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Tag: Growth Accelerator

After Growth Accelerator: Time for the disruptors to design the future of real business

December 8, 2015

By Barry James

It’s been clear for some time that entrepreneur support and education have just not kept up in a world where new jobs are badly needed and created almost exclusively by entrepreneurs in the startup and SME sector. Now it’s time to come together in this time of disruption. It’s time for a re-think…and a little lemonade.

Who killed the UK’s Business Growth Service

December 2, 2015

By Barry James

The pig-iron chancellor has effectively told 3,000 business advisors: “Get your coat – you’re fired” after his decision to wind down the Business Growth Service.

Business Growth Service to come to an end following Spending Review’s 17% cut in BIS budget

November 30, 2015

By Shane Schutte

Following chancellor George Osborne’s Spending Review, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has announced that the Business Growth Service (BGS) will soon come to an end.

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