{"id":208326,"date":"2025-06-23T18:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208326\/"},"modified":"2025-06-23T18:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:30:23","slug":"depledge-vows-to-rewrite-the-playbook-in-treasury-advisor-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/208326\/","title":{"rendered":"Depledge vows to ‘rewrite the playbook’ in Treasury advisor role"},"content":{"rendered":"

Appointments<\/a><\/p>\n

The Chancellor has appointed the first-ever entrepreneurship advisor to the Treasury as the government focuses on challenges faced by businesses looking to start and scale in the UK.<\/p>\n

Entrepreneurs will now have a direct line to government and will benefit from additional expertise as Alex Depledge MBE takes on the role.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A serial entrepreneur herself, Depledge will advise the Chancellor on the government\u2019s entrepreneurship landscape, looking to reduce barriers for businesses, entrepreneurs and investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She previously started and scaled Resi and Helpling, formerly known as Hassle.com, after spending five years at Accenture as a management consultant.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The University of Nottingham graduate has sat on the board of several companies, including software development firm EDITED, Startup Coalition and London-based Sharing Economy UK. She is still a non-executive director at Yorkshire-headquartered construction business Persimmon Homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This comes after the news that the government had extended the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust schemes to 2035 and increased R&D funding to \u00a322.6bn per year by 2029\/30.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStartups, scaleups and other small businesses drive the innovation that keeps Britain growing, delivering our Plan for Change,\u201d said Chancellor Rachel Reeves.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a long list of successful startups, scaleups and small businesses across the UK \u2013 with the greatest density of scale ups among the seven major industrial countries in the G7.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving Alex on the team will bring invaluable expertise with her experience building successful businesses from the ground up, and I look forward to working with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Depledge added: \u201cI\u2019m honoured to be appointed as the Chancellor\u2019s first-ever entrepreneurship advisor, a ground-breaking move that puts high-growth businesses at the heart of economic thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the first time an entrepreneur has held this role, and it signals a bold commitment from government to back the scale-ups and innovators powering the UK forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are over 34,000 scale-ups in the UK \u2013 just 0.6 per cent of SMEs \u2013 yet they generate a staggering \u00a31.4 trillion in turnover, contributing 55 per cent of all SME revenues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a chance to rewrite the playbook on how we support entrepreneurs, and I\u2019m here to make sure we take full advantage of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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