Posts Tagged ‘National Enterprise Network’
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Our member Donbac wins prestigious award
Tuesday 10 January 2012“Outstanding contribution to the local economy 2011” National Enterprise Network member Donbac, the enterprise support organisation based within Doncaster, has won a major award for their outstanding contribution to the local economy - announced at Doncaster’s most prestigious Chamber Business Awards Gala Dinner. The award recognised an outstanding contribution to the economy ...[more] -
Former Chief Executive recognised in 2012 New Year Honours List
Tuesday 3 January 2012George Derbyshire, former Chief Executive of NFEA, has been awarded on OBE in the 2012 New Year Honours List for services to Enterprise. George was Chief Executive of NFEA for nine years up until his retirement on 30 April 2011 (now known as National Enterprise Network). He was the driving force ...[more] -
Acknowledgement in Mary Portas Review
Tuesday 13 December 2011Mary Portas published her review of the future of our high streets on Tuesday 13th December, which set out her vision to breathe economic and community life back into our high streets. The Review makes ambitious recommendations on what can be done – by government, local authorities and business – ...[more] -
Support for National Social Enterprise Award
Tuesday 29 November 2011National Enterprise Network has called on its members to enter a unique award that has been created to showcase Social Enterprises. Part of the People and Environment (Pea) Business Awards, the Social Enterprise Award acknowledges the work and achievements of the individuals or teams behind the most inspiring and successful social ...[more] -
Business Link – another change but is it for the better?
Thursday 24 November 2011Following on from our earlier blog about the closure of the network of regional Business Links by the end of this week (Friday 25 November), Richard Dearden, Chief Executive of National Enterprise Network member NBV, offers his view on the closure based on his long history working with pre start ...[more] -
Business Link – what next?
Wednesday 23 November 2011The current network of regional Business Links will be closed down fully by the end of this week (Friday 25 November) and replaced by an enhanced online platform with navigation support from a call centre. As the leader of an enterprise support organisation that has had a relationship with Business ...[more] -
National Enterprise Network gets mentoring!
Thursday 17 November 2011In this dedicated blog, National Enterprise Network Chief Executive Dawn Whiteley offers her thoughts on mentoring following the launch of the new government initiative Get Mentoring on Wednesday 16th November 2011. Yesterday saw the launch of Get Mentoring, a new initiative to get a further 10,000 mentors recruited, trained and deployed ...[more] -
National Enterprise Network commits support to Get Mentoring programme
Wednesday 16 November 2011National Enterprise Network is proud to announce its support of Get Mentoring, a ground breaking project announced today which will unlock, train and support a whole new community of business mentors in the UK. National Enterprise Network will be working with its membership base across the nine English regions in ...[more] -
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] -
Introducing the National Enterprise Network
Monday 27 June 2011NFEA, the National Federation of Enterprise Agencies, has undertaken a full rebranding exercise and from today will be known at the National Enterprise Network. This new name and associated rebranding comes after a period of significant change in the enterprise sector, which led NFEA to consider its position as the ...[more]