Posts Tagged ‘National Enterprise Network’
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FSB urges people to Keep Trade Local and NEN agrees!
Tuesday 26 March 2013The FSB revives its Keep Trade Local campaign at FSB National Conference in Leicester Small businesses believe that a lack of consumer confidence will pose a significant challenge to their business in the coming 12 months, according to the latest findings of a the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) snap poll ...[more] -
National Enterprise Network sponsors Social Enterprise Award at Lloyds TSB People and Environment Business Awards for (PEABs) 2013. Please promote to your clients and consider entering yourselves – only seven days to go!
Monday 18 March 2013The People and Environment Awards for Business (PEABs) were launched to celebrate how green initiatives can be good for business as well as the planet. The Awards will showcase excellence and innovation as demonstrated by an individual or team within an organisation of any shape or size, whose contribution to ...[more] -
Calling National Enterprise Network members who support Youth Enterprise!
Monday 4 March 2013Most of our members run programmes that help and support people under the age of 30 to explore enterprise, start up and succeed in business - does yours? If so, RBS Inspiring Youth Enterprise may be able to help you. You can apply for grant funding of up to £50,000 to ...[more] -
NEN representation activity in February
Friday 1 March 2013The representation we undertake at a national level on your behalf is what many of you tell us is the key benefit of membership and we continue to make sure that your voice is heard with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. There has been no let-up during February ...[more] -
Pension Reform – Women, low earners and self-employed to benefit under new “Single Tier” pension arrangements
Monday 21 January 2013I know that National Enterprise Network members will join me in welcoming the Coalition Government’s plans to simplify the state pension system with the creation of the "Single Tier" pension, which will for the first time ensure the availability of a pension for the country’s 4.2 million self-employed. The reforms create ...[more] -
Surprise, surprise clients still prefer face to face support!
Friday 4 January 2013The Business Link helpline was established to support those clients who were not able to access the www.businesslink.gov.uk website or who were not able to find what they were looking for on there. With later decisions to migrate all Government web support through www.gov.uk, quite why BIS commissioned (or continued with) a study ...[more] -
Barclays to Provide £60m Additional Funding for Startups
Friday 13 July 2012Barclays has today announced additional funding of up to £60m for start ups in England over the next three years. This new funding is expected to support the creation of 4,200 new businesses, providing them with growth finance. The funding from Barclays will support a new partnership between the bank, a ...[more] -
Regional funding secured as part of new national business start-up initiative
Thursday 12 July 2012National Enterprise Network is pleased to announce its involvement in a new business start up programme that will create 6,000 new businesses and up to 10,000 jobs across the country. The Ready for Business programme has been launched following a successful £15 million investment from the Regional Growth Fund and ...[more] -
Minister announces 15,000 business mentors milestone
Monday 12 March 2012Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk has announced key milestones in mentoring support for entrepreneurs as the first Global Entrepreneurship Congress to be held in Europe gets underway. The week-long Congress in Liverpool will see a range of activities to champion the entrepreneurial spirit of business people in the UK and ...[more] -
Our Entrepreneurship Inquiry contribution
Thursday 8 March 2012National Enterprise Network was delighted recently to be invited to give verbal evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group’s Entrepreneurship Inquiry. Network Chief Executive, Dawn Whiteley attended the inquiry on 1st March and Dawn here provides an update on the progress of the inquiry and her comments made ...[more]