Business leaders from across London are to be brought together to share their experiences and knowledge at an enterprise mentoring event organised by Lloyds Banking Group and the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI), aimed at increasing the support available to SMEs. The free Meet a Mentor event on Tuesday 9th December aims to connect new […]
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Fanatic House Shortlisted for Award
One of the businesses shortlisted for the Mentorsme Enterprise Mentoring Awards was Fanatic House, a design studio based in Loughborough, founded by Design and Applied Arts Graduate Dorota Grabkowska, and dedicated to creating everyday objects with a strong, distinctive character. The business was shortlisted for the Excellence in Export & Innovation Award. The IOEE helped Dorota […]
Mentorsme Awards Celebrates Female Led Businesses
This year’s Mentorsme Enterprise Mentoring Awards – run by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) on behalf of the founding UK banks – took place at the BT Tower on Tuesday 18th November, and focused on the role that mentoring plays in supporting female owned or led businesses. The night was a celebration of their success in business […]
Alison Chapman: The Wonder Stuff
While many people might establish a business and work hard to make it a success, for Alison Chapman running a business is an opportunity for ongoing creativity and reinvention. Since 2000, when she opened her shop, The Wonder Stuff in Treorchy, Rhondda, Alison has energetically tried out new ideas, thrown herself into various community networks, […]
The IOEE Interview: Jackie Brierton
Jackie Brierton is more than just a champion of women in business. As founder and Chair of Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES), she lives and breathes female entrepreneurship. For 30 years, Jackie has worked in business, enterprise and policy development across the UK, as well as her native Scotland. She’s someone who passionately believes in the power […]
Cereal bar business prepares for a bumper 2015
This month Get Started has been delighted to work with Sharon Goodyer who has set up Bar 15 in Kent, and has been trading since March 2014. Bar 15 has developed a new range of cereal bars made from oats, fresh and dried fruits, seeds, a little oil and fresh ginger. The bar contains absolutely no added sugar, syrup, […]
New competition to find the GREAT Face of British Business
An exciting new competition is looking for the GREAT Face of British Business, with a prize worth £30,000 up for grabs. Do you run a small business? Have you gone above and beyond to help grow your business, entered new markets overseas or conjured up innovative ways to help profits soar? Has your business received Government […]
Momentum building towards Small Business Saturday
Momentum is building towards this year’s Small Business Saturday event on December 6th – when small, independent businesses in communities across the country will be in the national spotlight. Small businesses around the UK are planning events, promotions and other activities to attract clients and customers to them on December 6th but also as a way of creating […]
Meet A Mentor series for female entrepreneurs launches in style
Women gathered at the Kensington Roof Gardens in London yesterday to attend the first in a series of 12 Meet A Mentor events to help female led businesses meet mentors to access mentoring support. The series of events, supported by the Government Equality Office and run by SFEDI and the IOEE, will bring together female […]
Vital Mentoring Support for Female Entrepreneurs
Female business owners across the country will benefit from additional mentoring support, Women and Equalities Minister Jo Swinson will announce this evening, at the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) 2014 Mentorsme Awards for Excellence in Women’s Enterprise Mentoring. During Global Entrepreneurship Week, the government is announcing £150,000 to fund ‘Meet a Mentor’ events which will link […]