StartUp Britain was launched on March 28 2011 by the Prime Minister David Cameron to celebrate, accelerate and inspire enterprise in the UK.

On March 28th, StartUp Britain celebrated two successful years in which it has taken the start-up message to thousands of Britons looking to become their own boss.

Thanks to our sponsors: BT Business, Intuit, Iris and PayPal

On March 28th 2013 - StartUp Britain celebrated the growing number of people starting businesses in Britain with a happy birthday message atop the iconic BT tower, courtesy of campaign sponsor BT Business.

StartUp Britain was launched on March 28 2011 by the Prime Minister David Cameron to celebrate, accelerate and inspire enterprise in the UK.  StartUp Britain has now celebrated two successful years in which it has taken the start-up message to thousands of Britons looking to become their own boss.

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The Department for Communities and Local Government is giving a big boost to small retailers as it opens a brand new pop-up shop in its own headquarters. As part of the Government's efforts to regenerate high streets and encourage entrepreneurs, the shop is being opened in time for final Christmas present buying this week by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Local Growth Minister Mark Prisk, with the support of national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain.
 
http://popupbritain.com/

The 2012 StartUp Britain bus tour inspired and supported young people who are interested in starting their own business.
 
The campaign team travelled the length and breadth of the UK visiting 40 universities and further education colleges, which is set to give students the opportunity to network with and learn from business advisers and successful entrepreneurs, which will help alleviate the fear factor of going it alone.

http://www.startuptour.co/

Find out what the StartUp Britain campaign has been getting up to since launch!
 
StartUp Britain is a national campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, harnessing the expertise and passion of Britain's leading businesspeople to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK.
 
The campaign was launched on March 28th 2011 with the full backing of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and HM Government, although it is privately funded by our sponsors: BT Business, Intuit, Iris and PayPal

PopUp Britain was created to give new British brands a rare opportunity to get their products onto the British High Street. Our flagship popup store in Richmond opened in July and houses Britain's most promising small enterprises for two weeks at a time.
 
Six high-end fashion start-ups hijacked the store during London Fashion Week; select labels and fashionistas, including MyEdo, The Chapar, Hamilton and Hare, Dielle, The Fold and Zoe Boomer, exclusively showcased their new-season collections.
 
Watch the video to discover how they found the experience.

London is in the middle of hosting the 30th Olympiad - this is a magnificent showcase for the country, the capital and, in particular, for Tech City.
 
The inaugural Start-Up Games, announced by No. 10, will bring together technology start-ups from all over the world to compete, in the spirit of The Games, for the prestige and PR of being recognised as being among the high growth companies of the future.

On 28 May 2012, StartUp Britain worked with the Department for Business to put on an event to launch StartUp Loans!
 
StartUp Loans is a government backed project and, in lending up to £2,500 to any young person wanting to start a business, we fully expect it to turbo charge youth enterprise in the UK!

Lorna Bladen of StartUp Britain interviews Lord Young of Graffham on StartUp Loans.
 
StartUp Loans is a government backed project and, in lending up to £2,500 to any young person wanting to start a business, we fully expect it to turbo charge youth enterprise in the UK!

StartUp Britain is a national campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, harnessing the expertise and passion of Britain's leading businesspeople to celebrate, inspire and accelerate enterprise in the UK.
 
The campaign was launched on March 28th 2011 with the full backing of the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and HM Government, although it is privately funded by our sponsors: BT Business, Intuit, Iris and PayPal

An insight into the first 3 months of the StartUp Britain Campaign, since its launch on the 28th of March.

StartUp Britain and Viking present "Confessions of a StartUp" -- the opportunity to video pitch a business idea, document the progress and win a support and prize package worth over £5000.
 
Submit your application now for the chance to film your business progress over 50 days. We will choose 4 winners and 1 social media favorite to receive a HD video camera and get filming the highs and lows of running a small business.

Finalists will be taken by StartUp Britain to the London film premiere sponsored by Viking with fellow entrepreneurs, business experts and StartUp Britain community for the film premier where One lucky Start-up business will be voted by the audience and judges on the night, winning the Confessions of A Start Up award and prize pack.

http://www.startupbritain.co/confessions

Jane Ní Dhulchaointigh, founder of Sugru, talks to StartUp Britain about her journey as an entrepreneur so far: including what gave her the inspiration to start a business, how she raised finance and what tips she would give to other aspiring entrepreneurs.

In the first video from StartUp Britain's Entrepreneurship Showcase series, Dr Genevieve Bell from Intel talks to Jamie Williams from StartUp Britain about the future of technology, what Intel is doing to help small businesses in the UK and what we can do to encourage entrepreneurship.