Our members tell us time and time again that the very beginning of an enterprise journey is the hardest part. Setting up a business is fraught with challenges, from securing the finance and fine-tuning the idea to getting the word out and winning those first few vital clients. Central to every successful start-up is a […]
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Switch on to the Lightbulb Challenge
The IOEE is inviting enterprise educators working in IOEE Centres the length and breadth of the country to take the Lightbulb Challenge. Using their skill, ingenuity and dynamism, teachers, lecturers and other education professionals will spark their students to have an ‘enterprising lightbulb moment’ within their learning programme. The scope is wide and the possibilities […]
Global Entrepreneurship Week
This year, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) took place from 16th to 22nd November and we marked each day in true IOEE style, with plenty of enthusiasm and innovation! At its core, GEW is a global campaign to promote entrepreneurship and motivate each new generation of potential entrepreneurs to get active and start their own businesses. […]
Dave Roberts, Lloyds Bank Enterprise Mentor Champion
Dave Roberts has worked for Lloyds Banking Group for almost thirty years and has committed himself to mentoring in a big way, investing the process with real energy and enthusiasm at every stage. Here, Dave tells his own story of mentoring SMEs, mentoring fellow Lloyds Banking Group enterprise mentors and performing the role of Enterprise […]
From City life to CaseStudyNinja.com
Sarah Dillingham, who has two decades of experience running enterprise information projects in the City and for central government, has now established tech start-up company CaseStudyNinja.com in Beckenham, South London. She attended the London GEO Meet a Mentor event in October 2015 on the lookout for a mentor, with a view to gaining some guidance […]
SFEDI and EEUK create standards for Enterprise Educators
SFEDI, working in partnership with Enterprise Educators UK, is currently developing a set of professional standards for enterprise and entrepreneurship educators. What does it mean to be an enterprise educator? Fifteen years ago, there were few people who would describe themselves as enterprise and/or entrepreneurship educators. Now, there are a range of people in schools, […]
The Wedding Planners Guild
“When you want something so much, sometimes you must push yourself out of your comfort zone for the sake of your business.” It’s been an extremely busy few months for owner manager of The Wedding Planners Guild, Yvonne Bennett. As well as being invited to join SparkUp, a business acceleration programme in her home city […]
Autumn Statement Round-up
On the 25th November, the government published both its Autumn Statement and Spending Review. Much of the news concerned with small and micro businesses, with changes to tax, grants, loans, apprenticeships and a huge BIS budget reduction all set to impact on the UK’s entrepreneurial communities. Here, we’ve created a quick round-up of the news […]
2015 Celebration in Mentoring
The facilitation and promotion of enterprise mentoring is a core aspect of the IOEE’s work. The British Banking Association (BBA) is one of our valued mentoring partners and alongside them, the IOEE oversees an excellent matched mentoring programme. The 2015 Celebration in Mentoring IOEE/BBA was held in Birmingham to Celebrate the success of our mentors […]
TONI&GUY and the IOEE: a match made in enterprise heaven
The IOEE has partnered with high profile hairdressers TONI&GUY to launch a series of unique learning programmes – Creating Enterprise. Designed to cultivate enterprising spirit in young people studying creative subjects and to arm them with valuable business skills, the programmes will be delivered by approved IOEE Academies, including universities and colleges across the UK. […]