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It's grim up north for UK startups, but things are changing

29 points| thankuz | 15 years ago |thenextweb.com | reply

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[+] squarepeg|15 years ago|reply
Incidentally, how many HN users are from the North West? I'm from Bolton
[+] JonM|15 years ago|reply
Leeds (if that counts!)
[+] tarkin2|15 years ago|reply
East midlands. But the southerners think I'm northern. So let's take their lead.
[+] camtarn|15 years ago|reply
Edinburgh here too :) (grew up in Glasgow, but now I work in Edinburgh)
[+] forkqueue|15 years ago|reply
Manchester/Warrington borders here (Birchwood). Cheap office space + quick train journey to the centre of Manchester.
[+] RiderOfGiraffes|15 years ago|reply
Port Sunlight, just south of Birkenhead, across the river from Liverpool.

Anyone up for a Liverpool meetup?

[+] geden|15 years ago|reply
Newark, Notts. So technically (East) Midlands, but North of London, which is what matters.
[+] cstross|15 years ago|reply
Originally Leeds, now Edinburgh.
[+] sim0n|15 years ago|reply
Born in Chester and lived there until I was 16. Now living in Birmingham.
[+] jasonkester|15 years ago|reply
Kendal. There's tech here, but it's laying low between the sheep.
[+] thegeezer3|15 years ago|reply
im born n bred manchester but currently living in Japan. Are there any North West HN meetups? Be good to know about for those times i return.
[+] jwdunne|15 years ago|reply
Irlam, right on the edge of Greater Manchester.
[+] nagrom|15 years ago|reply
I'm from Liverpool, but now live in Glasgow.
[+] pdrummond|15 years ago|reply
I'm in the North East, near Durham
[+] jpallen|15 years ago|reply
I'm in the North East, in Durham.
[+] Jim_Neath|15 years ago|reply
No way. I'm from Bolton also!
[+] arethuza|15 years ago|reply
Another from Edinburgh here.
[+] kingofspain|15 years ago|reply
Manchester, formerly Bolton.
[+] olivercameron|15 years ago|reply
I didn't attempt to raise money in England, instead I just moved my startup from Sheffield to San Francisco. It was 6 months of work, but way easier than trying to get funded in the North.
[+] kmfrk|15 years ago|reply
How did you get a visa?
[+] thegeezer3|15 years ago|reply
at what stage was your startup when you moved and how easy/difficult is the visa process for British going to America?
[+] chrisjsmith|15 years ago|reply
Please everyone stay in the UK. We need more startups outside London - it's crowded and not a good place to work.

I attempted to get a startup going in Nottingham (we could have been salesforce!) in about '02 but managed to fluff it up miserably thanks to my inexperience.