Start-upTalk

The £100 Decision:

Why Waiting to Register Your Business Is Already Costing You

There is a quiet moment in every entrepreneurial journey when intention becomes action. Often, it is not the idea that delays progress. It is timing. Comfort. The belief that there will always be a better moment to begin.

That moment is closing.

Companies House has confirmed that the standard fee to register a company will rise to £100 from February 2026. On the surface, this may look like a minor administrative change. In reality, it is a signal. A small policy shift that exposes a bigger truth about momentum, preparedness and the cost of delay.

Mission vs Vision:

Why Start-ups Fail When They Confuse the Two (and Thrive When They Get Them Right)

Most start-ups do not collapse because the idea is weak. They collapse because the culture is confused.

At the centre of that confusion is a surprisingly common mistake. Treating mission and vision as interchangeable words rather than strategic instruments.

Mission and vision are not branding exercises. They are behavioural infrastructure. When they are clear, organisations scale with coherence. When they are blurred, teams burn out, priorities fragment and profitability suffers.

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If a VC Asked You These Questions Tomorrow, Would Your Start-up Be Ready?

Most founders believe they are being judged on their idea. They are not.

Venture capital decisions are shaped by how founders think, how they learn and how they respond when certainty disappears. The questions investors ask are not theoretical. They are diagnostic. They reveal whether a company understands its own reality or is performing confidence.

This matters even more when we talk about Black-led start-ups.

In the United States, Black founders receive less than 2 percent of venture capital funding. In the United Kingdom, the figure remains below 1 percent, despite comparable levels of innovation and education. Research from Stanford, RateMyInvestor, Extend Ventures and Harvard shows that Black founders are more likely to be asked risk-focused questions, while white founders are asked growth-focused ones. The bar is not just higher. It is different.