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Tag Archives: SME
LEPs like Coast to Capital need a major strategy change
The appointment of Julie Kapsalis as the new Vice Chair of the Coast to Capital Local Enterprise Partnership is clearly very good news, as she will understand a number of aspects of the regions business interests. Her appointment is vital, … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton & Hove, Charities, Economics, Education
Tagged Amanda Jones, C2C LEP, Claire Mason, Julie Kapsalis, Local Enterprise Partnerships, SME
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Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) please change tactics
For the last 10 years I have been working for a small business which has grown over that period and from time to time we have been successful at winning significant contracts for various parts of the public sector such … Continue reading
MPs please focus on size rather than location!
Its understandable that MPs who where debating “The Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body” last Tuesday turned their attention to where the contractors who will rebuild the Palace of Westminster are to come from. After all every MP comes from a different … Continue reading
The Tory Party must stop manipulating Small & Micro Enterprises
My superficial historical knowledge helps me to understand why the Labour Party has very strong connections with many Trade Unions. However I recall how in the 1970’s and 1980’s the Conservative Party, quite legitimately demanded that people who were members … Continue reading
Public sector procurement is in a mess
The promises made by this Government to increase the levels of procurement dedicated to SME’s from 25% under the coalition to 33% on under the new administration should offer a meaningful way of growing our economy and strengthening society if … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Amazon, Public Procurement, SME, Yorkshire
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Parliament, please stop patronising SMEs
Three weeks ago I wrote a blog, inspired by a claim by a select committee in the House of Commons that it wanted to meet with Small and Medium Enterprises. The challenge with SMEs is they represent businesses referred to … Continue reading
Apprenticeships need positivity & action
A couple of weeks ago in the House of Lords, a short debate took place on the theme of Apprenticeships under the guise of a couple of questions from David Blunkett (now Baron Blunkett of Brightside and Hillsborough). There were … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy, STEM, Youth Issues
Tagged Apprenticeship Levy, Apprenticeships, David Blunkett, Liz Redfern, SME, Susan Garden
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We must reverse decline into real growth
According to this report on the Coastal West Sussex Local Enterprise Partnership website, “the numbers of West Sussex students choosing Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) topics at GCSE and A-Level [is] declining” It is with this in mind that … Continue reading
The Government needs to go much further
Following the collapse of Carillion over the weekend, the response from the Government is once again displaying an acute failure to understand the way in which such companies operate, or perhaps they are intentionally ignoring such understanding. Carillion employed a … Continue reading
A bad starter for ’18
The need to assemble an effective group of people to regulate Universities and other Higher Education bodies is clear. As Justine Greening stated in the announcement that was published a minute into the New Year as the new body came into … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Elizabeth Fagan, Katja Hall, Nicola Dandridge, Ruth Carlson, SME, Toby Young
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