Category: ecg

With growing social awareness of corporate social responsibility (CSR) within the last decades and mounting calls from the UK government for sustainable growth, SMEs face … Read more

What is resilience, and why should we look to build resilience at a personal and organisational level? These were some of the key questions that … Read more

12 Ambitious owner-managers of regional small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) recently met with KBS to form a new network as part of the Business … Read more

Kent Business School announces a new initiative to provide the research-based interventions needed to improve employment practice within Arabian Gulf states businesses. The United Nations (UN) … Read more

“We don’t really understand it but we know it’s important and we want more of it!” Could be used to sum up a lot of … Read more

Dr Mark Gilman, Director of the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth at Kent Business School leads a consortium awarded funds by the ESRC Enterprise Research … Read more

Two visiting research Fellows began this month to join the wider research team of the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth (cECG) helping to further … Read more

Are you ambitious? Are you looking for opportunities to improve and grow your business? Your wait is over!   At the Centre for Employment Competitiveness … Read more

Business school project helps SMEs perform better and leads to £2.8m boost to Kent economy and creation of new jobs A project by the University’s Kent … Read more

“Entrepreneurship is a zig-zag, everyone fails, it’s learning from the experience that counts” (Panel member, Warwick Business School seminar on Entrepreneurial Failure, 4/2/14). It seems … Read more

A special event is to be held as part of the University’s 50th Anniversary celebrations to mark the achievements of Small to Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) … Read more

…and build a business that is less reliant on you was the focus of our discussions at the Business Improvement and Growth (BIG) Network session … Read more

What makes SME’s successful? What stands in their way? How can your SME grow better, faster? Developing global research insights into SME growth and performance … Read more

An evaluation exercise undertaken on the Business Improvement and Growth (BIG) Journey, an executive development programme delivered through the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth … Read more

An evaluation exercise undertaken on the Business Improvement and Growth (BIG) Journey, an executive development programme delivered through the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth … Read more

On Friday the 13th of December the BIG Network met to explore the title; “Building a strong and empowered culture”. Mark Gilman and I came … Read more

Six lucky business school students were recently given the once in a lifetime opportunity to attend a conference dedicated to the lessons of those running … Read more

Dr Simon Raby, a research academic from the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth at the University of Kent’s Business School, is to provide strategic … Read more

Toby Lindsay has recently joined the research team within the Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth (cECG) at the University of Kent’s Business School. A … Read more

‘A fantastic scheme’ ‘A great boost to my employability’ ‘I have not see it done like this anywhere else’ – are just a few of … Read more