With the election on the horizon the IOEE wants to ensure that enterprise skills are firmly on the agenda to ensure small businesses gain access to the skills and support they need to survive and grow. With this in mind we’d like to present our three recommendations for the future of enterprise skills which we […]
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9th December Event Gallery
A selection of photos from our most recent Meet a Mentor event which took place at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in London. [flickr_set id=”72157649299566330″]
Meet A Mentor London Event Gallery
A selection of photos from our most recent Meet a Mentor event which took place at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London. [flickr_set id=”72157649384196655″]
New Social Enterprise Blue Patch Tackles the Carbon Footprint
This week sees the launch of Blue Patch, an exciting new social enterprise from entrepreneur and environmentalist, Jane Langley. We’re delighted to have had the chance to interview Jane, during what has probably been one of the busiest months of her life, to find out more about Blue Patch and how sourcing a mentor during this […]
Inspired to make a difference
Lisa Martin is an Entrepreneur with a business idea driven by her determination to make a difference. After years of personal experience searching for gifts and merchandise featuring multicultural characters, Lisa always found it difficult to find any product that fitted the bill. She says: ”Inspired by my children and the lack of multicultural products, I decided […]
National Conference Tackles The NEET Challenge
Statistics from the Office of National Statistics shows that as of September 2014, 955,000 young people in the UK were not in education, employment, or training. This level is increasing as different groups of young people face a number of challenges in moving into enterprising outcomes, whether employment or starting their own business. To […]
Social Enterprises To Gain From A New Kind Of Apprenticeship
In partnership with Skills CFA, SFEDI Solutions has recently been commissioned by UKCES to develop a Social Enterprise Apprenticeship in Wales. The latest publicly available data shows that there at least 70,000 social enterprises in the UK, employing almost a million people and contributing £18.5 billion to the UK economy (ONS, 2012). The People’s Business […]
Get Mentoring In Farming Gathers Pace
The Get Mentoring in Farming initiative is gathering pace in its work to support farmers and agri-business owners across the UK helping their businesses to thrive. In a typical week more than half a dozen farm owners/managers (mentees) are registering their interest in the mentoring programme, which is managed by the SFEDI Group and supported […]