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.
You can also visit our news area here for up to date stories on NFEA activity.
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Monday 28 September 2009 by George Derbyshire
I see Real Business magazine has launched a campaign called Saving Britain's future. They quite rightly see entrepreneurship as the route out of our currently rather depressing national economic situation. Their manifesto is generally unexceptional, containing a number of suggestions for making the tax system and government procurement more entrepreneur ...
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Friday 25 September 2009 by Hayley Williams
We read with interest yesterday an article in The Times highlighting that BT has pledged to double the number of homes that can receive fast broadband. We very much welcome this announcement from BT here at NFEA.
Our membership network for enterprise support professionals, ACT, has recently held a series of roadshows across the ...
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Tuesday 22 September 2009 by George Derbyshire
It's perhaps a little difficult for some-one like me who has been closely involved in the planning to pass a verdict. But....
We had quite a specific theme this year, exploring the balance between commercial realities and our social ethos. We were fortunate enough that our speakers stayed pretty close to ...
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Mark Prisk,
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NFEA Conference,
Rachel Bridge,
Rhona Howarth,
Sage,
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Monday 14 September 2009 by George Derbyshire
We are now in the run-up to the 2009 NFEA Conference, which brings back all sorts of good memories of previous conferences, but also reminds me that last year the Business Support Simplification Programme was a hot topic.
We now have the new suite of products available for commissioning by RDAs ...
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Monday 7 September 2009 by George Derbyshire
If you believe the papers, you'd think that the current recession was unprecedented, in that the Jobcentres were full of unemployed bankers, lawyers and other professionals. Perhaps that's a reflection of the circles in which most journalists mix.
The reality is that this recession is like all the others; the effects ...
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