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Sam North
Sam North
Sam North is Co-Founder and CEO of SCALE, the UK’s leading event series and community for ambitious scale-ups. In October 2024, he and his business partner took the plunge and acquired SME XPO from the Evening Standard, before expanding and rebranding it as SCALE. They live and breathe the scaleup grind, and are driven to create the ultimate platform for fast-growing businesses.
A Budget for stability

A Budget for stability – But where’s the ambition? Founders’ reactions from the SCALE community

Sam North
Nov 27 '25
‘If you build here, we’ll back you,’ was the line that landed for the founders and investors convened at the SCALE Hub in London on Wednesday to watch Chancellor Rachel Reeves deliver her second Budget.