Since small businesses and enterprise were ‘discovered’ by public policy in the UK during the 1960s, commencing in earnest with the publication of the Bolton Committee (1971) report, there has been considerable official interest in this form of economic activity. The Conservative Government from 1979 to 1997 initially saw enterprise as a strategy for job creation but later switched to a focus on growth. The Labour Government after 1997 continued this ‘cross-party’ support, although it placed greater weight upon the potential role of enterprise to address wider issues of ‘social inclusion’, e.g. HM Treasury (1999), than its predecessor government. The election of a Conservative-led coalition in 2010, faced with a challenging macro-economic e...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research programme had fi...
There is a growing volume of literature that points to the potential for small technology-based firm...
Recent constitutional changes in Scotland have not altered the emphasis on economic development, whi...
The Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms (the Bolton Committee Report) was produced at ...
Despite the rapid growth of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector since the 1970s, rates of e...
The development of the small enterprise sector in contemporary Britain is now so diverse that it is ...
The Measuring Business Growth report is a comprehensive look at UK business growth over the past dec...
The Measuring Business Growth report is a comprehensive look at UK business growth over the past dec...
Topic: The paper examines in detail a major government inquiry into the role of small businesses in ...
I examine the evolution of British government support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), ...
A common view is that the performance of the UK economy between 1997 and 2010 under Labour was very ...
The study will be focusing specifically on the impacts that these entrepreneurs have had on the UK (...
There are more than five million small businesses in the UK. These businesses employ12.1 million peo...
Defence date: 6 March 1998Examining board: Prof. Colin Crouch (EUI - co-supervisor) ; Prof. Gøsta Es...
The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially t...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research programme had fi...
There is a growing volume of literature that points to the potential for small technology-based firm...
Recent constitutional changes in Scotland have not altered the emphasis on economic development, whi...
The Report of the Committee of Inquiry on Small Firms (the Bolton Committee Report) was produced at ...
Despite the rapid growth of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector since the 1970s, rates of e...
The development of the small enterprise sector in contemporary Britain is now so diverse that it is ...
The Measuring Business Growth report is a comprehensive look at UK business growth over the past dec...
The Measuring Business Growth report is a comprehensive look at UK business growth over the past dec...
Topic: The paper examines in detail a major government inquiry into the role of small businesses in ...
I examine the evolution of British government support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), ...
A common view is that the performance of the UK economy between 1997 and 2010 under Labour was very ...
The study will be focusing specifically on the impacts that these entrepreneurs have had on the UK (...
There are more than five million small businesses in the UK. These businesses employ12.1 million peo...
Defence date: 6 March 1998Examining board: Prof. Colin Crouch (EUI - co-supervisor) ; Prof. Gøsta Es...
The growth of business services in the United Kingdom during the 1980s is reviewed, and especially t...
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The research programme had fi...
There is a growing volume of literature that points to the potential for small technology-based firm...
Recent constitutional changes in Scotland have not altered the emphasis on economic development, whi...