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, will […]
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Small and Medium Businesses – a statistical snapshot
In October last year the Department for Business and Skills and the Office for National Statistics published two sets of important figures. These provide a handy snapshot of small and medium businesses in the UK right now. The data explores how the number of private sector businesses active in 2015 compares to that of previous […]
Prestigious award for IT Auditor
Last month, the International Association of Bookkeepers (IAB) held its Finance and Small Business Awards Ceremony at the House of Commons. SFEDI and the IOEE have close ties to this organisation and our Executive Chair, Ruth Lowbridge MBE, was proud to be part of the event. Ruth was given the important task of presenting the […]
“A big part of the IOEE mentoring training focused on questioning skills and listening skills and although I had some techniques in those areas it was great to fine-tune them.”
Evan Williams is someone who knows that when it comes to being a mentor or a mentee, there’s no either / or choice to make. For him, mentoring isn’t a dialogue with the mentor on one side and the mentee on the other, rather it’s an activity he’s willing to get involved with in either […]
“My enterprise mentor helps me to work on the business as well as in the business.”
Michael Hatton established Zeus IT four years ago, following redundancy. For the first three years he worked alone as a consultant from home but during the last twelve months, the business has developed and now employs an additional three people. Michael attended Meet a Mentor in Birmingham last summer on the look out for a […]
Design Industry Webinar
In this webinar, Michael Taite, MD of Blue Moon Creative will share his business’ experience of recruiting and employing young people. The business recruited three apprentices in 2012, doubling the size of their team, and have found that they have become central to the success of the business. The business has achieved such success in […]
Meet A Mentor for Women is visiting Glasgow!
In January, The IOEE and the Government Equalities Office will be in Glasgow for the first #MeetAMentor of 2016! Meet A Mentor for Women is designed specifically for business women seeking mentor support and volunteer enterprise mentors looking for a business to help. The event is being held at The Lighthouse on Wednesday 13 January […]
Excellence in Mentoring Awards for IOEE mentors and mentee
On the 17th November, the Mentorsme Excellence in Mentoring Awards took place at the Digital Catapult Centre in London. It was an excellent event that saw over 100 mentees, mentors and mentoring organisations come together to acknowledge the importance of enterprise mentoring and celebrate the individuals raising the bar. We’re very proud to say that […]
IOEE represented at AoC conference
From 17-19 November, the Association of Colleges (AoC) held its annual conference and exhibition at the ICC Birmingham. IOEE were thrilled to be able to exhibit this year and Sarah Trouten, CEO of IOEE, announced the launch of our fantastic collaboration with TONI&GUY – Creating Enterprise, a completely new learning programme designed specifically for budding […]
SFEDI Directory
“Being listed in the SFEDI Directory is a badge of honour, a credibility requirement that lets us show we’re up to speed with what’s going on, we know how to do it and we do it well.” The SFEDI Directory, as you probably know by now, is a national register of SFEDI accredited business and […]