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Growth Hub Week took place in May and it was a great success. As part of the event, Small Business Minister Anna Soubry announced that some 4.7 million businesses are now covered by a network of 39 Growth Hubs. Growth Hubs are led by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), they’re public / private sector partnerships that […]

Last month, London South Bank University held its annual staff awards. We were thrilled to hear that not one, but two staff, from the university’s Business School were recognised for their efforts. London South Bank University’s Business School became an IOEE Centre of Excellence late in 2015. Organisations that achieve this status are those that […]

The team of business advisers working for New Anglia Growth Hub have become the very This month, New Anglia Growth Hub, which is managed by Suffolk Chamber of Commerce on behalf of the New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), is celebrating team success! Each of the individuals who comprise the team tasked with providing enterprise […]

Leapfrog Mountain is the brainchild of Jackie Jenks. Over the years this business woman has accumulated a broad range of experience in enterprise support and mentor training. Now, she’s working with a pool of hand-picked specialist trainers located across the UK to offer a range of valuable mentoring and training services as an accredited IOEE […]

Katie Geddes is a trained dancer who, in 2009, combined her professional skills with an entrepreneurial spirit and set up The Dance Studio Leeds (DSL). Classing the business as ‘beyond start-up but still in growth phase’, Katie went along to Meet a Mentor late last year. She chatted to us about the outcome and told […]

This month, Get the Idea, the learning programme the IOEE has developed in collaboration with global hair stylists TONI&GUY, is going live. Pilots have taken place at a number of educational institutions and we’ve been delighted to hear what learners and tutors think! For some months now, the IOEE has been working with TONI&GUY to […]

SFEDI-led not for profit, Apprenticemakers, which supports small businesses interested in apprenticeships, is hosting a panel discussion at the Spark the Change conference at The Brewery in London on July 5th. The panel will be made up of small businesses that have employed apprentices and have created real change in their business and the wider community. Spark […]

Late last month, a few key members of the IOEE team attended Venturefest West Midlands, a great day-long event that allows entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and enterprise agencies to connect with one another in new and rewarding ways. Held at Birmingham’s NEC, Venturefest is a unique gathering that welcomes enterprising people from across all sectors. It […]