It has been one of the most contentious political issues of a generation. The question of whether or not the UK should leave the EU has divided opinion in communities, in families and even between spouses. Meanwhile, the Brexit and Bremain campaigns fought on each side were criticised for being deceitful and lackluster respectively. Now, […]
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Apprenticemaker Achievement
Nominations for Celebrating Enterprise 2016 are now open so we got in touch with Anne Wilson, last year’s Small Business Apprenticemaker, to find out what the experience of winning meant to her. We discovered that the Celebrating Enterprise accolade isn’t Anne’s only recent success as a few months after the event she received an MBE […]
Entrepreneurship for scientists and engineers in Tanzania
Nearly 40 scientists and engineers took part in a workshop in Tanzania on entrepreneurship organised by the Institute of Physics with the University of Dar es Salaam. The workshop, which was held on 25–29 July at the University of Dar es Salaam, aimed to further participants’ understanding in areas such as market analysis, sources of […]
Announcing Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016 Sponsor
SFEDI AND IOEE CELEBRATING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2016 THE HOUSE OF LORDS THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER Leading figures from the worlds of enterprise learning and skills will gather on Thursday 10 November for the Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2016. Recognising the endeavours of learners, educators, entrepreneurs, mentors, policy-shapers and others making an outstanding contribution to the UK’s enterprise […]
Enterprising women combine forces for charity
When a group of enterprising women made the right connections at Aberdeen Meet a Mentor it led to them pooling their talent and experience to organise a fantastic charity event. We caught up with one of them – Erica Wallace of cosmetics company Mary Kay – to find out more. As you’re probably aware, each […]
Best Practice Workshop for the Enterprise Community
SFEDI and the IOEE have recently hosted a number of workshops presenting the new enterprise and entrepreneurship educator standards which were developed in partnership by SFEDI and Enterprise Educators UK. The development of the standards drew upon the experience and contribution of those involved in enterprise education across the country and the workshops provided an […]
Best Practice Workshops – New Anglia Growth Hub
SFEDI and the IOEE held a workshop last week to present the new enterprise and entrepreneurship educator standards which were developed in partnership by SFEDI and Enterprise Educators UK. The standards which were extensively researched and compiled using the experience and contribution of those involved in enterprise education across the country have now been approved […]
HMRC Toolkits for business
HM Revenue and Customs has released a comprehensive series of toolkits for tax agents and advisers. Each one is designed to help people avoid the most common mistakes made by those managing businesses’ tax affairs. It’s a well known fact that people make the same errors time and time again, repeating their own and each […]
Business growth for all
Growth Hub Week took place in May and it was a great success. As part of the event, Small Business Minister Anna Soubry announced that some 4.7 million businesses are now covered by a network of 39 Growth Hubs. Growth Hubs are led by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), they’re public / private sector partnerships that […]
Deserved recognition for IOEE Centre of Excellence staff
Last month, London South Bank University held its annual staff awards. We were thrilled to hear that not one, but two staff, from the university’s Business School were recognised for their efforts. London South Bank University’s Business School became an IOEE Centre of Excellence late in 2015. Organisations that achieve this status are those that […]