Posts Tagged ‘enterprise’
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Welcoming our first Enterprise Partner
Thursday 15 September 2011National Enterprise Network is pleased to announce details as to the first official Enterprise Partner for the organisation – ethical publisher King Lion Media. As part of its launch in June 2011, National Enterprise Network announced the creation of new membership categories to enable more individuals and organisations to become part ...[more] -
PNE Group Appoints New Chief Executive
Tuesday 24 May 2011NFEA North East member, PNE Group, the Newcastle and Gateshead based social enterprise, has appointed Dr Dawn Cranswick as its new Chief Executive. Dawn takes over as CEO from Sandy Ogilvie, who is stepping down after 11 years in the role. For 30 years, NFEA member the PNE Group (formerly known as ...[more] -
My Parting Shot – by George Derbyshire
Wednesday 4 May 2011By George Derbyshire, retiring Chief Executive of NFEA - the national enterprise network Until recently there was a tradition that retiring British ambassadors sent the Foreign Office a valedictory dispatch, a parting shot, a chance to get a few things off their chests about their hosts, their employers in the FO ...[more] -
NFEA says: Don’t cut face to face advice
Wednesday 4 May 2011NFEA's departing CEO has said in a recent Telegraph article that the end of Business Link funding in November risks failing start-ups. In his last week in post at the end of April 2011, George Derbyshire was interviewed by the Telegraph's enterprise editor Richard Tyler, in which he reiterated that the ...[more] -
It’s how you tell ‘em…
Tuesday 15 March 2011Expect to see some positive media coverage shortly….about positive media coverage. According to BIS, new research shows that media coverage of entrepreneurs: “is helping more people to consider a career as their own boss” And: “one in five non-entrepreneurs are being motivated to start their own business having watched programmes such as Dragons Den, ...[more] -
Enterprise & Morals
Tuesday 8 March 2011Interesting speech from David Cameron this weekend. "Enterprise is not just about markets, it's about morals. We understand that enterprise is not just an economic good, it's a social good too." Couldn't agree more. And it's not just words from the PM. The Government will be "rolling up our sleeves and ...[more] -
NFEA Enterprise Manifesto
Thursday 25 February 2010Sometime in the next two months a General Election will be called, which will take place against the background of an economic situation which most of us would find unprecedented. We are entering a period when crucial decisions will be made, and the area of enterprise support is one which ...[more] -
Shining a light on Home Enterprise
Friday 3 July 2009Home based businesses are just part-time pin money jobs...Home based businesses are largely e-Bay traders and others dependent on e-commerce...And anyway, they are an insignificant part of the whole small business scene. Wrong, wrong, wrong! According to a study by the University of Strathclyde, the majority of home based businesses have other ...[more] -
Over 50′s in their prime?
Monday 29 June 2009Prime (The Prince's Initiative for Mature Enterprise) has just held a small conference to highlight Over 50s self employment issues - and will be drawing up a manifesto to raise awareness. There are obviously pressures caused by the current economic situation, but there are also deeper, long term forces at ...[more] -
Queens Award congratulations
Thursday 14 May 2009Delighted to see that the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion has gone to, amongst others, David Irwin. David was one of the co-founders of Project North East, one of the earliest and still one of the most successful local enterprise agencies. David went on to chair NFEA and to be the ...[more]