Worth linking to this article I posted on TechCrunch last week, about the overly negative reactions that many geeks seem to have to many initiatives which, although imperfect, are trying to help. It fits in the context of this earlier article about StartupBritain.
On that note, if you are interested in the TSB grants mentioned in these articles, please have a look at this article on TSB Grants published on the GrantTree blog.