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NFEA Enterprise Manifesto
Thursday 25 February 2010Sometime in the next two months a General Election will be called, which will take place against the background of an economic situation which most of us would find unprecedented. We are entering a period when crucial decisions will be made, and the area of enterprise support is one which ...[more] -
Shining a light on Home Enterprise
Friday 3 July 2009Home based businesses are just part-time pin money jobs...Home based businesses are largely e-Bay traders and others dependent on e-commerce...And anyway, they are an insignificant part of the whole small business scene. Wrong, wrong, wrong! According to a study by the University of Strathclyde, the majority of home based businesses have other ...[more] -
Over 50’s in their prime?
Monday 29 June 2009Prime (The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise) has just held a small conference to highlight Over 50s self employment issues - and will be drawing up a manifesto to raise awareness. There are obviously pressures caused by the current economic situation, but there are also deeper, long term forces at ...[more] -
Queens Award congratulations
Thursday 14 May 2009Delighted to see that the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion has gone to, amongst others, David Irwin. David was one of the co-founders of Project North East, one of the earliest and still one of the most successful local enterprise agencies. David went on to chair NFEA and to be the ...[more] -
Where’s enterprise in the Budget?!
Wednesday 22 April 2009There was a time when budgets were exciting and we all huddled round the radio to hear what surprises the Chancellor had to announce. Sometimes it was good news and sometimes it was bad but it was always a topic for discussion. Today, I’m bound to say that I am feeling ...[more]