SFEDI and the IOEE held a workshop last week to present the new enterprise and entrepreneurship educator standards which were developed in partnership by SFEDI and Enterprise Educators UK. The standards which were extensively researched and compiled using the experience and contribution of those involved in enterprise education across the country have now been approved […]
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Ladies, Be Award Winning!
Female led businesses across Scotland are encouraged to shout about their success, by entering the Business Women Scotland Awards. Free to enter, there are categories to cover businesses new and old, employers, mentors, and for international growth. New for this year is an award for the Best Use of Social Media. Awards are great to […]
HMRC Toolkits for business
HM Revenue and Customs has released a comprehensive series of toolkits for tax agents and advisers. Each one is designed to help people avoid the most common mistakes made by those managing businesses’ tax affairs. It’s a well known fact that people make the same errors time and time again, repeating their own and each […]
Business growth for all
Growth Hub Week took place in May and it was a great success. As part of the event, Small Business Minister Anna Soubry announced that some 4.7 million businesses are now covered by a network of 39 Growth Hubs. Growth Hubs are led by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), they’re public / private sector partnerships that […]
Deserved recognition for IOEE Centre of Excellence staff
Last month, London South Bank University held its annual staff awards. We were thrilled to hear that not one, but two staff, from the university’s Business School were recognised for their efforts. London South Bank University’s Business School became an IOEE Centre of Excellence late in 2015. Organisations that achieve this status are those that […]
Team success for New Anglia Growth Hub
The team of business advisers working for New Anglia Growth Hub have become the very This month, New Anglia Growth Hub, which is managed by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), is celebrating team success! Each of the individuals who comprise the team tasked with providing enterprise […]
Celebrating Enterprise 2016 Award Nominations Open
Which star of enterprise learning and skills would you celebrate? Nominations are now open for the IOEE Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016. The awards event takes place on 10th November 2016 at the House of Lords. This is your chance to put forward the individuals and organisations you believe deserve recognition for their dedication to enterprise […]
A trip to Leapfrog Mountain
Leapfrog Mountain is the brainchild of Jackie Jenks. Over the years this business woman has accumulated a broad range of experience in enterprise support and mentor training. Now, she’s working with a pool of hand-picked specialist trainers located across the UK to offer a range of valuable mentoring and training services as an accredited IOEE […]
Dance studio owner knows the steps to success
Katie Geddes is a trained dancer who, in 2009, combined her professional skills with an entrepreneurial spirit and set up The Dance Studio Leeds (DSL). Classing the business as ‘beyond start-up but still in growth phase’, Katie went along to Meet a Mentor late last year. She chatted to us about the outcome and told […]
Get the Idea goes live
This month, Get the Idea, the learning programme the IOEE has developed in collaboration with global hair stylists TONI&GUY, is going live. Pilots have taken place at a number of educational institutions and we’ve been delighted to hear what learners and tutors think! For some months now, the IOEE has been working with TONI&GUY to […]