Help to Grow: Management Course 1-2-1 mentor match for SMEs goes live

By Jon Burnell

The voluntary mentoring service goes live on Monday 1st August 2022 offering participants access to experienced mentors based on location, sector, and skill requirements. What is Help to Grow: Management Course? This flagship national programme was launched by the Government in August 2021 and offers senior leaders access to one-to-one support from a business mentor … Continued

Helping small businesses access big supply chains

By Jon Burnell

Becoming supply chain ready ln today’s rapidly changing landscape, many large companies are waking up to the benefits of diversifying their supply chains to improve agility, adaptability and enhance their economic and social impact. Newable’s comprehensive programme, supported by JPMorgan Chase, is designed to help SMEs at the heart of the UK economy become supply … Continued

Newable & partners secure grant funding to deliver the national mentoring element of the Government’s Help to Grow: Management Course

By Jon Burnell

A consortium of small business support providers, led by business support group Newable, and including Enterprise Nation and the Association of Business Mentors has won grant funding to deliver the next phase of the Government’s flagship Help to Grow: Management Course to help the UK’s small businesses raise productivity. Small business support platform Enterprise Nation, … Continued

Family-run jewellers adapt their business to the challenges of COVID-19 with the help of Newable

By Jon Burnell

London based jewellery designer, Ari D Norman LTD specialises in designing and manufacturing original designs and collections with a difference. Chairman and Managing Director, Ari Norman founded the company in 1974 after he spent many years fulfilling his passion for travelling and absorbing the culture and craftsmanship of people and creatives from around the globe. … Continued

Female entrepreneurs accelerate growth as Newable’s ‘Fuelling Ambition Conference’ announced

By Jon Burnell

Despite pandemic-driven setbacks, entrepreneurship flourished through COVID-19, with small business owners demonstrating innovation and resilience. It also fuelled a fresh wave of female entrepreneurs. Newable has supported over 2,000 businesses, ran by female entrepreneurs or majority owned by women, over the last two years. This event will look to bring together 150 ambitious business owners, … Continued

Unleashing potential – supporting female entrepreneurs

By Jon Burnell

Which is why Fuelling Ambition – a programme to help female entrepreneurs realise the commercial potential of their businesses – was created. As a champion of business growth, Newable understands that with sustainable economic growth so difficult to secure, women realising their full business potential is critical to the UK economy. Our Fuelling Ambition programme … Continued

International Trade Support: looking forward to 2022

By Jon Burnell

It’s become cliché to say the last 12 months were unprecedented, but I think it does need saying. In the past year, UK exporters faced not one, but two economic shocks. The double whammy of the global COVID-19 pandemic combined with the UK’s departure from the European Union hit very hard. Despite this, the most … Continued

FrancisKodak Design Lab: The London entrepreneur creating life-saving road safety innovations

By Jon Burnell

Founded by Ferenc Boroczky and with offices in London and Budapest, FrancisKodak Design Lab is an award-winning design and innovation consultancy. Using a unique blend of business strategy, technology, gamification and creative know-how, the company offers world-class training experiences. Ferenc’s mission to make our roads safer In 2015, when Ferenc was studying design research on road safety, … Continued

Top tips to achieve exporting success

By Jon Burnell

This is definitely not an exhaustive list, but subjects which will apply to most companies that are on the export journey. Firstly, some specific actions: 1. Protect your Trade Mark and have an Intellectual Property strategy. Progressively we are seeing IP and TMs as the most valuable asset for an exporter. More and more exports … Continued

Global Business Innovation Programme

By Jon Burnell

Newable is the delivery partner for several of Innovate UK’s programmes, including Global Business Innovation Programmes (GBIP). What is GBIP? Up to 15 high-growth innovative businesses are supported during each Global Business Innovation Programme (GBIP). They explore opportunities that exist in specific business markets and themes, providing detailed market knowledge, introductions and cultural insights. The … Continued