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		<title>Business Awards June</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/06/29/business-awards-june/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jacqui</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northwest Region Awards
EN Magazine North West Entrepreneur Awards 2010 - EN Magazine’s North West Entrepreneur of the Year Awards scheme, now in its ninth year, exists to honour the achievements of the region’s most tenacious and successful entrepreneurs – and to provide encouragement and a standard against which they can measure themselves to those who <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/06/29/business-awards-june/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Enterprise Manifesto Camp: social entrepreneurship, 29 March 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/31/enterprise-manifesto-camp-social-entrepreneurship-29-march-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Silviya</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprise UK is running a series of  ‘Manifesto Camps’ exploring the biggest issues for entrepreneurs in the UK and how these problems could be solved; with ideas feeding into the Enterprise Manifesto.This week’s session looked at the future of entrepreneurship, including the best ways to encourage social entrepreneurship and social innovation. Setting the scene for <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/31/enterprise-manifesto-camp-social-entrepreneurship-29-march-2010/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sunderland Glass Centre Hosts Social Enterprise Conference!</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/19/sunderland-glass-centre-hosts-social-enterprise-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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Social Enterprise day was celebrated in Sunderland&#8217;s National Glass Centre today with Mutual Inspiration&#8217;s Social Enterprise, Collaboration and Sustainability Conference.
 
Around 50 delegates from the North East social enterprise arena descended on the fabulous venue to discuss such topics as:
 
-The recession, social enterprise opportunity or challenge?
-Finance and franchising social enterprises
-Opportunities for social enterprise in the emerging <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/19/sunderland-glass-centre-hosts-social-enterprise-conference/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Does Google predict the future?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/09/24/does-google-predict-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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				  Google has an answer for everything. Its Google trends search allows you to see a graph of how many people have search for something over the past six years.  A search for ‘Make Your Mark’ shows quite familiar and daunting spikes in searches during mid-November.
Anyway, below is the graph of searches in the UK for <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/09/24/does-google-predict-the-future/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>As if the banks didn&#8217;t have enough to worry about&#8230;..</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/09/16/as-if-the-banks-didnt-have-enough-to-worry-about/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/09/16/as-if-the-banks-didnt-have-enough-to-worry-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amelia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at why businesses run by women access less private equity and venture capital than those run by men.]]></description>
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		<title>Post-recessionary or just good business?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/20/2940/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the recession demarcating class divides in ‘Middle Britain’? On the one hand you have recession-proof Guardian readers lauding the miracle of frugality that the recession is bringing – cycling and recycling is King and they rejoice that the world has seen its senses and buys organic. On the other, we have the ultimate harbingers <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/20/2940/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s your inspiration?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations for the Queen&#8217;s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened.  Lord Mandelson suggests that &#8216;recipients of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP) are outstanding individuals who are inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and giving them the skills and attitudes they need to succeed&#8217; and that &#8216;they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Grants or loans?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/29/grants-or-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently come across a neat little funding pot managed by St Katharine &#38; Shadwell Trust (SKST) for social and community enterprises in the city of London, Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. 
If you&#8217;re running a venture or thinking of starting one up that has a social or ethical purpose you can apply for a <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/29/grants-or-loans/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Head of Region in East of England mingles with the hoi-poloi of the business world at the Annual IOD Convention</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/05/head-of-region-in-east-of-england-mingles-with-the-hoi-poloi-of-the-business-world-at-the-annual-iod-convention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>beccie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Leaving Lowestoft at 5.30am, I was most anxious to ensure that my early start was going to be worth it. Upon arrival at The Royal Albert Hall, I knew I was not going to be disappointed. The organisation was spot on with 2000 delegates arriving, and a sense that all attending were impressed by the <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/05/05/head-of-region-in-east-of-england-mingles-with-the-hoi-poloi-of-the-business-world-at-the-annual-iod-convention/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A launchpad for great ideas</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/03/17/a-launchpad-for-great-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>diana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Young Foundation in partnership with education foundation Edge is offering up to £100,000 of investment for burgeoning organisations who work with young people. The Learning Launchpad fund will provide  pots of cash for those who work with disadvantaged communities and offer alternatives to traditionalist education. Check out the website for more info.
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