[mooders]

I'm Southampton based and find I spend huge amounts of time scouring techcrunchUK, mashable and very few others for UK startup news. The Times online and The Guardian online are both good sources. The most fruitful is probably Twitter though.

Perhaps there is a need for us to band together and start driving more engagement - i.e. really champion a tech startup group?

[ig1]

I agree, it's not as if the UK has a shortage of startups, but there does seem to be lack of a community ala silicon valley.

I think creating a better community could have a significant positive impact for startups. Especially in terms of things like figuring out which professional service providers (accountants, lawyers, banks) provide the best service for startups.

[mooders]

It would also be pretty cool to try and bring in some professional service providers, like accountants; solicitors and bankers, to provide advice and access to services.

BusinessLink has been mentioned, but I have yet to find the quality of service to be matched to the breadth of services offered.

I do like the idea of a real tech startups vs the rest of the world kind of feel. Maybe we could get a meetup arranged somewhere fairly central - Oxford? Anyone up for this?