http://www.sfedi.co.uk The latest news and updates from SFEDI. daily 1 2007-02-04T17:07:49Z http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/sfedi-chair-to-lead-session-at-social-enterprise-coalition-event New SFEDI Chair, Elsa Caleb, will be leading one of the break-out sessions at the upcoming 'Business of Opportunity and Empowerment' event at London's Chamber of Commerce and Industry No publisher ruthl 2008-07-04T10:32:34Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/elsa-caleb-appointed-new-chair-of-sfedi Elsa Caleb has been appointed Chair of SFEDI, the UK’s leading enterprise development and support organisation. In her new role, she will work with Managing Director Nat Hardwick to develop the support offered by SFEDI to prospective and new businesses across the UK, both through its regional network of SFEDI Centres of Excellence and its accredited advisors. Elsa has a particular focus on supporting the development of social enterprise in the UK. No publisher ruthl 2008-07-04T10:19:02Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/sfedi-announce-new-ict-partnership-at-bafta SFEDI announced at the UK Enterprise Awards 2008 that Redstone plc would become SFEDI¹s exclusive ICT Partner, building on Redstone's expertise & understanding of the IT & Communication needs of the SME business community for over 20 years. No publisher ruthl 2008-05-29T11:52:06Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/competitive-edge-for-business-growth Join a London Development Agency and Enterprise Enfield flagship programme to support potential High Growth businesses by working in partnership with a successful CEO and providing a solid business support framework. No publisher ruthl 2008-05-06T13:17:44Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/first-national-sfedi-enterprise-trainers SFEDI are pleased to announce our very first ‘Enterprise Trainer’ accreditations. Following a successful pilot by our Centre of Excellence in the East Midlands, EMQC, Susan Hallam and John Owens have become the first in the country to achieve the SFEDI/ILM Enterprise Trainer Award. No publisher ruthl 2008-04-22T13:39:05Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/inbiz-founder-terry-owens-wins-overall-champion-enterprise-supporter-award-at-2008-enterprise-support-awards Terry Owens, founder of InBiz, which helps individuals and groups to develop enterprise skills, was judged 2008 Overall Champion Enterprise Supporter at the SFEDI Advisory Body’s Enterprise Support Awards on 17 April 2008. No publisher ruthl 2008-04-21T08:14:52Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/sfedi-research-highlights-entrepreneur-preferences-for-2018informal2019-skills-development-and-business-support UK entrepreneurs and business owners believe they and their peers are their own best teachers when it comes to developing enterprise skills according to a study from SFEDI, which researches the needs of entrepreneurs and sets standards for training and support. They also cited ‘managing cash flow’ and ‘winning new customers’ as the most difficult challenges they faced. The launch of the findings coincides with a mixed response from SFEDI to the Government’s Enterprise Strategy unveiled yesterday. No publisher ruthl 2008-03-14T10:11:26Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/business-enterprise-and-business-support-report-released Research for this report was conducted during September 2007 to January 2008 with financial support from the Sector Skills Development Agency. The work was led by SFEDI directors with support from GoSkills. The research was undertaken by Stratagia, Vector Research and the Wood Holmes Group. The report does not necessarily reflect the views of SFEDI. It is presented as a contribution to the development of a Qualification Strategy for business enterprise and business support No publisher ruthl 2008-03-14T10:02:33Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/2018apprentice2019-tim-campbell-to-present-key-award-at-2008-uk-enterprise-support-awards Former ‘Apprentice’ Tim Campbell is the latest high profile name to support the 2008 UK Enterprise Support Awards to be held in April at BAFTA and hosted by the SFEDI Advisory Board. No publisher ruthl 2008-01-18T11:33:44Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/leading-government-enterprise-advisors-show-support-for-sean-taggart-and-describe-government-policy-for-small-business-owners-as-discriminatory Two small business owners who have been leading enterprise advisers to Government; Tony Robinson OBE, founder of SFEDI, the business enterprise training and support standards setting body, and Elsa Caleb, director of SFEDI and former member of the government’s Small Business Council, have expressed support for Sean Taggart, managing director of Kent-based Albatross Travel. Mr Taggart has just resigned from the Department for Business and Regulatory Reform's (DBERR’s) Small Business Forum, claiming that the voice of small business has been ‘neutered’ in Whitehall. No publisher ruthl 2008-01-07T12:05:39Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/businesszone-sponsors-the-sfedi-baftas We're pleased to announce our new media sponsors for next year's 2008 National Business Support Awards as BusinessZone.co.uk. No publisher ruthl 2007-12-12T15:35:32Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/an-innovative-programme-for-social-enterprise The University of Derby and EMQC Ltd are offering a unique integrated Social Enterprise programme, specifically developed to provide common language and foundations for social enterprise development. No publisher ruthl 2007-12-03T13:40:30Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/rise-sfedi-bursary-heralded-a-success The provision of high quality business advice to social enterprises throughout the region is a priority for RISE. To help this to happen, RISE set-up a bursary scheme for social enterprise advisors to benefit from a 50% discount on the price of being SFEDI assessed and accredited. RISE is supporting 22 advisors to get quality approved through the scheme which opened in 2006. The bursary, which supports advisors with the costs of being SFEDI assessed, was a limited opportunity and all funds have now been committed. No publisher ruthl 2007-12-03T13:37:20Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/sfedi-opens-new-offices We're pleased to announce the opening of our new central office in Newton Aycliffe. No publisher admin 2007-11-20T17:53:34Z News Item http://www.sfedi.co.uk/sfedi-news/enterprise-week-12-18th-november Enterprise Week is an annual UK-wide week of activities and events, aimed at inspiring young people (14-30) to have ideas and make them happen. No publisher ruthl 2007-11-12T17:47:43Z News Item