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ELSBC
win national
award
NFEA London
member, the East London Small Business Centre (ELSBC)
scooped the highly acclaimed Social Enterprise of
the Year Award, at the Growing Business Awards, at
the end of last year.
The organisation is
one of the longest serving enterprise agencies in the UK, and was
recognised for its significant contribution to social entrepreneurship over the
past 30 years. Congratulations to Tim
Heath and the team.
CENTA
offers new conference
facilities
Argyle House
is a newly refurbished Art Deco building
directly opposite St Pancras International station in
London, managed by NFEA London member CENTA. The
new development includes conference and meeting rooms, virtual office facilities and
the full range of free services that CENTA offers. You
can see the new workspace for yourself if you're coming
to our Bids and Tendering workshop on Wednesday 28
January.
New NFEA
Member
We'd like to welcome a brand new
agency to the network - Enterprise Tees Valley who
joined us at the end of last year as an Associate
member. We wish them the very best of luck as they get
their feet off the ground in the North East. You can read more about Enterprise Tees Valley in this month's profile of founder Terry Owens.
NFEA welcomes new
employee
We would
also like to welcome a new member to our team,
Daniel Locke, who joins us as a Marketing Assistant. Daniel will
be working alongside Hayley Williams facilitating NFEA's marketing and PR, as
well as producing the content for InFocus.
Resource
of the month
Brand new for 2009 is the 'Resource
of the month'. In each edition we'll name a website,
book or blog that we think deserves this most coveted of
titles. Our first winner is Robert Ashton's book
'Instant Entrepreneur' - a very accessible and
comprehensive read covering all aspects of starting a
business.
For more information about the book, click here
If you know of a resource worthy of the
title, email Daniel
Barclays
offers Credit Focus free to all
SMEs
Barclays has committed to
making least £1.5 billion available to SMEs in 2009 -
bringing its total commitment to £16.5 billion. The bank
will also make its Credit Focus service available free
of charge to all UK small businesses. The service allows
users to carry out credit checks and be regularly
updated on the credit worthiness of up to five customers
or suppliers.
Worklessness
report
NFEA has responded to the Department
for Communities and Local Government's recent report on
Tackling Worklessness. Click here
to read the response in full. You may want to pass
this on to your local Authority
or use in future discussions with
them.
European SME
week
The first European
SME Week, taking place from 6-14 May 2009, will
promote entrepreneurship and inform business owners about the
support available at European, national and local level.
The initiative aims to make it easier for SMEs to find
information, advice, support and ideas to help them
develop. To find out more click here
2009 SFEDI Awards
April 16
2009 sees SFEDI holding the UK Enterprise Support Awards
2009 to celebrate those individuals who have done
the most during 2008 to help start-ups, the self-employed, small
businesses and home business owners to survive and
thrive. This year's awards will be held at The Magic
Circle in London. The deadline for nominations is Friday
30 January. Find out more about the awards here
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