Co-founder and CEO of https://nitter.cf/t.co/3zjEVrr84n - we’re helping people get justice. US/UK citizen, accent is somewhere in between. she/her. DMs are open, ask me for help!
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Danae Shell retweeted
The Tories kicked off an open consultation (see link below) on reforming retained EU employment law.
Deadline: 7 July. Please spread the word!
The guidance provided is extremely rose-tinted. I'll highlight some key issues in the rest of this thread.
gov.uk/government/consultati…
Danae Shell retweeted
Some of the things you hear at magistrates' court are jaw-dropping.
A company called Control10 Ltd registered at an address near Cardiff told HMRC it had made a £507,995 overpayment of corporation tax. HMRC then refunded that amount. 🧵
Danae Shell retweeted
HOW TO TELL IF A SUIT IS BESPOKE
This suit makes me sad bc it's an example of the many ways custom tailoring shops upsell or misrepresent their services. On their site, this tailor says their suits are handmade and bespoke. But that's not really true. Here's how to tell 🧵
Danae Shell retweeted
Chart below gives you a sense of what it’s like to raise a VC fund in 2023… let alone raise a VC fund as a woman in 2023
🔘 Gray = male-led funds
🔴 Red = female-led funds
Danae Shell retweeted
Applications for @GoogleStartupUK's Black Founders Fund are still open. Some of Ada Fund I portfolio founders were 2022 recipients including @SimiLindgren (@AskYuty) and @DamiHastrup (@themoonhub).
Apply before the 26th of March👇
blog.google/outreach-initiat…
Danae Shell retweeted
1/12 - EVER WONDERED WHY DANDELIONS ARE HATED SO MUCH?
They’re considered “weeds” because they were a poor person resource and not having them was a status symbol. It starts in Europe...👇🧵
Danae Shell retweeted
If you are the CEO or CFO at a business who banks with SVB; here are some things you CAN do over the weekend
1. Build a 4 week rolling daily receipts and payments style cashflow forecast.
2. Gear up finance team to actualize & reforecast every AM by 10am
Danae Shell retweeted
I've been hearing that women are being disproportionately affected by the tech layoffs in Europe. What do we think about this? Feel free to DM me or reach out at [email protected] for tips/thoughts 🙏
Danae Shell retweeted
💧 For the first time in history, the US has entered a WATER war and the media refuses to cover the true cause: cows. A must-read on the water crisis. 🧵👇🏼
Danae Shell retweeted
i think it's so cool that every CEO at every company suddenly decided exactly five to seven percent of their workforce needed to not work anymore. what a weird coincidence
Danae Shell retweeted
There’s a very lengthy backstory to Nadhim Zahawi’s HMRC settlement, and lots of people have been asking me to summarise it. Here goes:
taxpolicy.org.uk/zahawi_stor…
Danae Shell retweeted
Yep, I started preparing to get laid off on Day 1.
Not because I didn't have faith in Vox or didn't believe in its mission. Not because I doubted my ability to make a positive impact or thought I would fail.
It's because I'm not interested in building my house on rented land.
Danae Shell retweeted
Everyone remembers the word that got them kicked out of the elementary spelling bee, right?
Mine was yacht.
