As the only national business support organisation, NFEA is well placed to comment on a wide range of business support topics and issues. In this dedicated blog, we’ll share thoughts from our travels, shout about NFEA activity and feedback on discussions and issues within the sector. And we’d love your thoughts too – you can respond back to any of our posts through the site.
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Wednesday 30 June 2010 by George Derbyshire
"You can't manage what you can't measure" is a favourite management mantra. Management by measuring has had a fair following wind in recent years, hence the profusion of targets, particularly across the public sector.
There is no question that targets drive behaviours, especially when they are heavily incentivised. The trouble arises ...
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Tuesday 22 June 2010 by George Derbyshire
That was a budget and a half! Dramatic and radical, and I suspect detailed analysis will take some time, particularly in working out the implications of the welfare and benefit changes.
On enterprise, Mr Osborne did state explicitly the Government's view that SMEs were fundamental to economic recovery. Specific measures I ...
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Thursday 10 June 2010 by George Derbyshire
Some weeks ago I issued a Call to Action, based on my frustration at the slow progress in developing a set of professional standards for our industry which are credible, practical and clear.
Specifically I asked for:
qualification based accreditation, as the only way to achieve professional standards worth having
a CPD process ...
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Tuesday 11 May 2010 by George Derbyshire
Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation and a NFEA director, has just published an inspiring new book "Working 5 to 9- How to Start a successful Business in your Spare Time". Emma has done a great job in identifying this new and growing sector of people turning a hobby into a ...
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Wednesday 5 May 2010 by George Derbyshire
I recently attended a small focus group at the Sunday Telegraph in which the business policies of all 3 major parties were compared. Here is a major report on the exercise, prepared by E-Bay, who sponsored the event. Suffice to say that the group were not very impressed with any of ...
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