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Tech start-ups get Government support, will Google and Facebook shares tumble?

Latest Video Bytes update from Jonny Fry discusses Tech start-ups

• UK has announced that it will provided up to £250million to help SME which have raised at least £250,000 in the last five years.
• It has also announced a further £750 million for R&D in loans and grants being issued via UK Innovate.
• In France headline of €4 billion (mainly in the form of helping with firms with their payroll €2billion and start-ups can get tax returns more quickly with a focus on VAT and R&D claims €1.6billion)

The French are giving away up to €80 million to firms provided it is matched by other investors
In Germany €2billion to help small tech firms
70% of Googles revenue comes from advertising
93% of Facebooks revenue from advertising

The four biggest advertising agencies globally- WPP, Omnicom, Publicis and Interpublic average share price since Feb 2020 down 39%
Share price declines for Google -16% Facebook -19%

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Jonny Fry

Jonny Fry co-founder and CEO of TeamBlockchain Ltd, is a Blockchain, crypto economics,Digital Assets and funds specialist, with over 25 year’s experience as CEO of an asset management business which he floated in London with over £1Billion under management .His focus has been on the dynamics of financial innovation, advising on Digital Assets, Tokenomics, Crypto funds and is a regular speaker on these topics. He is Non Executive Chairman of Gemini Ltd, a founder of The British Blockchain Frontier Technology Association (BBFTA) and advisor for a number of companies helping them with their strategic growth and managing corporate and reputational risk.

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