Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the ERC is the UK’s leading centre of excellence for research into the growth, innovation and productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our research helps shape better policies and practices that enable SMEs to thrive.
What can we learn from Swedish approaches to workplace mental health?
In a recent speech, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said that work is good for those with anxiety and milder depression and has signalled that benefits may be removed from some mental health sufferers as part of a reform of the benefits system. But his assertion has provoked an outcry from mental health charities including Mind,… Read more
Evidence Day _ Scale Up week
ERC Deputy Director Mark Hart is an invited speaker at a Virtual Evidence Day session on Monday 17th June during Scale Up Week on: “Scaleup & growth programs: what works and doesn’t work, and under what conditions?” ScaleUp Week will showcase the latest scaling practices and celebrate the potential of scaleups across Canada. Discover the… Read more
Building relationships between Britain and Greece: Science Parks and Agri-Tech
ERC Research Fellow Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos is organising an event in Athens which aims to facilitate the establishment of new partnerships and foster meaningful interactions among managers and owners of science parks in both Greece and the UK. It will be a hybrid event with the objective of strengthening connections between stakeholders within the entrepreneurial ecosystem… Read more
Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) secondary analysis small grants projects 2024
We are pleased to announce the five new projects that will be funded under this year’s Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) secondary analysis small grants call, funded by the Department for Business and Trade. Investigating Disparities in SMEs Digitalisation through the Analysis of Longitudinal Data, Dr Samia Mahmood, Nadia Asghar , Dr Kayvan Kousha , … Read more
State of Rural Enterprise Report:
Skills and labour shortages hinder rural business performance and growth NICRE’s latest State of Rural Enterprise Report Labour and skills availability: impacts on rural enterprise finds more than half of rural businesses in the North East, South West and West Midlands find it difficult to recruit or retain suitably-skilled staff, with a high proportion of… Read more
ERC Research Showcase
On 22nd February 2024 we held an ERC Research Showcase event at Aston University’s Enterprise Hub at John Cadbury House. As usual we had a varied agenda, with the ERC team reporting on a selection of the research projects recently published and currently in progress. We covered a range of themes: Mark Hart… Read more
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