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Enterprise UK, the campaigning organisation which gives people the confidence, skills and ambition to be enterprising, is holding a free event at the Waterfall in Derby on Wednesday 25 November (6.30-9pm) designed to help and support anyone who is considering the option of working for themselves.
With the current economic climate making job security a real [...]

More than 50 people thinking about starting a business at home attended the Business Begins At Home event in Nottingham on Home Enterprise Day (Friday 20 November), during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).

Organised by Unleashing Enterprise (the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) supported enterprise programme) and Nottingham City Council, in partnership with Nottingham Business Venture [...]

There is a wide range of enterprise skills and support available for people in the region wanting to start their own business, but just how accessible is it for young, disabled entrepreneurs?
The Entrepreneurship and the Disability Agenda event at The Gateway Centre in Derby raised the importance of making business support services equally available to [...]

Stormsaver, the UK’s leading manufacturer of rainwater harvesting systems, has won another new contract with one of the UK’s biggest supermarket retailers.
Construction of Sainsbury’s store at Westhoughton in Bolton began in August and will, when complete, feature a Stormsaver rainwater harvesting system in a bid to create one of the greenest stores in the North [...]

East Midlands shines the spotlight on inspirational people using their ideas for social and environmental change, as part of Social Enterprise Day.
Social Enterprise Day, which takes place on Thursday 19 November 2009, is part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, which aims to put the UK at the heart of a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people.
The day [...]

There is a wide range of enterprise skills and support available for people in the region wanting to start their own business, but just how accessible is it for young, disabled entrepreneurs?
The Entrepreneurship and the Disability Agenda event at The Gateway Centre in Derby, will raise the importance of making business support services equally available [...]

Research showing how well Lincolnshire’s employers are engaging with local schools and colleges will be discussed at a special event during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW).
Organised by Unleashing Enterprise, the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) supported enterprise programme – in partnership with the Institute of Directors and East Midlands Business Champions, ‘Unleashing Enterprising Employers’ will take [...]

East Midlands’ Women: turn your passions into profit!
Women’s Enterprise Day, Wednesday 18 November 2009

Aspiring women entrepreneurs must play a key role in driving the region’s economic recovery and are invited to participate in Women’s Enterprise Day.

Women’s Enterprise Day takes place on 18 November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The day profiles successful female entrepreneurs, [...]

· 87 countries and millions of people take part in UK-led Global Entrepreneurship Week
· Big name supporters from every continent including Gordon Brown, Hilary Clinton, Prince Charles and Presidents and Prime Ministers from Brazil, Japan, Ghana, France and Australia
· UK leads the way with over 4,000 events so far: single biggest [...]

The first Polish grocery store in the heart of Derby’s city centre has opened for business with the help of a small business loan.
Adam and Ewa Strombek, who moved to Derby from Poland five years ago, received support from Small Loans For Business (formally known as Enterprise Loans East Midlands) to help them set up [...]