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News from BIS- Minister champions northern growth at inaugral new cities summit May 16, 2012
- Construction equipment showcase digs in at BIS May 16, 2012
- Government seeks new Chief Construction Adviser May 15, 2012
- Hundreds of employers bid for £250m skills training pilot May 15, 2012
- Baroness lifts the lid on new manufacturing plant May 15, 2012
- Speeches by BIS Ministers
- Public access to publicly-funded research May 2, 2012
- Intelligent Mobility Summit April 25, 2012
- HEFCE annual conference 2012 April 17, 2012
- Massachusetts Innovation Economies Conference March 26, 2012
- Federation of Small Businesses Annual Conference March 23, 2012
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The domino effect of innovation Public Sector Innovation
Things have moved quickly since we won the Civil Service Innovation award in 2010 for our National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative – a new funding model for affordable housing. The project is now in the thick of delivery. Contracts have … Continue reading →
Getting real bang for the public buck BIS Blogs
On the morning of 23 March, I presented Round 3 of the Regional Growth Fund – RGF for short – at Gateshead. My visit had been arranged by Alex Wilson and his redoubtable team at BIS, and I was … Continue reading →
Mentoring – learning to listen BIS Blogs
I joined the SME Mentor programme in November 2011. Having worked as a Relationship Manager and Business Development Manager for over 10 years, I felt I had a useful armoury of skills with which to help small business owners. As … Continue reading →
Britain’s got enterprise BIS Blogs
There are many great enterprises across Britain that have been a real success over the last couple of years. A selection of them are already showing what they’ve achieved as part of the Business in You campaign. The campaign … Continue reading →
How mentoring can help your business BIS Blogs
Mentoring can be a valuable asset for businesses of any age, but we know that around 70 per cent of mentored small businesses survive five years or more, which is double the number for non-mentored firms. This isn’t surprising – … Continue reading →
“Grinlovate” – an innovation workshop Public Sector Innovation
Innovation is at the core of what makes Gripple the success that it is. Before the 2011 Global Manufacturing Festival I suggested to Creative Sheffield that Innovation was not high enough up the agenda and they asked me to do … Continue reading →
Forget the stiff upper lip – ask for a mentor BIS Blogs
When I started my business aged 33, I had had to learn how to be a Business Owner. I call myself ‘an accidental entrepreneur’. Driven by a desire to create a change in the way business people communicate and support … Continue reading →
Recent posts from our blogs
The domino effect of innovation
Things have moved quickly since we won the Civil Service Innovation award in 2010 for our National Housing Trust (NHT) initiative – a new funding model for affordable housing. The project is now in the thick of delivery. Contracts have … Continue reading →
Getting real bang for the public buck
On the morning of 23 March, I presented Round 3 of the Regional Growth Fund – RGF for short – at Gateshead. My visit had been arranged by Alex Wilson and his redoubtable team at BIS, and I was … Continue reading →
Mentoring – learning to listen
I joined the SME Mentor programme in November 2011. Having worked as a Relationship Manager and Business Development Manager for over 10 years, I felt I had a useful armoury of skills with which to help small business owners. As … Continue reading →
Britain’s got enterprise
There are many great enterprises across Britain that have been a real success over the last couple of years. A selection of them are already showing what they’ve achieved as part of the Business in You campaign. The campaign … Continue reading →
How mentoring can help your business
Mentoring can be a valuable asset for businesses of any age, but we know that around 70 per cent of mentored small businesses survive five years or more, which is double the number for non-mentored firms. This isn’t surprising – … Continue reading →
“Grinlovate” – an innovation workshop
Innovation is at the core of what makes Gripple the success that it is. Before the 2011 Global Manufacturing Festival I suggested to Creative Sheffield that Innovation was not high enough up the agenda and they asked me to do … Continue reading →
Forget the stiff upper lip – ask for a mentor
When I started my business aged 33, I had had to learn how to be a Business Owner. I call myself ‘an accidental entrepreneur’. Driven by a desire to create a change in the way business people communicate and support … Continue reading →
Keeping the UK’s competition regime on the world stage
I’ve been in my new job for almost 6 weeks now and am quickly getting to grips with my varied portfolio. From employment matters to postal affairs as well as consumer and competition issues. Lots of different complex areas … Continue reading →
Mentoring is a two-way street
In our book ‘The Beermat Entrepreneur’ we said the first thing anyone should do once they have a business idea is to find a mentor. I have mentored, face-to-face, more than a thousand people and am convinced that finding … Continue reading →
Mentoring the key to business success
I fundamentally believe that it is difficult to achieve your dreams or be successful in business without being helped. At every stage of development of my business, I have been fortunate to have had people go out of their way … Continue reading →
The great science and engineering adventure
We have a fantastic science and engineering heritage in this country. This is embodied, for example, in Newcastle, where the city now plays host to high-tech science and research with a biotechnology flavour in the Centre for Life. So, it’s … Continue reading →
PAS2011 Twitter Wordle Cloud
There have been a number of twitter discussions going on over the last week since the survey’s publication. There are more detailed posts to follow but I thought I’d link to the wordle.net cloud I produced in the meantime.
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