Entrepreneurs with mentors seen to have higher and faster business growth
BCDF shares its experiences and observations about the benefits of mentorship for budding entrepreneurs. Mentors use their own knowledge to help entrepreneurs move faster and avoid making common errors that will hold them back, streamlining and simplify objectives, helping entrepreneurs see a more direct route to success. They know from experience what works and what […]
BE INSPIRED ARE HELPING SOCIAL LEADERS BUILD RESILIENCE FOR FREE
This programme is unique because it supports the individual first. The content and 1-1 advice enables them to fully ‘reset’ and go on to make rational business decisions for their charity or social enterprise, without causing any more damage to their own health or their personal finances.
Blockchain: better, faster, cheaper – for all of us
Think you don’t need to know about blockchain because it doesn’t apply to your organisation/ your department / your role? Buckle up, it’s time to think again…
Innovators will always win
In this guest blog for NEN, Sean Alimajstorovic from Hub 109 looks at game changing innovations that could help small businesses on the high street survive and thrive.
Laptop Station gets a boost thanks to NEN Member ‘Let’s Do Business Finance’ and British Business Bank
Laptop Station are looking forward to further growth and a wider customer reach thanks to Let’s Do Business Finance and a £50,000 loan through the Recovery Loan Scheme.
Community workspaces – fire and air for a new wave of entrepreneurs
Start-ups launched in UK cities are being jet-propelled by a network of Enterprise Hubs, Business Support Communities and Start Up Loan delivery partners - the unsung heroes in the fight to Build Back Better.
New Colbea Sponsor to Offer Accounting Advice Surgery
Team NEN member, the Colchester Business Enterprise Agency (Colbea) has announced Essex accountants Jamesons as the latest business to sponsor the enterprise agency’s work in the Colchester business community.
As the first action of their sponsorship Jamesons, one of the region’s leading independent accountancy firms, will deliver an Accounting Advice Surgery for local businesses at the Central Colchester Business Centre on 5th June 2018.
£50,000 fund launched in North East to support sustainable start-ups
A new programme has been launched that will provide grants of up to £1,000 to sustainable start-ups based in Tyne and Wear. The Sustainable Start-up Award, managed by Newcastle-based NEN member PNE Enterprise, will grant at least 50 Tyne and Wear businesses up to £1,000 to support with start-up costs. The programme, the first of its […]
Finance For Enterprise celebrates record year with new appointments and launch of Lincolnshire office
Team NEN member Finance For Enterprise has celebrated the end of another record year with the appointment of three new members of staff and the launch of a new Lincolnshire office. Over the past twelve months, the Doncaster based alternative funding provider which is responsible for helping businesses access a range of business loans to support growth […]
A parting word from ex-CEO Dawn Whiteley MBE
As you know my almost seven years with National Enterprise Network came to an end today, I started as Interim CEO in April 2011 with an intention to serve a six month contract, and look what happened! It’s fair to say that not having been sure whether I would take to a role with a […]