Last Thursday Enterprise UK and Newham College of Further Education teamed up to present Take Control Today! The idea of the event is to inspire those who have been made redundant to start a business or those who already have businesses to help them grow.
The event was split into two parts, the afternoon was held Read more…
Another dose of enterprising news from today’s papers. Of note: some interesting discussion around small businesses and social media, and a piece from the Financial Times that illustrates the new-found political currency of entrepreneurship:
BBC Online
‘Dragon’s Den challenge for Bristol teenagers’
Peter Jones has thrown down a challenge to business-savvy youngsters in Bristol to make a profit Read more…
Borders are not what they used to be (I’m referring, by the way, to the divisions between countries, not the late American book-selling behemoth). There was a time, Alfred Lord Tennyson once observed, when “a smile at home was a scowl abroad”. Borders that were once immutable – cultural, logistical and so forth – are Read more…
News junkies, seek enterprise news and ye shall find below. Highlights include some interesting research around the number of small businesses who are not online (shocking!), and a new report from a cross-party group of MPs on boosting an export-led recovery (Global Entrepreneurship Week, anyone?).
Daily Express
‘Recession over? You’re joking’
Entrepreneurs are among the pundits the Express Read more…
Yesterday saw the first North West EPN meeting at Furness Enterprise. The select group of inspiring organisations came together at the North West winners of 2008 Enterprising Britain competition to share best practise and network.
After presentations from John Barker of Furness Enterprise, film maker and EUK Ambassador Kerry Kolbe spoke about how Furness Enterprise Read more…
Today’s whistlestop tour of enterprise-y type morsels in the press. As you might expect, there is a lot of discussion around the end of the recession – officially, officially announced yesterday – and its implications for small businesses. Other nuggets include some good news for global enterprise, and a shout-out in the Daily Mail for Read more…
“We started our business on £200, have never been in debt and have grown organically ever since”
Islington. The home of well-heeled wine bars, left-leaning politicos, and chattering dinner parties round stripped pine tables. It’s also, as chronicled in yesterday’s Evening Standard, the scene of a new model of product distribution tailored towards local small businesses.
The concept underpinning Hubbub deliveries is simple – the service allows Islington residents to select food online from gourmet Read more…
Another whistlestop tour of enterprise-y type-material in today’s press. Among the highlights: figures from the ONS show that Britain is now really definitely officially out of recession, and Duncan Bannatyne writes an interesting piece in the Times about how entrepreneurship can drive recovery in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
BBC News Online
‘UK economy emerges from recession’
The UK economy has Read more…
On Friday last week I had the pleasure of accompanying Kerry Kolbe and Loren Slater on their first visit to their new offices in Manchester courtesy of E-Office. As well as meeting E-Office Founder and CEO, Pier Paulo Mucelli, Kerry and Loren got to visit the office space which has enabled then to grow their Read more…
UK Trade and Investment alongside the Mayor of London and Barclays plc. are looking for London’s top global companies!
Help celebrate the achievements of London’s premier international businesses by entering The London Export Awards 2010. Opened by the Minister for Trade, Investment and Small Business, the awards are supported by the Mayor of London and sponsored by Read more…
A nice handful of juicy enterprise-themed tidbits in the press today and over the weekend. Our highlights are below.
Financial Times (23.01.10)
‘Ethical groups search for structures to suit their trade’ (Jonathan Guthrie)
This article charts the history of social enterprises. It argues that social enterprises, which pursue ethical goals as well as profits, are the modern equivalent of Read more…
Only 3 weeks to go before the deadline of One Big Idea, 12 Feb!!
We are looking for innovative, ethical business ideas which can be used to help solve a development issue in Malawi. This is all about the 3 P’s: people, planet, profit.
It could be something to do with energy, food, education or transport. You Read more…
Today’s whirlwind tour of the goings-on in the enterprise space, as reported by the venerable British press:
Evening London: London
‘Scrapping free evening parking in West End “will ruin business”’ (Sri Carmichael)
The Federation of Small Businesses have criticised plans floated by Westminster council to raise parking charges in the West End. Under the proposals visitors would be Read more…
A new batch of statistics were released by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor last week that together gave a fairly comprehensive view of the current state of global enterprise.
The headline figure - showing that fewer people in the UK had expressed an interest in starting and investing in a new business in the past year - was ostensibly discouraging.
A closer look, Read more…
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