ERC goes International

Stephen Roper was recently part of a team working with OECD to advise the government of Abu Dhabi on the development of the entrepreneurial eco-system. The final report from the project has just been published by OECD. Stephen’s involvement in the project focussed on boosting innovative entrepreneurship and SME innovation and stressed the importance of… Read more

ERC’s New Project Pipeline

2016 sees the start of ERC’s new series of research projects with a focus on the drivers of SME growth and productivity. Key topics include the role of innovation and commercialisation in promoting productivity, the impact of barriers to finance on internationalisation, the role of management and leadership in promoting growth and a focus on… Read more

International Innovation: UK Innovation Hub Online

ERC Director Stephen Roper provides insights into how the UK can effectively support SME creation and growth in the Third Chapter of the UK Innovation Hub online publication. This issue features Enterprise Research Centre ,Innovate UK, Universities UK,  and Times Higher Education, as well as a number of UK universities working hard to boost research… Read more

Understanding the UK’s ‘economic backbone’

Enterprise Research Centre Deputy Director,Mark Hart  writes an ESRC blog highlighting the important ERC research on SMEs. Since the financial crisis of 2008, the UK economy has shifted quite significantly to one that relies less on state spending to provide jobs and growth, and which instead puts its faith in enterprise as the engine of prosperity.  

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship vacancies with the ERC

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships Fixed-term, full-time contract until 31 January 2018.  Applications are invited for Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships based in the Enterprise Research Centre at Warwick Business School and Aston Business School The Enterprise Research Centre is a collaborative research centre led by Warwick and Aston Business Schools with Imperial, Strathclyde, Birmingham and Queen’s University School of… Read more

Private sector creates record number of new jobs

Employer enterprises added a record 695,500 net new jobs in 2014-15. New analysis shows companies that employ staff added nearly 700,000 net new jobs across the UK in 2014-15 – the highest number recorded in the last two decades. The analysis of job creation and destruction in the private sector in the 12 months to… Read more

Partnering to Deliver SME Growth: Establishing a Community of Interest (COI) Group to develop HEI as “Institutional Anchors” through Research-Led Business Support.

On December 17th (10.30 – 15.30), Room C502, The Curzon Building, Birmingham City University , The ERC (Enterprise Research Centre) and ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) invite you to join the full establishment of a community of interest group specifically focusing on models of university/SME engagement which support performance and growth. At last… Read more

ERC Grant Extension announced

We are delighted to announce that an extension to the ERC funding has been awarded by ESRC, BIS, InnovateUK and the British Business Bank. This will allow the Centre to continue its  research and engagement programme until 2018. We look forward to the next two years continuation of our research with the addition of exciting… Read more

Unlocking UK Productivity

UK productivity to be boosted by increasing exporting and innovation among small and medium-sized firms. Britain’s productivity is falling behind other economies because it is slower to turn ambitious smaller firms into exporters of innovative new products and services, according to a new report. With more support, it is estimated that up to 110,000 small… Read more

“Unlocking UK Productivity: Internationalisation and Innovation of SMEs”

   SME growth ambition key to UK productivity puzzle UK Productivity to be boosted by increasing exporting and innovation among small and medium sized firms. Britain’s productivity is falling behind other economies because it is failing to turn ambitious smaller firms into exporters of innovative new products and services, according to a new report. With… Read more