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Business creation

Theme C partnerships focus on business creation and cover a wide range of support and materials for entrepreneurs and those providing support for business creation. Examples of work covered include training and support for disadvantaged and under-represented groups, support for women entrepreneurs, and access to finance. Products include mentoring websites, research into business creation amongst excluded groups, case studies, materials and guides for mentors, DVD and CD materials, handbooks and qualifications.

Further information:

• ECOTEC Thematic update paper: Theme C
• Theme C mainstreaming stategy

STRIVE - Strategic Vision for Entrepreneurship for London South Central Projects (1), products (1)

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A Research and Policy Unit The Unit was created, that focused upon the SME retail sector. This was to capture intelligence about the sector and also work with the findings, in full...

A Retail Academywas formed to deliver SME-retail specific learning and qualifications, to everyone, from Level 1 to Level 5, with the aim of improving business competitiveness,...

Access to FinanceResearch was undertaken on the financial needs of women’s businesses leading to the development of new financial products. A best practice guide focusing...

Barriers to self employmentThis will build on the research published by the University of Manchester and IMPACT in relation to barriers for sex-offenders entering employment and...

Baseline ResearchThis initial research investigated the demographic make up of businesses that had started up in the last 4 years (post start) against those seeking to...

Building Bridges Building Bridges Between People, Policies and Enterprise is a transnational development partnership made up of seven members who have been developing...

Business Advice and Support Business advice and support partners have offered advice and support to people wanting to set up or develop their own event-based enterprise. ...

Business Enterprise ScotlandA change initiative took place with Small Business Adviser operations. Previously, this activity had been mostly experts delivering lectures to small business...

Business Incubator UnitClackmannanshire Council developed this unit. It included ‘Media Mill’, a community print operation, which was so successful that it had difficulty maintaining...

Business Qualifications This project consists of two qualifications: The Preparing for Enterprise...

Business Start - upThe building of ACBBA into the framework of business support to exploit and grow the capacity and knowledge of the voluntary and community organisations...

Business Start Up PackageThis programme has been developed to help beneficiaries realise their potential in business and to learn the skills which will help them enter self-employment....

Capacitybuilder ProjectThe main purpose of the project is to develop and further improve working partnerships, cluster opportunities and networking between SE’s to encourage...

Challenge stereotypical viewsChallenge stereotypical views in the small business community and the general public, which currently prevent the target group from entering into self...

Community OrganisationsCommunity organisations, ideally placed to provide the link with and recruit participants through outreach and promotional activities, have included: ...

Creative Interactions Objectives Led by ‘Heer Productions’, the driving force behind the Pakistani Film Festival, this project raises awareness...

Cultural Festival Organisers Cultural festival organisers have played a vital role in building relationships between festival artists, businesses and training providers.  These...

Cyfenter2 Research Cyfenter2 is a research-focused developmental partnership. The activities of the partnership are published as a series of research reports which are...