Strengthening global ties: NEN visits Sweden to collaborate on enterprise support
In November 2024, NEN Chairman Alex Till and Operations Director Carol Daniels had the honour of visiting Sweden at the invitation of Harry Goldman, CEO of NyföretagarCentrum. Founded over 40 years ago following a visit to England to study enterprise agency models, NyföretagarCentrum has become a vital resource for supporting small businesses across Sweden. Their […]
NEN welcomes Business Growth Service announcement and secures key discussions
The National Enterprise Network (NEN) celebrates the government’s announcement of the new Business Growth Service as a vital step toward empowering small businesses across the UK. The service, announced by Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds to mark Small Business Saturday, aims to simplify and streamline business support through a locally delivered, UK-wide system. Carol […]
NEN collaborates with Enterprise Northern Ireland to support MSMEs across the UK
The National Enterprise Network (NEN) joined forces with Enterprise Northern Ireland to announce the results of their latest collaboration – the Business Barometer 2024. Alex Till, NEN chair, and Carol Daniels, NEN Operations Director, joined Enterprise Northern Ireland recently for the launch of their Barometer results at the Titanic Hotel in Belfast. It followed the […]
10 years of empowering businesses across the UK
Alex Till, chair of the National Enterprise Network (NEN), celebrated a decade of collaboration, innovation and a relentless commitment to supporting the UK’s micro-business community as he was re-elected to another term leading the organisation. Voted into another term as chair at NEN’s AGM in November, Alex looked back on his 10 years with NEN, […]
Micro and small businesses call on govt for co-ordinated business support programme
‘Give us a stable business support programme at a national level, delivered on the ground by local experts’, plead delegates at the National Enterprise Network’s annual conference. The country’s micro and small business community united with government and industry at the recent 2024 NEN Annual Conference in Birmingham with a key focus on fixing the […]
NEN Annual Conference brings together government, industry and international partners to focus on supporting the UK’s micro and small business sector to thrive
The country’s micro and small business community united with government and industry at the recent 2024 NEN Annual Conference in Birmingham to focus on the need for efficient, accessible and effective business support for the sector – which accounts for over half of the country’s private sector turnover and jobs. The conference – Transform, Grow, […]
30 year campaign to fix ‘late payment’ culture welcomes new fair payment code
Delegates at the National Enterprise Network’s 2024 Annual Conference had the opportunity to contribute to the latest legislative improvements intended to speed up payments for the micro and small businesses which make up almost half of the UK economy. The UK’s Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay held a workshop on the government’s new Fair Payment […]
Investing in workplace mental health support boosts businesses
Small businesses are being urged to deliver mental health training for all line managers to support their employees and help reduce absenteeism and improve productivity, Dr Vicki Belt, deputy director at the Enterprise Research Centre ( ERC) Warwick Business School, presented the results of more than four years’ research into the impact of mental health […]
Achieving success – 1% at a time
The secret of great success – in business as well as in life – lies in the small steps of incremental improvements. That was the message from Paralympian Danny Crates, who closed NEN’s 2024 Annual Conference with his winning formula for achieving success. Now a business coach, Danny Crates shared his life journey, starting from […]
Small businesses ‘cry for help’ as ‘triple whammy’ of wage increases, export challenges and lack of support stalls growth
Small businesses across the country are urging government to honour their pre-election pledge to support the sector to enable the UK to hit future growth targets and save jobs. The National Enterprise Network (NEN), the country’s leading representative of enterprise support for start-up, small and micro-businesses, has released the results of its 2024 Business Barometer […]