Partner Event : Growth equals success? All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group Policy Forum
Organised by the Manchester Metropolitan University’s (MMU) Centre for Enterprise with support from the Enterprise Research Centre, this forum, which is part of a Community of Interest, responds to calls for a more practitioner-based perspective on business growth. The event will focus on research-based learning to inform policy.
A research team from the Centre for Enterprise at MMU will share highlights from recent research with business leaders in the North West of England.
A panel including business leaders will talk about their own experiences and respond to questions. All attendees will be encouraged to participate and contribute to the discussion.
Places are limited.
All enquiries for this event should be emailed to Susan Baines.
Email:S.Baines@mmu.ac.uk
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
Innovation and local growth workshop
Innovative firms are more profitable, more productive and more resilient. Promoting innovation among existing firms and encouraging innovative entrepreneurship is therefore central to driving local growth. This workshop will provide new insights into the geography of innovation across the UK, the strengths and weaknesses of local innovation eco-systems and support mechanisms, and a comparison of local innovation dynamics in the UK and USA. The workshop will be of interest to those involved in the analysis and promotion of local growth and business development.
ERC Insight Paper Released – LEP Innovation Benchmarks – 2002-2010
The UK Innovation Survey provides information on product/service and process innovation as well as the barriers to innovation activity for a relatively large number of UK firms. In this paper we present the first local economic area analysis of this data derived from four surveys covering the 2002-04, 2004-06, 2006-08 and 2008-10 periods. The analysis… Read more
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor ( GEM UK )
GEM. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference 2025
We were back at University of Warwick – Warwick Business School‘s offices at The Shard on December 2nd 2025 for the 10th annual ERC State of Small Business Britain Conference… and what a day! The focus this year was on small business support, inclusion and growth. Earlier this year, the government published a new small… Read more
Did digital technology help SMEs survive the Covid-19 pandemic?
In 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic and the succession of lockdowns, social distancing rules and restrictions on businesses pushed many small businesses to the brink. While various forms of government support were available, corporate insolvencies in England and Wales rose in 2023 to the highest level in thirty years, according to the Insolvency Service. To be better… Read more
ISBE / ERC Winter symposium 2025
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
ESRC invests £11 million to tackle productivity puzzle
Researchers are closer to unravelling some of the complex reasons behind the UK’s stagnant productivity, thanks to a new £11 million research investment by the ESRC. The ERC team at University of Warwick are delighted to be leading one of the seven projects being funded: Mental health and well-being practices, outcomes and productivity: A causal… Read more
