UK founders cast doubt on Burnham’s pro-business pushAndy Burnham faces a battle in winning over the private sector. (Getty)The majority of Britain’s top scale-up founders believe business conditions will not improve under Andy Burnham as just one in 20 entrepreneurs feel the new PM backs the private sector. New research by Helm, a membership group of over 400 scale-up founders, suggested that a substantial number of its members were pessimistic about Burnham’s premiership. The group’s latest membership survey – drawing on founders with a combined revenue of £8bn – suggests that just six per cent consider Burnham to be a pro-business PM. Read more Burnham tax plans spark investor rush to bank capital gainsAdamides said: “He did not impose the tax rises of the last two years, but he owns them now.