A Flow of Referrals to the Mainstream

I was recently asked to contribute to a tender to supply a series of ‘enterprise awareness raising events’.  These would be short events held in super output areas (poor communities) designed to create a continual flow of referrals for the mainstream business support providers (Enterprise Agencies and Business Link I guess).
When will we recognise that [...]

Valuing Entrepreneurs

I recently did a workshop with some aspiring entrepreneurs funded by a local council.  The workshop was run in  a brand new council building (so new that the boiler did not work and we froze all day).
The refreshments featured a mouldy carton of orange juice and the lunch that was provided was very poor.

What messages [...]

Top 100 Podcasts for Entrepreneurs

This is a great list from the US of the top 100 podcasts for entrepreneurs.
How about starting to compile a list of UK based podcasts for entrepreneurs?
Any suggestions?

Congratulations to Bradford LEGI Team…

…for organising a morning of learning and development based on the experiences of the three community based enterprise projects commissioned by the council as part of their 3 year LEGI programme.
It was the second time they had attempted something like this and I thought it was a big improvement on the first effort! It [...]

Why Blog on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Community?

For almost 20 years now I have watched and advised a large number of projects, programmes and strategies designed to encourage enterprise and entrepreneurship in communities in the UK – both affluent and poor.
In already affluent communities the efforts focus on business attraction and retention – through property development and subsidies, improving transport links and [...]