SFEDI AND IOEE CELEBRATING ENTERPRISE 2015 AWARD WINNERS

Every year, the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) and the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) host the Celebrating Enterprise Awards and this year was bigger and better than ever. Celebrating Enterprise 2015 was held at the House of Lords on Wednesday 4th November, bringing together educators, entrepreneurs and other key figures from the […]

SFEDI AND IOEE CELEBRATING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2015

SFEDI AND IOEE CELEBRATING ENTERPRISE AWARDS 2015 THE HOUSE OF LORDS WEDNESDAY 4TH NOVEMBER • The Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE) and the Small Firms Enterprise Development Initiative (SFEDI) hosts the Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2015 • A prestigious event recognising outstanding endeavour in enterprise learning and skills • The Celebrating Enterprise Awards 2015 Gold […]

SME Mentor Training that’s Made-to-Measure

IOEE and Lloyds Banking Group have worked together to develop, pilot and implement exciting new CPD modules, equipping existing mentors with specific skills to deal with the challenges small businesses often face. Once a mentor is qualified, their development should continue. New learning enriches the mentoring service they offer, bringing to it greater and more […]

MMU and IOEE strengthen their enterprise connection

Last month IOEE Chief Executive Sarah Trouten was invited to join Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) Business School’s Business and Enterprise Advisory Board. The Business School, which gained the title of IOEE Centre of Excellence last year, is the central focus for the university’s ambition to deliver entrepreneurial enterprise education across faculties. As a board member, […]

Starter for ten

Earlier this summer, SFEDI’s Executive Chair Ruth Lowbridge was invited to the Edinburgh offices of workspace collective Desk Union, where she shared her favourite top ten tips for success with the team. Desk Union is a young, dynamic enterprise that supplies workspace, meeting rooms, networking rooms and boardrooms to individual entrepreneurs and freelancers as well […]

Ten Top Tips for Business Success

As our Executive Chair Ruth Lowbridge says, there’s no job description for being a good business owner. To help you navigate the role successfully, here are her Top Ten Tips, gathered over two decades of business leadership. 1 Be yourself You will have your own style of ‘doing business’ so don’t be put off just […]

G is for Innovation

Albanian-born linguistics academic, design thinker and entrepreneur Julia Goga Cooke runs GConsultancy Innovation, a self-described ‘eco-system of experienced innovation managers, journalists, communicators, trainers, facilitators, designers and consultants.’ GConsultancy, which is the end result of Julia’s extremely diverse and high-flying career, helps organisations to create the perfect conditions and capabilities for innovation. The business has recently […]

Award Nominations: Now Open

The Celebrating Enterprise Awards are an annual celebration of the enterprising spirit in action. Taking place in November in a prestigious House of Lords setting, 2015’s event is set to be bigger and better than ever before, and right now we’re searching for its stars. Do you know an individual who has gone above and beyond in […]

Westsidecoders Story

Nick Fulcher and business partner Shazaad Badil are leading Westsidecoders, a software development and digital training business in Birmingham West Midlands. Having attended the city’s Meet a Mentor event in July, Nick was keen to share his entrepreneurial story with us. It was while Nick was studying for his degree in Computer Science and Business […]