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It’s not often I get cross…
Wednesday 18 November 2009...but I got cross last night. I was at a Global Entrepreneurship Week event put on by the Associate Parliamentary Group for Business and Finance. They staged a panel debate with five successful young entrepreneurs, including Jay Bregman, of eCourier and Natasha Faith of La Diosa; a designer jewellery company, both ...[more] -
NES Entrepreneur of the Year announced
Monday 29 June 2009Norman Straight, owner of Straight Clean window cleaning in Norwich, was named NES Entrepreneur of the Year at a dedicated award ceremony in Birmingham last week. Norman founded Straight Clean in January 2008 as a means to move away from being unemployed, to a job with the flexibility to also allow ...[more] -
Credit where credit’s due - the value of start up support
Wednesday 20 May 2009I see Tim Campbell, ex- Apprentice who now promotes entrepreneurship through his Bright Ideas Trust, has called in the FT for the government to axe business support spending that is merely putting ‘bums on seats’ instead of helping viable start-up operation. He goes on to make the extraordinary statement that ...[more]