A company was born every minute in 2014, with research from national enterprise campaign StartUp Britain showing that 581,173 businesses were registered with Companies … Read more
Category: Business
Record Turnout at KBS’s Enterprise Day 2015
Kent Business School’s highly anticipated Enterprise Day received a record number of attendees in 2015. 160 students and guests filled the lecture theatre to hear … Read more
Business Awards supported by School
The Dartford and Gravesham Business Awards final 12 best firms made up a spectacular evening at Woodville Halls, Gravesend when they attended a dinner and … Read more
University of Ingolstadt study visit 2014
On Monday 15 September 2014, Kent Business School MBA programme director Dr Pamela Yeow welcomed 10 MBA students from University of Ingolstadt (Germany) on a … Read more
KBS Professor stimulates debate on supply chain sustainability
Source: PROJECT SCALE newsletter, July 2014 – Weblink Project SCALE welcomed delegates from across the supply chain to a free event at Chapel Down Vineyard, … Read more
KEiBA 2014 awards for Kent Business School graduate
The External Services team at Kent Business School (KBS) is delighted to congratulate one its partner organisations, Integrated Technologies Limited (ITL), on its success at … Read more
Professional Managers begin their journey to becoming Lean Practitioners
In June 2014, Kent Business School at Medway invited 17 professional managers onto its Lean White Belt Certification programme to begin their journey to becoming … Read more
ESRC Grant for SME Growth
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
Enterprise at the Heart of Kent Business School
Kent Business School is delighted to feature as a higher education example of best practice in the June 2014 edition of Lord Young’s ‘Enterprise for … Read more
The Centre for Employment, Competitiveness and Growth welcomes two international research fellows
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
Students follow in the tracks of Formula 1 giants!
A group of Kent Business School students today demonstrated how their hard work during the academic term was rewarded with a fantastic karting experience at … Read more
Take the survey and receive an invitation to a free business growth workshop
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
Students leave their mark on the future of University of Kent Merchandise
As part of the University of Kent’s 50th anniversary celebrations next year, the Kent Business School was awarded funding to launch a project aimed at … Read more
Business boost for Kent economy
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
Failure and success; if it doesn’t hurt, you’re not doing it right….
“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
Business School students get into the spirit of pitching ideas
As part of the Kent Business School’s Pitch It! student programme, the Dean of Rochester Cathedral, The Very Revd Dr Mark Beach, set a challenge … Read more
Special SME event to be part of University’s 50th anniversary celebrations
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
What a corker! Student Pitch back their ideas to Chapel Down winery
As England’s leading wine producer, Chapel Down looked to our students to assist the organisation’s senior management team explore how to take increased market share … Read more
I am not alone! Business owners reveal the power of coaching and action learning
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
Student entrepreneurship takes centre-stage at Kent Business School’s Enterprise Day
The University of Kent’s Business School was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister’s Advisor on Enterprise, the Rt Hon the Lord Young of Graffham, to … Read more