Stephen Roper was invited as an ISBE trustee to join the taskforce behind the latest Chartered ABS report on how business schools deliver value to local and regional economies. Professor Roper comments, “The CABS report highlights the valuable contribution business schools make to supporting entrepreneurship and small businesses across the UK. It is good to see… Read more
The consequences of the referendum on membership of the EU will affect the UK economy, demographics, political system and society as a whole for years to come. Experts give their views on what they think will happen next, and how the UK might look in future. ERC Director Mark Hart contributed to a special feature of… Read more
The impact of migration on the UK jobs market was a major theme of the Brexit debate. The effects of migration, despite their oversimplification in that debate, are, complex. Migrants may have taken jobs that would otherwise have gone to long-term UK residents and as a consequence helped create a climate of distrust in many… Read more
ERC’s research on High Growth Firms cited in Enterprise blog by James Tout of sector specialist Communications and Media company, Journalista. “Several recent studies, including groundbreaking research by our client the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), have shown big regional disparities in the numbers of high-growth firms, sometimes called ‘gazelle firms’, which create a disproportionately high number… Read more
Ten applications were received in response to this call. An evaluation committee of Stephen Roper, ERC/ WBS , Ian Drummond, BIS and James Phipps, BIS considered the proposals using the agreed protocol (60 per cent for programme quality, 20 per cent for project team and cost) and agreed that five proposals should be funded as… Read more
ERC has been working with the UK Commission on Employment and Skills (UKCES) to assess the impact of human resources and human resource practices on SME growth and innovation. In ‘Innovation and HR practices in five professional service sectors’ we examine the impact of HR practices on firms’ innovation activity and productivity growth based on new… Read more
Contributing 47 per cent of revenue to the UK economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a key role in boosting productivity – but need support to expand business and increase impact. A report published jointly by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC), Goldman Sachs and the British Business Bank shows that SMEs are a key… Read more
Mark Hart , Deputy Director , ERC delivered the keynote speech “The role of universities in unlocking UK productivity” at the 5th Engage HEI Conference held at the University of Central Lancashire, on May 19th 2016. Despite improving economic performance, the UK still has fundamental economic weaknesses that can be improved by effective business support. • Economic… Read more
A new report commissioned by HEFCE from the Enterprise Research Centre and building on earlier work by ERC and HEFCE examining university-business interactions has been published. This report investigates the population of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the areas covered by the 39 local enterprise partnerships in England, and estimates the effect on innovation where SMEs… Read more
ERC Projects 2016 – 2018 stakeholder meetings. The ERC held initial stakeholder meetings on 16th May to discuss the ERC research projects for 2016. The event attended by over 30 of our advisory panel members was held at WBS facilities at the Shard. For more information on the projects that were discussed and to download the… Read more
