Steve Parks

This is the fifth and final of the Enablers of Enterprise detailed in the report, and I believe it's the most important in unlocking the latent potential of the existing entrepreneurial businesses in the UK, let alone encouraging the growth of future firms.  read more »

For me this is the least important of the five Enablers of Enterprise identified in the white paper.  read more »

This is the fourth 'Enabler of Enterprise' identified in the UK government report on enterprise - and I think they've got this section bang on the mark. Here are the key points with my views:  read more »

• The main problem with access to finance is not any kind of lack of available finance - its a lack of 'investment readiness' in companies seeking funding.

In the white paper the government focuses on five 'enablers of enterprise' and in this post I'll summarise and analyse the section of the report on one of these: Knowledge and Skills.  read more »

This weekend I'm continuing my summary of the Government's publication "Enterprise - Unlocking the UK's Talent", which sets out it's research into enterprise in the UK, and it's plans for encouraging and supporting enterprise in the future.  read more »

Continuing my series summarising and analysing the UK government's Enterprise white paper, let's look at some of the statistics they present that give an insight into the current picture of enterprise in Britain...  read more »

Today I'm reading through the UK government's document "Enterprise - Unlocking the UK's Talent", known as the Enterprise White Paper.

Yes, maybe I need to get out more.

Anyway, I'm going to be blogging about interesting findings as I come across them.

Firstly, they are aiming to achieve:
• a greater proportion of people with the ambition to start and grow a business;  read more »