The IAB’s awards will be taking place on Thursday 7 December and nominations are now open. The categories are: Small Business Mentor of the Year – sponsored by SFEDI Group Bookkeeper of the Year – sponsored by Lloyds Banking Group Accountant of the Year – sponsored by F A Simms and AMLCC Payroll Professional of the Year – sponsored by […]
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Leapfrog Mountain Jumps into its Second Year of Mentoring with IOEE Ambassador Jackie Jenks
Jackie Jenks is an IOEE Ambassador and the CEO and founder of Leapfrog Mountain; an IOEE Academy that supports mentors, business leaders and entrepreneurs. When we first chatted to Jackie in June of this year, we congratulated her on the outstanding achievement of being awarded an OBE for her services to training and people development. Fast-forward […]
Embracing Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Further Education
IOEE Academic member, Reece Leggett, is our latest blog contributor for Think Enterprise. As a business teacher of 16-18 year olds, Reece discusses why he thinks it is important to implement enterprise and entrepreneurship education into the curriculum. David Bowie once said ‘’I feel confident imposing change on myself. It’s a lot more fun progressing […]
London South Bank University partners with Emilie to achieve her enterprising goals
London South Bank University (LSBU) student, Emilie Mendy, partnered with the university’s Clarence Centre for Enterprise and Innovation to create her business, Bizzie Bodies, which teaches children languages in a creative way. For Emilie Mendy (BA Arts and Festival Management, 2016), the partnership has been central to achieving her goal of bringing a new kind of language […]
HRH The Prince of Wales presents Awards to Welsh businesses set up by over 50s
On 11th July 2017 The Prince’s Initiative for Mature Enterprise in Wales (PRIME Cymru) hosted their annual PRIME Cymru Awards event, celebrating the diversity and success of the businesses that it has supported recently, as well as the dedication of their volunteer mentors. On the day, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Founder and […]
Spotlight on… Giuditta Meneghetti
Giuditta Meneghetti is an academic who has recently secured a prestigious post as Curriculum Leader for Business and Public Services at Barking & Dagenham College (BDC), which will begin in August of this year. Giuditta will be influential in rebranding and reshaping the structure and delivery of the college’s Entrepreneur and Enterprise courses, and in preparation […]
Distance learning, Skype challenges and five-day sea voyages: We talk the ups and downs of blended learning with ALM’s Director, John Parker.
John Parker is the CEO of The Academy of Leadership and Management based in Ayrshire in Scotland. Working alongside his wife, Janet, this husband and wife team are at the heart of the Academy, which gained its IOEE accreditation last year. We interviewed John for the very first issue of Think Enterprise, and this month […]
SFEDI’s Ruth Lowbridge MBE flies the flag for SME support in prestigious Advisory Board meeting
On the 17th May, Ruth Lowbridge MBE and SFEDI Executive Chair attended the SME Advisory Board meeting at The Westminster Conference Centre in London. Lead by British politician and entrepreneur, Margot James, the board is made up of only 12 SME industry experts, and as the only awarding and standard-setting body from the UK to […]
Can Design Thinking change the future of your business?
Q&A with GConsultancy Innovation’s CEO, Dr.Julia Goga-Cooke. Julia Goga-Cooke is the powerhouse behind GConsultancy Innovation; an Academy of Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship, based in the heart of London. GConsultancy Innovation believes that ‘innovators are not born – they are made’, and describes itself as ‘an ecosystem of design thinkers who can give you the mindset, knowledge […]
Enterprisingly Me
Things are hotting up in my journey towards becoming my own boss. I’ve been to view the office space that is part of an incubation centre near to where we live. It’s ‘cosy’ but I don’t really need that much space as I’ll only be using it to prepare my training packs and make my […]