Last month saw the launch of our new member community, the IOEE Campus. Thank you to everyone for making the first month such a success. In just the first week we saw as much traffic as we usually get in a month! It’s good to know that members are so engaged in developing their enterprise […]
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Green Entrepreneurship Training
The green economy A brief review of reports produced by bodies such as the European Commission, United Nations and World Bank over the last five years or so have highlighted that there are a number of challenges relating to the sustainability of current modes of production and patterns of consumption. They suggest that there is […]
Spotlight On… David Bozward
David Bozward is Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at the University of Worcester’s Business School, which is an IOEE Centre of Excellence. We shone the spotlight on him this month to find out about his own entrepreneurial past and the work his pioneering department is doing in the field of enterprise education. In 1995 David Bozward […]
SMEs face uncertainty over business rates changes
If you’re a business owner with premises separate from your residential address, you’ll most likely have to factor business rates into your monthly outgoings. Business rates are the business version of council tax and, across the UK, around 1.8 million commercial properties are eligible for the property tax. The amount a business pays is calculated […]
Spotlight On … Peter Oboko
The IOEE’s close links with IOEE Centre of Excellence London South Bank University (LSBU) continue to grow and strengthen. To showcase the sterling work being done there in the field of enterprise in education, by students and staff alike, we’re running a series of case studies letting you know about various LSBU projects and people. […]
Coming up: Newcastle Startup Week
The very first Newcastle Startup Week is only a few months away and it promises to provide the people of Tyneside and beyond with a rich and diverse programme of networking events, talks and workshops. We caught up with the man behind the event, Paul Lancaster, to find out more about his own experiences in […]
So, what is marketing?
Husband and wife, Richard and Clare Talbot-Jones run Talbot Jones Risk Solutions, based in Felling, Gateshead. In this month’s blog, Clare explains to us the marketing strategies they have used, and found to be successful, to promote their business. So, what is marketing? This isn’t a rhetorical question. This is the search terms I fed […]
Business Clinics for UK businesses
Last year we spoke to Nigel Heald about his enterprise support business, Build a UK Business. This year we’re catching up with his business partner Matthew Clayton to talk about Business Clinics – an exciting new initiative the team has recently launched. Since the IOEE last checked in with Build a UK Business around a […]
New Year, New Opportunities, New You!
As we welcome in a new year, like thousands of others across the UK, you may be considering self-employment as a fresh route to explore. However, simply wanting to work for yourself isn’t always enough to achieve success. To help you out, we’ve created the online IOEE Campus, which is home to new learning content […]
North-East IOEE Academy fully embraces enterprise learning
For several years, New College Durham has been working towards putting enterprise learning firmly at the heart of its educational offer. Steven Bell, Head of School for Sport Business Public Services and IT at the college, talked to us about this process and about the organisation’s developing relationship with the IOEE. New College Durham, located […]