Can you learn entrepreneurship?
April 23, 2014
Guest blog by MSc Entrepreneurship student, Daniel Wallis. This blog follows on from Liz Radice’s blog posted on 14th April 2014. When asked about my degree and I respond with “Entrepreneurship”, people are often confused and say “Is that a thing? Can you even learn it? Surely you’re born with it?” or “Oh, so like …
Launching New Ventures at Nottingham University Business School
April 14, 2014
Guest blog by Liz Radice, Director at Backstage Balkans Ltd. Liz studied Serbian and Croatian Studies at The University of Nottingham and now runs her business out of the Business School’s EnterpriseLab. Liz recently spoke to students taking the Launching New Ventures module as part of the MSc Entrepreneurship course at Nottingham University Business School. …
National Minimum Wage vs Living Wage
April 4, 2014
In the February 2014 Business Barometer survey, our panel of UK small business owners and business advisers were asked about the effects of a potential rise in National Minimum Wage on their businesses and the feasibility of paying employees the higher living wage. The responses from small business owners were as follows: George Osborne has …
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 …
Invest to Lead with Nottinghamshire Healthcare
March 25, 2014
The Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is teaching the Ingenuity Process to 400 Nottinghamshire Healthcare staff as part of their Invest to Lead programme. Invest to Lead is designed in the interests of improving the quality of services, productivity and the patient/service user and carer experience. The programme is for anyone who is …
Late payments and small businesses
March 12, 2014
In the January 2014 Business Barometer survey, our panel of UK small business owners and business advisers were asked about the frequency of late payments made by customers as well as the businesses’ ability to pay suppliers on time. The responses from small business owners were as follows: Over the last six months, how has …
The role and influence of women entrepreneurs in (UK) society today
March 7, 2014
Written by Dr Janine Swail. As a researcher of women’s entrepreneurship at the Haydn Green Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and on the eve of International Women’s Day, I could not think of a better time to reflect on the role and influence of women entrepreneurs in (UK) society today. My work explores the decision-making …
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 …
A Christmas message: Bacon and turkey not necessarily a recipe for continuing success
December 18, 2013
We are all familiar with the terms “hiding in plain sight” and “can’t see the wood for the trees”. Depending on one’s viewpoint, it is either fitting or unfortunate that both have become such tired tropes, because they are rather useful in discussing the merits of original thought. It was Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626) …
Pension auto-enrolment for SMEs
December 10, 2013
One year after pension auto-enrolment came into effect for Britain’s largest companies, smaller businesses will soon also have to join the system, which requires employees to enrol all their staff in a company pension scheme unless people have specifically opted out. In the November 2013 Business Barometer survey, UK SMEs and business advisers were asked …
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