Gurpreet Jagpal is the Director of Research, Enterprise and Innovation at London South Bank University (LSBU) and the CEO of South Bank University Enterprises Ltd. Gurpreet is also an Academic Member of the IOEE, and LSBU’s learning approach was awarded a Highly Commended status at 2016’s IOEE Celebrate Enterprise Awards. This month we chatted to Gurpreet to […]
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Going Solo: Bringing brave words and wild imagination to life with House of Solo’s lifestyle magazine
Abeiku Arthur is a budding entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of House of Solo; a slick and glossy lifestyle magazine that he created to give a platform to emerging artists in creative industries. In March of this year, the IOEE matched Arthur with a mentor, Anastasia Georgiou, a Manager with Lloyds Banking Group. This month […]
Engineering its way to success – how mentoring helped shape M5tec
Carl Jones is an engineer and one of the founders and Directors of M5tec; a leading provider of engineering technical services to high assurance industries, such as marine mining, subsea and offshore, nuclear, oil and gas. In 2016, Carl was paired up with a mentor, Gary Newton, a Bank Manager for Lloyds Banking Group, through […]
IOEE Guest Blog by Paul Freeman
This month I want to follow my last article by telling you a bit more about how my own journey has continued to develop, and start to explain some of my methods in a bit more detail. It’s a journey which has literally enabled me to escape the traditional 9 to 5, and become a Digital Entrepreneur, […]
Saint-Gobain launches Entrepreneurship Foundation 2017
Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland, the leader in the construction materials market, launches the third edition of its Entrepreneurship Foundation, in partnership with the IOEE, CITB and Supply Chain Sustainability School. The Entrepreneurship Foundation 2017 has been designed in partnership with IOEE and CITB specifically for small businesses, developing vital skills such as marketing, leadership and innovation enabling […]
Supporting Local Businesses in the Marches
Marches Growth Hub is a single point of access for businesses in the Hereford, Shrewsbury and Telford regions, offering financial support and advice to help local businesses achieve great things. We met its Chairman, Paul Hinkins, to talk about how helping SMEs in the early stages of start-up is helping economic growth, forming a sense […]
SFEDI Awards Qualification Shortlisted for National Industry Award
We are delighted to announce that the SFEDI Awards Passport to Enterprise and Employment qualifications have been shortlisted for the Federation of Awarding Bodies Qualification of the Year Award 2017. The awards, run by the Federation of Awarding Bodies (FAB) as the trade association representing over 125 organisations that award vocational qualifications in the UK and over 20 stakeholder […]
Spotlight On… Reece Leggett
Reece Leggett is the Business Leader for the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education, and an Academic Member of the IOEE. He leads the programme management of Level 3 Business, and his innovative and refreshing approach to teaching entrepreneurship has changed the shape of business courses at the institute, which has been awarded Outstanding in […]
SFEDI Awards Launches Industry Wide Research
As part of its continued support to its centre network and its responsibility as an Awarding Organisation, SFEDI Awards is launching its first thematic review, researching the subject of preparedness to deal with instances of malpractice and maladministration within education. Nic Preston, SFEDI Awards Head of Quality, explains: “One of the challenges with delivering qualifications […]
Supporting the Business Support Professional – Boost Business Lancashire
Setting the scene Over the last five years, there have been a number of changes to business and enterprise support services at a local, regional and national level. Organisations and programmes of support have come and gone, new organisations have been introduced into the landscape, large corporates are becoming increasingly involved in the delivery of […]