EDA: Making Enterprise and Diversity a way of Doing Business
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the key to economic growth: a loud refrain heard from all quarters in the UK these days. A little less loud, but significant nonetheless, is an understanding amongst policy makers and practitioners of the importance of enterprise diversity, if the country is to fully grasp the opportunities for growth … Continue reading
CREME sets out to make Diversity ‘Everyone’s Business’
A unique network of public and private organisations led by researchers at CREME and the University of Lancaster is collaborating to make diversity everyone’s business. Funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has been awarded to CREME and the University of Lancaster to promote innovation and knowledge transfer in the field of … Continue reading
Public sector equality duty guidance published by Commission
Recently, the Equality and Human Rights Commission(EHRC) has published guidance that explains what public authorities in England and non-devolved bodies in Scotland and Wales have to do to comply with the public sector equality duty[1]. As described on the EHRC website[2]: From 6 April 2011, when this part of the Equality Act 2010 comes into … Continue reading
CREME Paper on New Migrant Businesses receives ISBE 2010 Conference Award
The Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME) has recently received an award from the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s (ISBE) 2010 conference for its paper titled Engaging with Super-Diversity: New Migrant Businesses and the Research-Policy Nexus. The paper received the highest marks in the award category of ‘Entrepreneurship in Minority Groups Track’ … Continue reading
New Migrants in the East Midlands: Contributions of New African Entrepreneurs to the East Midlands Economy
Contributions of New African Entrepreneurs to the East Midlands Economy In late 2008, CREME was awarded funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to embark on a one-year innovative research project on new migrant entrepreneurship in the region. As part of the bid that CREME put forward East Midlands Business Ltd (EMB Ltd) … Continue reading
CREME Director to Consult on ESRC Project
CREME Director Prof Monder Ram will be involved as a co-investigator in a prestigious new ESRC project which was awarded to two research centres at Newcastle University: the Centre for Knowledge, Innovation, Technology and Enterprise (KITE) and the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS).The 28-month long project will be overseen by Dr Simon … Continue reading
Project News: Facilitating Entrepreneurship in New Migrant Communities
Prof Monder Ram in collaboration with East Midlands Business Ltd is overseeing this year long project commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council. Two dynamic researchers have gotten this exciting project off to a great start.Alexander Kiselinchev has been engaging with new migrant business owners to raise awareness of business support, and develop detailed … Continue reading
Project News: Facilitating Supplier Diversity
Facilitating Supplier Diversity: A Collaborative Approach to Engaging Underrepresented Suppliers and Large Firms This year long project, commissioned by the Economic and Social Research Council, is nearing completion. Working together on this are Prof Monder Ram, Dr Nick Theodorakopoulos and Dr Olga Tregaskis in collaboration with Supplier Diversity Europe (SDE). The focus of this project … Continue reading
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