<story><title>Guide to the London Startup Ecosystem</title><url>https://startupsoflondon.com/london-startup-ecosystem-ultimate-report-2020/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>threeseed</author><text>I can&amp;#x27;t imagine why anyone would bother starting a new company in UK.&lt;p&gt;Brexit is looming and it is an almost certainty that a no-deal will happen. (UK wants it and EU won&amp;#x27;t be able to get unanimous agreement from all member states&amp;#x27; and their parliaments).&lt;p&gt;And in a no-deal Brexit companies will have to ensure EU data sovereignty which means duplicating infrastructure in the EU anyway. Not to mention all of the complexity around tariffs and digital&amp;#x2F;internet taxes. Being in the UK you get all of the negatives of the EU without any of the benefits.</text></comment>
<story><title>Guide to the London Startup Ecosystem</title><url>https://startupsoflondon.com/london-startup-ecosystem-ultimate-report-2020/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>brm</author><text>Random aside but this seems like a decent place to ask it...&lt;p&gt;Does anyone know what&amp;#x27;s going on with the Startup and Innovator Visas? Most of the endorsing bodies don&amp;#x27;t even have a process set up yet and the ones that do only endorse their incubatees or make you subscribe to their accounting services.&lt;p&gt;Anyone have any insight? Are any endorsing bodies actively approving Startup and Innovator visas? If I&amp;#x27;m an entrepreneur with £50,000+ to invest in my internet startup and I want to locate it in London and I don&amp;#x27;t want to go through Techstars, what is supposed to happen? Because as far as I can tell, the process of bringing a startup to London is currently very broken. &amp;#x2F;endrant&lt;p&gt;But seriously? Anyone have any success or advice?</text></comment>