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The Round-Up: Enterprise news, reviews and video of the week

by Zarina | 29 July 2011 | no comments

This week’s enterprise news looks at the 2011 GDP, a £75,000 fund development via the power of the crowd, more lenders for loan scheme plus a fascinating video of the week. GDP figures mean Britain …

Who Will Be July’s Pioneer of the Month? You Decide!

by Erica | | 44 comments

We have some great contenders for Pioneer of the Month this round, representing the social media, social entrepreneurship and property industries. The question is who do you think should be awarded the title? Meet The …

Pioneer of the Week: Kayleigh Angus – Think of Media

by Zarina | | one comment

Congratulations to Kayleigh Angus who has been chosen as this week’s Pioneer of the Week. She’ll join the running for Pioneer of the Month. Why Kayleigh is our Pioneer of the Week: We’ve chosen Kayleigh …

3 business lessons from “Hackgate”

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There’s a lot we can learn from the controversial phone-hacking scandal. Being in charge of a large organisation has some very serious risks so if you’re working towards building an empire take note of these …

3 places to find help with getting involved in London 2012

by Zarina | 28 July 2011 | no comments

Fear not – there’s plenty of time and opportunities out there to get your business  involved with the London 2012 Olympics. Take a look at our 3 recommended sources of advice. Business Network ‘Delivering the …

Pioneers News 230: Celebrating 1 year until the London Olympics 2012!

by Zarina | 27 July 2011 | no comments

The count down for the 2012 Olympics begins today with it being exactly 1 year until it all kicks off. We thought we’d celebrate with this week’s Pioneer highlights. Pioneer of the week: Last week’s …

Tech Tuesday: 5 analytic tools to monitor the digital presence of your business

by Zarina | 26 July 2011 | no comments

Monitoring where your website traffic is coming from or the impact of your twitter hash tags is important for the development of your business as it can tell you how people are finding your website …

3 innovative business ideas from around the home

by Zarina | 25 July 2011 | no comments

We found these great home-based business ideas – proof that entrepreneurs can let their imaginations run away with themselves and be successful. Spiral cellar ‘The Spiral cellar system was first developed by a Frenchman, Georges …

The Round-Up: Enterprise funding, Sheffield announced enterprise capital and appreciating creativity

by Zarina | 22 July 2011 | no comments

This week the whole world has been glued to the phone hacking scandal but in other news we’ve got the MADE festival, help for female entrepreneurs, a BusinessLink helpline and more… Sheffield to become the …

Pioneer of the week: Edwin Broni Mensah – Give Me Tap

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Congratulations to Edwin Broni Mensah who has been chosen as this week’s Pioneer of the Week. He’ll join the running for Pioneer of the Month. Why Edwin is our Pioneer of the Week: Edwin has …