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Top tech stats: Startup survival rates, thoughts on Brexit & more

Welcome to your roundup of some of the past week’s most interesting surveys, statistics and reports relevant to those involved in the UK tech industry.

This week, we have statistics relating to startup survival, mobile finance and research about how some members of the UK tech community feel about the impact of Brexit.

Survival

Small firms outside of London survive longer, demonstrating a stronger resilience to economic turbulence, according to research by eBay.

Fewer than 40% of startups survive longer than five years in the capital, compared to 45% in the South West, 44% in the East of England and 42% in Scotland.

The research also discovered that the lowest startup survival rate was in Redbridge, London, at only 36%....