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Face the Facts
Tuesday 2 February 2010The Open University's latest Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain has just been published. The headline finding I suppose is "a glimmer of hope that the worst of the deepest slump in the 25 year history of this survey may be over." But lots of other fascinating findings. How ...[more] -
Enterprise support – a week of awareness, a year of activity
Tuesday 27 October 2009It's the second annual Global Entrepreneurship Week next month, previously known as Enterprise Week (www.gew.org.uk). The week takes place from the 16 - 22 November, and aims to develop people's enterprise skills and confidence to create new companies and jobs for the economy. During the week, thousands of events will take place ...[more] -
Fresh approach to business support needed
Tuesday 6 October 2009The network for enterprise support professionals highlights new 'enterprise ready entrepreneurs' Enterprise support professionals from around the country are calling for a fresh approach to supporting new business start ups, having highlighted increased demand for their start-up services from people with professional, managerial and executive backgrounds. ACT, the network for enterprise support professionals, ...[more] -
Latest business support recommendations
Thursday 6 August 2009Take a look at this report - http://www.sqw.co.uk/file_download/181. It's a review by David Kingham of Oxford Innovation and Walter Herriott, until recently of St Johns Innovation Centre, Cambridge. It looks at our 'Business support in a recession' paper from earlier in the year, and the Richard Report, commissioned by the ...[more] -
Business Support in a Recession
Friday 6 March 2009I've been concerned for a while about the way business support is going as we move deeper into recession. We've had the good times rolling for an unprecedentedly long period, and I think as a result a lot of people have been caught with their trousers down. As Warren Buffett ...[more]