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.
Net zero support unequal across England with less than 1% of small firms receiving help from key schemes, new research shows
A new study on the state of net zero support for small businesses carried out by the Enterprise Research Centre for the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been published today (26th September). The study measured the breadth and depth of net zero support programmes for SMEs across England. It found that less than one… Read more
Team Scotland’s inward investment support: evaluation
ERC and Aston Centre for Business Prosperity report – an evaluation commissioned by The Scottish Government of Scotland’s inward investment promotion support via its delivery partners has been published today. The research involved a business survey as well as beneficiary interviews, and identifies the impacts from the support (including to the wider economy), which types… Read more
Latest Northern Ireland reports published
The Department for Economy Northern Ireland have published three new reports on SMEs authored by the ERC and Queens University, Belfast. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2022/23 The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) is an international project which seeks to provide information on the entrepreneurial landscape of 49 countries in 2022. NI Local Growth Dashboard… Read more
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
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ( GEM ) latest reports
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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