Experts forecast “catastrophic economic impact” ahead if Government policy fails to support women’s enterprise
August 11, 2020
An academic at the University of Nottingham is among leading UK voices in women’s enterprise who have come together in a new report to say that current Government policy has failed to recognise the additional challenges faced by millions of women-led businesses. As the Government and local authorities across the country launch campaigns to ‘Build Back Better’ …
Many UK boardrooms blind to opportunity, warns report
March 14, 2018
Boards conditioned to play safe rather than embrace opportunity Efforts to “create certainty” overlook scope to enhance performance Narrow outlook partially fuelled by fear that dissent isn’t welcome Britain’s boardrooms may be impairing the UK’s economic potential by habitually viewing risk only in terms of threats rather than in terms of opportunities, a new report …
Ex-Chief Constable teaches businesses about change
September 20, 2017
Ex-Chief Constable Sue Fish OBE, is bringing the weight of her extensive experience working in the public sector to provide concrete real-world examples and advice to small and medium size business owners in an event hosted by the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics. “During my policing career change was a constant. Whether that was …
Businesses outline ‘wish list’ for economic recovery
August 8, 2012
Businesses have placed easier access to bank loans and Government-funded projects to boost employment at the top of their wish list to tackle the tough current market conditions. SMEs quizzed by the latest UK Business Barometer UK, run over the internet by the University of Nottingham Institute of Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), have cited reduced …
Was the Jubilee bad for business?
June 21, 2012
It was a party atmosphere in many places of the country, but was the extra June bank holiday to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee a cause for celebration among our business community too? The UK Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), has quizzed small- …
Barometer view on the Budget
May 9, 2012
Now the dust has settled and the headlines on the ‘granny tax’ and ‘pastygate’ have subsided, businesses are left to ponder the potential impact of the latest Budget on their future fortunes. The Business Barometer, an internet survey run by the University of Nottingham Institute for Enterprise and Innovation (UNIEI), regularly gauges the opinion of …
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