Startup Britain

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StartUp Britain is a national campaign founded by a group of eight British entrepreneurs to encourage enterprise in the UK.

The campaign was launched on 28 March, 2011 by then Prime Minister David Cameron^[1] with the support of the Chancellor and Government although it is completely funded by private sector sponsors.

Founding members[]

• Duncan Cheatle, The Supper Club
• Emma Jones, Enterprise Nation
• James Murray Wells, Glasses Direct and Hearing Direct
• Lara Morgan, Company Shortcut
• Michael Hayman, Seven Hills
• Oli Barrett, Co-sponsorship Agency
• Rajeeb Dey, Enternships.com
• Richard O’Connor, Chocolate and Love

Operations[]

StartUp Britain was acquired in March 2014 by the Centre for Entrepreneurs, part of the New Entrepreneurs Foundation charity. It is run separately from the centre's main activities but partakes in joint reports and research to help shape and inform policy.

The campaign organises an annual summer bus tour which has visited more than 60 British towns and cities. More than 25,000 people have boarded each year to receive advice from representatives of companies including PayPal, BT Business and Intuit.

It runs annual finance, tech and marketing weeks in which experts in these industries share their experiences and has also held one-day events including StartUp Food, StartUp Fashion and StartUp Entertainment which offered guidance on succeeding in these sectors.

StartUp Britain has more than 100 "champions" running campaigns at local level to encourage more people to start their own businesses.

Its Pitch Up initiative has encouraged high street brands such as John Lewis and Sainsbury's to accept pitches from start-up companies while more than 350 small traders have had experience of working from vacant shop units through the Pop Up Britain scheme.

Supporting companies[]

Full list of companies that have supported the campaign since its launch:

1. Alibaba
2. AXA
3. Barclays
4. Bitsy
5. BlackBerry
6. Brightword Publishing
7. Browser Creative
8. Co-Sponsorship Agency
9. Coutts
10. Deloitte
11. eBay
12. eConsultancy
13. Enterprise Nation
14. Enternships
15. Ernst & Young
16. Euro RSCG
17. Experian
18. Fujitsu
19. GlassesDirect.com
20. Global Entrepreneurship Week
21. Gloople
22. Google
23. GoResponse
24. GoToMeeting
25. Hewlett-Packard
26. Hibu
27. HSBC
28. Intel
29. Instant Offices
30. Irwin Mitchell
31. IWG
32. King & Allen
33. KPMG
34. Lloyds Bank
35. MADE Festival
36. McKinsey & Company
37. Microsoft
38. MOO.COM
39. Mother
40. MyKindaCrowd
41. O2
42. PayPal
43. PayPoint
44. Powa
45. Powwownow
46. PricewaterhouseCoopers
47. Reed
48. Royal Bank of Scotland
49. Santander
53. Simply Business
54. Standard Chartered
55. Staples
57. UnLtd
58. Virgin Media
59. Vistaprint
61. Yo! Sushi

References[]

External links[]

• Startupbritain.org
• Centreforentrepreneurs.org
• StartUp Britain Facebook
• StartUp Britain Twitter