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Welcome to the download page of our site. Below you will find some interesting
reports that are influencing our work. We will bring new reports, links to tools and
articles to this section every month.

Click on the report’s title to download a PDF document

 

Pride and Achievement full report

Pride and Achievement - Summary report

Pride and Achievement full report - appendices

The report reveals the factors that motivate ethnic minority residents of Basingstoke
and Deane, in North Hampshire, to go into business. Interviews with local people
provide first hand accounts of the barriers they experienced when setting up a
business and the business needs of existing, former, and would-be business people.
‘Mind the Gap’: from Youth Enterprise Aspirations
to Business Creation and Growth
This report from the Commission for Integration and Cohesion brings together four
key principles underpinning a new understanding of integration and cohesion.
The report makes fifty-seven recommendations.
Enterprise for All -Social enterprise
The report supports the creation of a climate and culture in which enterprise is seen
as a legitimate, appealing and appropriate choice of employment for everyone -
regardless of their background and circumstances. Additionally, the report views entrepreneurship as a contributor to the broader government and societal goals.
STAIRWAYS TO GROWTH: Supporting the ascent of
Women’s Enterprise in the UK
This report follows on from the strategic Framework for Women’s Enterprise
document published in 2003. It calls for renewed momentum to address the
challenges ahead in supporting the rise of women’s enterprise in the UK. The
evidence suggests policy could ‘add value’ by focusing on: Government strategy,
training, growth, business support and incentives to encourage women ‘take the
chance’:
They’ve already started
The report findings provide a deeper understanding of the barriers disabled people face when entering self-employment – and how these barriers can be overcome.
Key findings indicate that large number of those who were in business and
interviewed work from home. Types of business include: web/IT based work; design/artwork studios; gardening/handyman businesses and health/therapy
practices.
The Impact of Building entrepreneurship
This report evaluates a transnational partnership of 4 EU countries that share a common interest in building and supporting entrepreneurship among minority
ethnic groups. The report highlights the role of the shadow economy, social economy, micro credit and community based business advice as key components to improving
business support services to the excluded and to stimulating regeneration across disadvantaged regions.
‘Mind the Gap’: from Youth Enterprise Aspirations
to Business Creation and Growth
The report identifies an Increasing numbers of young people in the UK are demonstrating positive attitudes to enterprise. Despite this upsurge, there remains
a major gap between young people who aspire to run their own business and those
who actually do it. This gap is widest amongst the 16 - 24 and 24 -35 age groups.
The report also argues for a re-engineering of business support programmes to
create more marketing-oriented models of support.
 

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