As the world locked down in 2020, a vibrant and innovative e-commerce sector provided a lifeline for consumers and businesses confined to their homes. This accelerated a trend a long time in the making. While consumer demand for shopping online has grown, a vibrant...

Today we have published a new report: The Gig Economy: A Model for Work in the 21st Century. Over the past few years, waves of gig economy startups have radically expanded people’s options, with platforms bringing more competition and choice to everything from private...

Over the past year, following input from start-ups, investors, local government policymakers and other members of the tech community, we’ve been exploring how local government can help to create a supportive environment for tech clusters to grow and scale. And now...

Today - we’re publishing a new paper exploring the critical importance of intermediary liability protections and the likely catastrophic impact of changes to them. You can read our report in full here. The upcoming Online Safety Bill threatens to rewrite rules around...

Following the publication of the UK Government’s Net Zero Strategy in October, and COP26 in Glasgow last November, it is clear that harnessing the transformative potential of technology is central to the net zero transition in the UK. That's why we have launched our...

Today – we’re publishing a new paper on expanding open banking in the UK through a new Smart Data Right: ‘The Smart Path to Open Finance.’ You can read our report in full here. Over the last four years the UK has established itself as the home of Open Banking...

Today, we're publishing new research and recommendations on the delivery of digital competition policy in the UK. You can read the paper in full here. Startups thrive in competitive markets. At Coadec, we have always said that startup friendly competition policy is...

Today - we're publishing a new paper on Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL): 'Regulate Credit Now, Reform it Later.' You can read our report in full here. It's a market that has exploded in recent years - providing consumers with a more flexible version of credit often denied...

Recommendations published today by The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) advises the creation of a new £100m “Future Skills Fund”, in order to enable those wishing to retrain or upskill to access funding, structured as Future Earnings Agreements (FEA)..  Report...