The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has made available £20,000 (£24,000 @ 100% FEC) to fund a research project to strengthen the evidence base and improve understanding of domestic business investment, the mechanisms through which growth and productivity are affected and the role for government. The Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) is administering this call… Read more
The ERC team hosted the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2025 ECR/ECA Winter Symposium on February 19th at Warwick Business School’s London offices at The Shard. The one-day symposium was designed to give early career researchers and doctoral students an opportunity to present research papers in development and gain feedback from both their… Read more
Around the world, the number of people deterred from starting a business because of fear it might fail is increasing, according to the GEM 2024/2025 Global Report titled Entrepreneurship Reality Check, released today at a special event to launch the report in Bilbao, Spain. Those who take the leap are uncertain about the expected role… Read more
In 2019 the UK Government set the goal of achieving Net Zero – where the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced are equal to or less than the amount removed from the atmosphere – by 2050. This is a commitment that will impact on all businesses, including the more than 5.9 million of firms in… Read more
