Gateshead Council celebrates another New Enterprise Allowance milestone

The lead authority in the North East for the Government’s scheme have now helped more than 1,800 clients start a business National Enterprise Network (NEN) Member Gateshead Council became the lead authority in the North East for the Government’s New Enterprise Allowance scheme when it launched in January 2015. Since winning the contract, they have […]

NEN member wins Growth Champion Award in 2016 NatWest SE100 Awards

‘Let’s Do Business Group’ is a social enterprise that works to provide overall business support to the South East of England. The group has been recognised as a leading social business, winning the Growth Champion Award in the national 2016 NatWest SE100 Awards, announced on the 19th January 2017. The social enterprise is headed up […]

Thoughts on the State of Small Business Britain Conference from Graham Marley

At the end of November last year, Graham Marley attended the 3rd annual State of Small Business Britain Conference, hosted by the Enterprise Research Centre at The Shard in London. The conference was attended by over 100 delegates and was co-hosted with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme. The day featured presentations from a […]

Small Business Taskforce publishes New Year wish list

The Small Business Taskforce, a group of 14 organisations including Enterprise Nation that represent a total two million small businesses and self-employed individuals, has published a wish list we hope will strike a chord at the heart of government. The group, which also includes ICAEW, Coadec, NEA and IPSE, came together post-Brexit out of a concern […]