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Why governments ‘don’t get’ entrepreneurship

 May 17th, 2012 | No comments Source: EnterQuest

The results of a fascinating study published by the Kauffman Foundation look into the reasons why government intervention programmes to support entrepreneurship either consistently fail or don’t work…

The business of being enterprising

 May 10th, 2012 | No comments Source: EnterQuest

Typically, small business owners spend considerably more time on process activities than they do on being enterprising, and this, in the majority of cases, is an issue that will need to be addressed…

Young persons’ start up loans – sublime or sub-prime business lending?

 May 4th, 2012 | 1 comment Source: EnterQuest

Going into debt when starting up, in the majority of cases, increases the likelihood of early failure. In young people these figures will almost certainly be higher, due to their lack of experience and more crucially lack of financial acumen. Providing a loan to a business that otherwise would not get off the ground is, in essence, funding a business model that starts out requiring a sticking plaster or crutch…

Two more firms to receive business support from Government

 April 27th, 2012 | 6 comments Source: BAD News

The latest initiative to support small firms as part of the Government’s Business In You campaign has been announced by small business Minister, Mark Prisk. The announcement that the Government will provide support for two firms comes a day after it was reported that the UK had officially entered a double dip recession…

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