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A New Model Of Enterprise Support 26 Aug 2011 | 08:22 pm
Yesterday we had the first meeting of The Gathering – seven people meeting in, appropriately, an old cotton mill: we are seeking to seed new enterprise in the great NW industrial heartlands. We decid...
Fantastic Prices for Stepping Stone Technologies 16 May 2011 | 06:33 am
David Beal, the Tories main business connections guy, has just been asking on LinkedIn about the quality of Microsoft’s purchase of Skype. I think it raises a broader issue of overpaying for stepping ...
It’s Time We Became Capitalists 16 May 2011 | 04:23 am
This week the British Bankers Association hosted a major seminar event through Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. I believe that we must conduct a major investigation and debate into how we better direct ...
The Pitfalls & Perils of Seeking Investment 25 Apr 2011 | 12:51 am
It can be incredibly difficult for young and ambitious businesses to raise capital, even when they pass the necessarily high threshold of having mustered sufficient talent around a very promising idea...
The Dull Drone of The Enterprise Zone 6 Apr 2011 | 08:00 pm
“New offices, financial incentives, special initiatives, how to kickstart the economy……” and so the rhetoric of Enterprise Zones drones on. Evidence from previous UK Enterprise Zones strongly suggest...
Mix-d: Manifesto for Mixed Race Living 28 Mar 2011 | 11:52 pm
I am privileged to work regularly with Mix-d:, the UK’s leading research and advocacy organisation in support of mixed race living. We have just finished our policy manifesto to go and present to and ...
Looking Beyond The Trademan’s Reach 6 Mar 2011 | 04:35 am
There’s a gardener every three quarters of a mile in every UK urban area, a plumber every mile, a hairdresser every mile and a half and a tattoo parlour every three miles. The specifics could be wron...
Big Society Is Made In The Making 21 Feb 2011 | 08:27 am
I’ve started a conversation with the insightful business and current affairs commentator Michael Taylor about his review of Phillip Bond’s Red Tory, a key inspiration of the Big Society. This has in t...
The Big Society Starts With Little Me – And You 14 Feb 2011 | 09:18 am
I’ve read quite a few media commentators today – and heard some more on radio, too – who are very quick and ready to announce “the death of the Big Society”. It’s true, the Big Society isn’t that hea...
The Big Society Starts With Little Me – And You 14 Feb 2011 | 04:18 am
I’ve read quite a few media commentators today – and heard some more on radio, too – who are very quick and ready to announce “the death of the Big Society”. It’s true, the Big Society isn’t that heal...
