cashflow positive as they grow and I am determined to stand with them as we do everything we can to minimise impact on the sector.

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Dom Hallas

2 years

The number of first time seed-stage investments is down 18% in the UK from 2018 to 2021.That needs fixing if we're going to continue to grow bigger and better tech startups in the future. To do that, we'll need to reform SEIS.

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme ‘out of date’

A lobby group has described the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme as being “out of date” after analysis showed that early-stage investment for start-ups was la

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@Dom_Hallas

Dom Hallas

2 years

Amid autumn statement day fun and games - excited to say @jgladwin7 is returning to @Coadec 👍

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Dom Hallas

2 years

Whatever you think of them, good or bad, the death of Tech Nation is the end of an era for the startup ecosystem in the UK. The idea of Government as a provider of startup advice to founders backed by Tier 1 VCs is now finished.

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Tech Nation shutting down as UK government controversially pulls key funding

Tech Nation has announced that it will cease operations in March after the UK government pulled key funding.

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