Identifying Social Enterprise

New Government report published today Social Enterprise : Market Trends 2017 co-authored by ERC colleagues Professor Ute Stephan , Professor Mark Hart with Dr Emma Folmer, Aston University and Paul Braidford , Steve Lomax, BMG Research   Based on improved methodology and a dedicated survey of a representative sample of the UK small business population,… Read more

State of Small Business Britain 2017

On the 7th September the ERC welcomed over 100 delegates to The Shard for the fourth State of Small Business Britain Conference, with a focus on the theme ‘Driving Innovation and Growth’. This year’s theme was particularly timely, as innovation has been identified as one of the ten strategic pillars to drive growth and productivity… Read more

New report on high growth firms and resilience published today

During the last decade High-Growth Firms (HGFs) – often referred to as ‘Scale-Ups’, have become increasingly recognised as important by policy makers. We know relatively little about the dynamics of these firms as they evolve over time. This paper develops a measurement framework designed to track the population of high growth firms (HGFs) between 1998… Read more

Innovation, Diffusion, Growth

Today the 4th Annual ERC State of Small Business Britain conference takes place at WBS at the Shard.Welcoming a mix of delegates from the worlds of policy, research and business, this year the conference will focus on the theme of ‘driving innovation and growth’.  

The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost, study finds

News release 7th September 2017  Largest ever study shows public R&D grants turbo-charge growth in UK’s industries of the future  Innovation grants stimulated £43bn additional turnover and created estimated 150,000 jobs  Employment is boosted by around a fifth, turnover by a quarter – but regional variations are substantial Taxpayer support for high-tech innovation benefits the… Read more

Press release -The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost

  7th September 2017 The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost, study finds Largest ever study shows public R&D grants turbo-charge growth in UK’s industries of the future Innovation grants stimulated £43bn additional turnover and created estimated 150,000 jobs Employment is boosted by around a fifth, turnover by a quarter – but… Read more

New report on innovation support and business growth published today

Innovation plays an important role in business growth. Public support is available for UK firms as Research Councils and Innovate UK provide grants to support science and innovation. But do these grants actually work? Do they help businesses to innovate and grow? This new report compares the growth of over 10,000 UK firms which received… Read more