by Romilly Dennys | Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Home secretary Amber Rudd provoked outrage this week for suggesting that companies should list the number of foreign workers they employ. For many in the business community, it hit a raw nerve at a sensitive time. EU nationals that call the UK home and have set up...
by Romilly Dennys | Sep 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
Following Greg Clark’s speech yesterday at the IOD, a few thoughts on creating a forward-looking Industrial Strategy fit for a digital age: I have seen the future and Britain is not part of it.’ (George Osborne, 2006, Silicon Valley) Ten years after George Osborne...
by Romilly Dennys | Aug 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
A few days before the UK voted to leave the EU, I wrote a welcome blog as the incoming Executive Director of Coadec. On reflection and with the beauty of hindsight, I should have written a very different blog. But then it has been a truly extraordinary few weeks. The...
by Romilly Dennys | Aug 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
As London Fintech week kicks-off today, Coadec examines the current challenges and concerns facing the FinTech community: Verbatim: “The harmonisation of financial regulation is a huge, huge asset to British financial services firms.” “For financial services and...
by Romilly Dennys | Jul 3, 2016 | Uncategorized
Coadec is among a cohort of small business representative groups that have joined forces to offer a consistent line of support to startups, small firms and the self-employed following the EU referendum. In a meeting on 28 June, we agreed to coordinate our efforts in...