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The Entrepreneurs Network

UK think tank campaigning for free-market, pro-enterprise policy reform.

The Entrepreneurs Network is a free-market UK think tank. Its 14 July 2026 founder survey found only 14% of founders say it is easy to scale a business in Britain, against 65% who find it easy to start one.

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Background

The Entrepreneurs Network was founded by Philip Salter and describes itself as the voice of Britain's most ambitious entrepreneurs, maintaining a network of over 10,000 founders. It runs forums for female, immigrant, young and Science and technology founders, a Private Business Commission, and supports the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship.

A 14 July 2026 founder survey found 65% of founders call Britain an easy place to start a business, but only 14% say scaling one is easy; 82% were negative on tax and 74% cited trouble accessing investment.

TEN pushes back from the opposite direction to rival think tanks: it blames regulation, tax and Britain's cultural attitude to risk, not a shortage of state capital, for holding back scale-ups, a stance that collides directly with the New Economics Foundation's fiscal-accounting argument on the same funding stories.

Common Questions
What percentage of UK founders find it easy to scale a business?
Only 14%, against 65% who say Britain is an easy place to start one, according to a July 2026 survey by The Entrepreneurs Network.Source: event
What does The Entrepreneurs Network campaign for?
Free-market, pro-enterprise policy reform: it campaigns for laws, tax and regulation it says would help British businesses start, scale and succeed.
Who wrote The Entrepreneurs Network's 2026 founder survey?
Philip Salter, the organisation's founder, published the survey on 14 July 2026.Source: event
What are The Entrepreneurs Network's politics?
It does not state a party alignment. Its published positions are consistently free-market and pro-enterprise, campaigning on tax, regulation and access to investment.