We are diving into the mentoring relationship between Anastasia Georgiou of Lloyds Bank and mentee Louise Nelson. Mentee Louise runs Yorkshire Paws a professional dog sitting, walking and transportation service based in Leeds, UK. Anastasia has over 24 years experience in the wealth management & financial services domain working at renowned banks as well as […]
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The Customer Is Always Right is looking for Entrepreneurs & Inventors!
The Customer Is Always Right is an exciting series that follows budding entrepreneurs from across the UK as they try to make a success of their inventions. They are making everything from pet accessories to health and beauty products, home and garden tools, to children’s gadgets. Each episode of The Customer Is Always Right will feature three entrepreneurs, […]
The 2019 National Enterprise Network Annual Conference
This flagship event is sponsored again this year by Barclays and takes place on Friday 22nd November 2019 at the prestigious Barclays offices in Canary Wharf, London. This one day event dedicated to Unleashing Innovation in Enterprise offers fantastic networking opportunities and an impressive programme to inspire and encourage new thinking as to how an innovative […]
Enterprisingly Me x
Enterprisingly Me is a monthly feature where you can follow my entrepreneurial adventures. Names have been changed to protect the innocent but everything you read really happened. I hope my story inspires you to take your first steps, or if you already have, then it lets you know you’re not on your own. Starting and […]
ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET… GROW!
IOEE Centre of Excellence Manchester Metropolitan University has recently launched GROW! Grow is a place like no other at Manchester Met. It’s a space to eat, an environment to learn, a platform to create… it’s a place to grow. GROW is the result of a pioneering collaboration between sustainability and wellbeing champions MetMUnch and the […]
TACKLING PLASTICS IS BOTH ENTREPRENEURIAL & ENTERPRISING
The Blue Planet effect and momentum from the recent War on Plastics have kept plastics high on the public agenda, with what Ocado’s head of CR Suzanne Westlake describes as “bordering on a militant approach”. This can prove challenging for smaller businesses and start-ups wanting to do the right thing and not have their packaging […]
10 Ways To Make Your Workplace Happpier
Mind-blowing fact: The happier your employees, the more successful your company. Happy employees are more creative, innovative and dedicated than their unhappy counterparts. And, they’re more likely to stick around long-term. Sound too good to be true? Many studies & workplace reports show that happiness has a direct correlation to your business’s bottom line. In particular, a study cited by […]
Marston’s Telecoms Communicate Their Support for Enterprise In The UK
SFEDI Group and The Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs are thrilled to have Marston’s Telecoms on board as our headline sponsor for this year’s Celebrating Enterprise Awards at The House of Lords in London. The event will see eight categories of awards handed out to the countries rising and existing starts of enterprise. Marston’s Telecoms […]
Celebrating Enterprise: Haydar Ali-Ismail
The Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2019 is fast approaching so we’re taking a look back over last years’ winners in anticipation of the awards which will take place at the House of Lords on the 3rd October. One of the most notable receivers of an award last year was the Enterprising Learner of the Year, Haydar Ali-Ismail. Ali was […]
What Does Suspended Parliament Mean for SMEs?
UK businesses are watching events in parliament with growing frustration and alarm, judging by this statement from Dr Adam Marshall, director general of the British Chambers of Commerce: “Businesses feel like Westminster is playing an endless game of political chess, while their futures and the health of the UK economy hang in the balance. “Every move in this game […]