Enterprise policy publications

Responding to the DCSF consultation on the core statutory careers guidance, Enterprise Insight expresses our concern that the guidance omits any mention of self-employment and entrepreneurship. We recommend that references to self-employment and entrepreneurship is made explicit and make suggestions for where this could be included.

Enterprise Insight strongly endorses the proposal in the Independent Review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education that ‘enterprise’ will feature as a statutory part of the national curriculum at Key Stage 1 and 2. This response, therefore, is to indicate that we believe the proposed changes to PSHE could be modified for greater impact in terms of enhancing enterprise education in the UK.

Make Your Mark is run by Enterprise Insight. We’re creating an enterprise culture in the UK by inspiring poeple to turn their enterprising ideas into reality.

So what’s the point? These troubled economic times mean that we need enterprising people now more than ever. Fresh thinkers who spot opportunities, apply their entrepreneurial talents and overcome obstacles to make their ideas happen.

That’s why we bother and why we think you should too. Download our report to find out more.

Creating an enterprising London requires a focus on creating an enterprise culture not just promoting more business start-ups – understanding the attitudes and motivations of individuals and drawing on excellent practice occurring elsewhere, Enterprise Insight has suggested to the London Assembly. Enterprise Insight’s response to the Economic Development, Culture, Sport and Tourism Committee’s review of support for start-ups in the Capital, also highlights the innovative ways Make Your Mark operate and new work planned for the future.

Make Your Mark's initial response to the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum, outlining Make Your Mark's interest in this area and some key areas of our research into enterprise education.

Make Your Mark responds to the the DIUS strategy report, 'Higher Education at Work' by identifying three issues that should be addressed;

(1) Placing enterprise skills at the heart of employability

(2) Creating real-life opportunities for enterprise

(3) Stimulating sustainable demand from students

Make Your Mark responds to the Interim Report from the Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum, launched last year. Following the publication of the report, Make Your Mark convened a group of experts in the field of enterprise education (including policy experts, education experts and headteachers).

In response to the Government’s new proposals for a regeneration framework, Make Your Mark said that the framework should more explicitly recognise and address the role of enterprise culture in regeneration.

Research released today (18 November 2008) show a strong belief and optimism in the role entrepreneurs and business can play in the challenging global economic downturn. The findings have been released to mark the start of the UK’s fifth Enterprise Week which has inspired – and will run simultaneously with - the first ever Global Entrepreneurship Week.

There are currently 3000 business support schemes in England, and the government wants to reduce this to no more than 100 by 2010. As part of its efforts to simplify business support, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulartory Reform (BERR) carried out a consultation to gather the views of businesses, as well as private, public and third-sector organisations who are involved in business support. Find out more about the consultation