Post-Brexit Pragmatism? What the UK–EU Reset Summit held in London this week means for SMEs. Insights from Professor Jun Du, Director of the Aston Centre for Business Prosperity in the latest ERC blog published today. @astonuniversity.bsky.social www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/post-brexit-...

🆕 📢 We are pleased to announce that our latest State of Small Business Britain report has been published today! The report is our annual review of trends and issues affecting small businesses in the UK, drawing together the range of research and analysis the ERC team completed during 2024...🧵

🎙️ 🆕 Do you want an informative update on the latest insights on SMEs and net zero, but not sure where to start? Well you are in luck as we've just released a new podcast in our Exploring Enterprise podcast series on this very theme! Tune in here - www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/podcast/epis...

Good to see the Regional Productivity Agenda published as part of #NationalProductivityWeek It includes an exec summary by @ojgarling.bsky.social & Burcu Sevde Selvi on their latest East Anglia Productivity Insight paper (p.34).

This week is @productivity.bsky.social National Productivity Week and we are sharing relevant ERC research insights during the week. We start by highlighting our major research programme focusing on workplace mental health. Find out more here - www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/esrc-mental-...

🏆 Great article from Warwick Business School about the ERC's two prize-winning papers awarded at the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) annual conference - www.wbs.ac.uk/news/warwick... @steverop.bsky.social @vickibelt.bsky.social @drlornatreanor.bsky.social

🤝 What do we know about business support and SMEs? The impact of business support has been a key area of research at the ERC, and some of our key findings on business advice are included in the infographic below ⬇️

End of another research event with the ERC team at The Shard. Never tire of finding viewpoints from this building!

More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high www.theguardian.com/society/2024...