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UK founders are launching businesses faster than ever, yet many still feel undervalued, underfunded, and overlooked.<\/p>\n
The 2025 UK StartUp Report <\/a>showed that only 29 per cent of founders believe entrepreneurship is seen as a desirable career while just 27 per cent feel successful founders are celebrated.<\/p>\n And, perhaps worst of all, only around a third think the government recognises their contribution to the economy.<\/p>\n The findings come amid heightened anxiety over government support for startups.<\/p>\n Rumours of a so-called \u2018exit tax\u2019 for wealthy individuals had stirred fears that Britain was about to penalise its own entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n But the Treasury\u2019s second Autumn Budget <\/a>spared founders\u2019 worst fears and contained a range of measures designed<\/a> to keep high-growth companies rooted in the UK.<\/p>\n Boosted enterprise management incentives (EMI) share option limits, a three-year stamp duty exemption for London listings worth up to \u00a350m a year, and targeted scale-up support including follow-on capital initiatives, all suggest a concerted effort to back founders at the crucial Series B stage.<\/p>\n For the Treasury\u2019s first-ever entrepreneurship adviser, Alexandra Depledge, these measures are the beginning of a broader mission to reverse years of neglect.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been a slow decline, right? That didn\u2019t start with this current government,\u201d she told City AM. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been around since the mess of Brexit really \u2013 there\u2019s been more and more things layered in, and things have become less supportive.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd so I feel like what I tried to do in this Budget was show that directionally, we are going in the right direction, and we are talking their language. And this is just a start.\u201d<\/p>\n Budget measures and scale-up support<\/p>\n Depledge claimed two main initiatives could reshape the UK\u2019s high-growth ecosystem.<\/p>\n \u201cMy overwhelming goal was twofold. It\u2019s to help us retain talent, attract and retain talent, which is what the EMI scheme was all about,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd the second thing,\u201d she added, \u201cis increasing the amount of capital available to scaling founders. So when people are looking for that check of like 10 or 20 million, that they\u2019ve got multiple options.\u201d<\/p>\n These measures aim to give founders alternatives to selling early or seeking foreign investment, a key frustration flagged in the startup report.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the lever we need to pull \u2013 retaining talent and having multiple options available at the Series B level. And both of those things have happened now. So I\u2019m feeling positive about that,\u201d she told City AM.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/p>\n