The IAB UK and International Business and Skills Awards took place on 8th December in a prestigious House of Commons setting. In addition to being a primary sponsor of the event, SFEDI has extra reason to celebrate as Carl Beardon, one of our dedicated business mentors, was named Small Business Mentor of the Year. The […]
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Announcing our Celebrating Enterprise 2016 Award Winners
On Thursday 10 November, SFEDI and IOEE hosted the annual Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016, bringing together educators, entrepreneurs and other key figures from the UK’s small business, enterprise and skills sector. In the prestigious setting of the House of Lords, we recognised the individuals and organisations who have made an outstanding contribution in the field […]
Dr. Ernesto Sirolli: Celebrating Enterprise International Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2016
The IOEE International Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Dr. Ernesto Sirolli at the 2016 Celebrating Enterprise Awards, held at the House of Lords on Thursday 10th November. The recipient travelled from California, where he lives and works, to collect the award. The IOEE International Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2013 to honour individuals […]
Kanya King MBE: Celebrating Enterprise Lifetime Achievement Award Winner 2016
This year, the title of Lifetime Achievement Award-winner was bestowed upon someone who has used her fierce enterprising spirit to carve for herself and her community an important place in the world. Kanya King MBE, founder of the MOBO Awards came along to the House of Lords to accept the honour. The IOEE Lifetime Achievement […]
Anthony Impey: IOEE Small Business Apprenticemaker of the Year 2016
Anthony Impey established Optimity as an IT and telecoms business in 2003 and for a decade enjoyed solid growth and success. However, in 2013 the direction in which Optimity was moving changed dramatically when a client asked for a high speed internet connection to be installed in their office within a very short time frame. […]
Ignition Auto Training: IOEE Enterprising Learning Provider of the Year 2016
At this year’s Celebrating Enterprise Awards, the title of IOEE Enterprising Learning Provider was bestowed upon Ignition Auto Training, a unique social enterprise that equips some of the country’s most marginalised learners with valuable car mechanic skills and renewed self-belief. We caught up with David Brazer, the man behind Ignition Auto Training, to find out […]
IOEE Honorary Fellowships awarded at Celebrating Enterprise ceremony
Each year, the IOEE’s Advisory Council carefully selects a number of key individuals for the distinction of receiving IOEE Honorary Fellowships. Representing the great and the good from the worlds of enterprise and enterprise support, every individual selected is an exemplar in their field. We took the chance to catch up with a few of […]
Enterprise Education at LSBU is Highly Commended
At the Celebrating Enterprise 2016 Awards, we were delighted to present the Highly Commended status for Enterprising Learning Provider of the Year to London South Bank University (LSBU). The commendation celebrates LSBU’s commitment to supporting students and graduates to become the next generation of entrepreneurs, develop their enterprise skills and start up their own businesses. […]
Inaugural IOEE Fellow Summits are great success
For the very first time, the IOEE’s dedicated Fellows have come together at two fantastically productive and inspiring Fellow Summits, which were held in Leeds and London in October. Sometimes we need to meet face-to-face to achieve real progress and really connect with one another. That’s why, last month IOEE Fellows came together at two […]
Captured: An Update
Earlier this year, we reported on Captured, an exciting enterprise support project that is being led by Newcastle University Business School in collaboration with a number of key partners, including SFEDI. Now, as the project moves into its second phase following a very successful start, we’re revisiting it to find out what’s new. Small businesses […]