Evan Williams is someone who knows that when it comes to being a mentor or a mentee, there’s no either / or choice to make. For him, mentoring isn’t a dialogue with the mentor on one side and the mentee on the other, rather it’s an activity he’s willing to get involved with in either […]
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“My enterprise mentor helps me to work on the business as well as in the business.”
Michael Hatton established Zeus IT four years ago, following redundancy. For the first three years he worked alone as a consultant from home but during the last twelve months, the business has developed and now employs an additional three people. Michael attended Meet a Mentor in Birmingham last summer on the look out for a […]
Meet A Mentor for Women is visiting Glasgow!
In January, The IOEE and the Government Equalities Office will be in Glasgow for the first #MeetAMentor of 2016! Meet A Mentor for Women is designed specifically for business women seeking mentor support and volunteer enterprise mentors looking for a business to help. The event is being held at The Lighthouse on Wednesday 13 January […]
Excellence in Mentoring Awards for IOEE mentors and mentee
On the 17th November, the Mentorsme Excellence in Mentoring Awards took place at the Digital Catapult Centre in London. It was an excellent event that saw over 100 mentees, mentors and mentoring organisations come together to acknowledge the importance of enterprise mentoring and celebrate the individuals raising the bar. We’re very proud to say that […]
IOEE represented at AoC conference
From 17-19 November, the Association of Colleges (AoC) held its annual conference and exhibition at the ICC Birmingham. IOEE were thrilled to be able to exhibit this year and Sarah Trouten, CEO of IOEE, announced the launch of our fantastic collaboration with TONI&GUY – Creating Enterprise, a completely new learning programme designed specifically for budding […]
SFEDI Directory
“Being listed in the SFEDI Directory is a badge of honour, a credibility requirement that lets us show we’re up to speed with what’s going on, we know how to do it and we do it well.” The SFEDI Directory, as you probably know by now, is a national register of SFEDI accredited business and […]
Get Started Challenge 2016
Our members tell us time and time again that the very beginning of an enterprise journey is the hardest part. Setting up a business is fraught with challenges, from securing the finance and fine-tuning the idea to getting the word out and winning those first few vital clients. Central to every successful start-up is a […]
Switch on to the Lightbulb Challenge
The IOEE is inviting enterprise educators working in IOEE Centres the length and breadth of the country to take the Lightbulb Challenge. Using their skill, ingenuity and dynamism, teachers, lecturers and other education professionals will spark their students to have an ‘enterprising lightbulb moment’ within their learning programme. The scope is wide and the possibilities […]
Global Entrepreneurship Week
This year, Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) took place from 16th to 22nd November and we marked each day in true IOEE style, with plenty of enthusiasm and innovation! At its core, GEW is a global campaign to promote entrepreneurship and motivate each new generation of potential entrepreneurs to get active and start their own businesses. […]
Dave Roberts, Lloyds Bank Enterprise Mentor Champion
Dave Roberts has worked for Lloyds Banking Group for almost thirty years and has committed himself to mentoring in a big way, investing the process with real energy and enthusiasm at every stage. Here, Dave tells his own story of mentoring SMEs, mentoring fellow Lloyds Banking Group enterprise mentors and performing the role of Enterprise […]