Is international activity of UK SMEs due to increase in 2015?
March 16, 2015
Research released by Western Union Business Solutions on 12th January 2015 revealed that a third of UK businesses expect to grow in their international activity in the year ahead. In light of these findings, in the January 2015 Business Barometer survey our panel of UK SMEs and business advisers were asked about the likelihood of …
Has economic recovery improved business confidence for SMEs?
December 10, 2014
In September 2014 the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reported a record-breaking high on the confidence index with a figure of +41 during the third quarter of 2014. Also, the Bank of England estimated a further growth of 3% in the UK economy in 2014. As a result, in the October 2014 Business Barometer survey …
My experience of the Growth 100 programme
November 17, 2014
Guest blog by Aaron Dicks, MD of Impression Digital. When I launched Impression in November 2012 I knew just two things for certain; Nottingham was in need of a high-quality, good value digital marketing agency and that myself and my co-founder Tom Craig were the two people to bring it to market. Beyond that, starting a …
Growth 100: Business owners in the classroom
March 31, 2014
Research Associate, Jeannie Holstein, comments on the Growth 100 programme so far. The first cohort of the Growth 100 programme, delivered by The University of Nottingham’s Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and designed to give 100 Nottingham-based owners and directors the knowledge and skills to help them expand their businesses, has just graduated, and it seems an …
Confidence in the future of business among UK SMEs
January 17, 2014
In the December 2013 Business Barometer survey, our panel of UK SMEs and business advisers were asked about confidence levels in investing in the future of business. We also asked a set of trends questions to gauge how situations have changed over the last 3 months. The responses from UK SMEs on business confidence were …
How to encourage innovation
July 8, 2013
By Simon Mosey, Director of the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Cost-cutting might solve cash flow problems in the short-term, but it does nothing to encourage sustainable growth. To achieve this, companies need to encourage new ideas and develop them into successful innovations and this requires a willingness to do something differently. It’s …
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