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The Johnson/Truss debacle of 2022 made people more afraid of starting businesses – new findings
Authored by Mark Hart and Sreevas Sahasranamam to coincide with the release of the GEM UK Report 2022 /23 a new Insight piece in the Conversation was published on June 29th 2023. The UK picked a bad year to have a political crisis in 2022. The markets were already jittery because the global economy was… Read more
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The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ( GEM ) UK report is being launched alongside the GEM Northern Ireland report at a special event hosted by Belfast City Council in conjunction with Aston University, Queen’s University and Ulster University at The Innovation Factory in Belfast today, June 29th 2023. GEM is the world’s largest survey of entrepreneurship… Read more
State of Small Business Britain Conference 2023: SME Futures
On Wednesday 21st June the ERC team were back at The Shard for our annual State of Small Business Britain conference. The conference, which was chaired this year by our Steering Group Chair Jane Galsworthy, focused on the theme of ‘SME futures’. Delegates enjoyed a day full of knowledgeable and inspiring speakers on a range… Read more
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On 23rd May, the ERC team hosted a research showcase event at Warwick University to share insights from our ESRC-funded project Mental health and well-being practices, outcomes and productivity. The event aimed to bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners in workplace mental health and at the same time launch the findings from our latest… Read more
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