If you run a small business and have ever thought about taking on an apprentice, why not sign up for one of the free webinars run by Apprenticemakers during National Apprenticeship Week #NAW2016. Apprenticemakers is the national support hub for business interested in recruiting apprentices. It provides resources and an online community to help employers […]
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How Apprenticeships are the Cornerstone of Our Business
This webinar is part of our ‘Apprenticemaker’ series of webinars, designed to help small and micro businesses make the most of apprenticeship opportunities. In this webinar, we were delighted to welcome Sean Sutcliffe, Co-Founder and MD of Benchmark. Sean shares the experience his business has gained running apprenticeship schemes in their business. Since they took […]
SFEDI aims to support Apprenticemakers uptake with it’s new Champion Training
This month, SFEDI run activity, Apprenticemakers, has been fine tuning its new Apprenticeships Champion Training, which was piloted with two cohorts of business support professionals in December. Certificated by the IOEE, the one day course is designed to support people that have an active role in promoting the benefits of apprenticeships to small and medium […]
“We’re hugely committed to the SFEDI Directory, we’re early adopters, we’ve engaged with it and we’re committed to letting others know about it.”
Robert Turnbull works as an adviser for New Anglia Growth Hub, run by the Suffolk Chamber of Commerce, and is one of 39 Growth Hubs situated across England. Offering business support and advice to small and medium sized businesses in Norfolk and Suffolk, his was the very first team of Growth Hub Advisers to be […]
IOEE joins London South Bank University board
Sarah Trouten, IOEE Chief Executive, has been invited to become an inaugural member of London South Bank University Business School’s advisory board. This is an exciting time for the Business School, which is currently working towards an ambitious vision to put entrepreneurial education at the very core of its students’ experience. Of course, this is […]
Spotlight on … Andrew Bird
The IOEE’s member base is incredibly diverse, with people from all walks of life signed-up to enjoy the privilege, services and benefits associated with it. To let you know just how broad a spectrum of people we work with and what membership represents to them as individuals, we’ve created Spotlight on… which, every month, introduces […]
Psst…have you heard of intrapreneurship?
Intrapreneurial culture means rethinking how your business pushes forward into new areas, innovates and embraces fresh, creative thinking. Anyone with the drive to start up a business – that essence of ambition combined with curiosity – is by nature entrepreneurial. But, once a business has passed that initial start-up phase, recruited its core team and […]
Everyday innovation
How important is innovation to your business or organisation’s everyday operations? A recent survey conducted by Lloyds Bank asked SMEs exactly that. It revealed that while almost all firms want to bolster their innovation levels (91%), two thirds of them face barriers to innovation. In fact, it’s essential for SMEs to innovate if they want […]
Venture Pilot helps businesses get off to a flying start
Peter Richards worked in corporate software for around 25 years but, around 12 years ago, he decided to break free and work for himself. Remembering that time, Peter says: “I wrote my first business plan and started a company, which I IPO’d on the London Stock Market a couple of years later, which was quite […]
“Mentoring has given me real insight into how small businesses operate at the very top level.”
“Mentoring has given me real insight into how small businesses operate at the very top level and exactly how vital they are to the health of our economy.” Last September Meet a Mentor was held in the stately surroundings of Exeter Castle. It was at this event that Lloyds Banking Group mentor Duncan Webster and […]