Start the New Year with the feel good factor and get yourself some enterprise themed New Years resolutions for 2015. As small businesses it’s easy to spend the whole year cocooned in our own worlds of servicing clients, finding new ones, and keeping the operation running smoothly. To help create a 2015 to remember, we’ve […]
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Gaining Support For A New Direction
Having recovered from a serious illness, Tracy Rainieri decided to re-think her lifestyle and work for herself in order to spend more time with her little boy. Tracy says that if she hadn’t suffered ill health, she most likely wouldn’t have left her role as head of Human Resources and PA to the board of […]
Enterprise mentoring events to boost support for UK firms
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 […]
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 […]