Small Business Britain

Spearheaded by Small Business Britain, The Lilac Review UK seeks to identify the barriers faced by disabled entrepreneurs in the UK, and develop an action plan to remove them. The Lilac Review will develop and share best-practice materials – including a toolkit for all organisations engaging with entrepreneurs, to ensure support is as accessible and inclusive as possible. Image description: A testimonial graphic with The Lilac Review written in bold blue font at the top. Centred in a speech bubble is a quote from Amelia Peckham, Founder of Cool Crutches, in blue text: “I think people often think running a business is risky, and risks may not be something our community would ordinarily sign up for. Whilst there are obviously risks, flexibility is something our community needs to be able to work effectively.” A circular portrait of Amelia is featured in the bottom right corner.

Our next Netwalk in Glasgow has been carefully crafted to explore the impact sustainability can have on your business growth. You will gain invaluable insights from industry experts during the event, and will be able to book a 10 minute one-on-one masterclass after the walk at Kelvingrove Cafe! We will also be heading to Liverpool on 25th September on the final day of the Labour Party Conference to talk about what small businesses need right now and in the future. Register now for our next Netwalks with BT Group: ⭐ GLASGOW 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 18th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1.30pm 📍 Meeting Point: Entrance to Kelvingrove Park from Eldon Street (Opposite Eusebi Deli) 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu ⭐ LIVERPOOL 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1pm 📍 Meeting Point: Keel Wharf, near the Wheel of Liverpool 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu Image description: A group of small business owners walk together with Small Business Britain and BT's team members in a lush park during a Netwalking event. They are engaged in conversations while enjoying the natural surroundings, with a pond and flower beds in the background.

All about the women today! (well, every day in my world...) The call out for f:Entrepreneur's #iAlso100 2025 is underway. At Small Business Britain, we are on a mission to increase the number of female entrepreneurs from its current 20% to 30% in 2030 - and the f:Entrepreneur campaign and all female entrepreneurs are pivotal to achieving that. Launching in 2018, the #iAlso100 campaign is now in its seventh year and celebrates a wide range of UK female entrepreneur talent. It has seen a significant growth in entries, reach, press coverage and awareness each year. The ever-evolving f:Entrepreneur community is the at the heart of the campaign and is filled with collaboration, support, friendship and inspiration. Each member of the #iAlso100 is showcased on f:Entrepreneur’s website and all social media platforms. There are exclusive monthly events for members to attend and opportunities to host events, speak on panels throughout all of Small Business Britain’s campaigns, as well as dedicated press and PR support. So are you, or someone you know, running your own business but also wearing many more hats? Perhaps you also volunteer for a charity, have a side hustle or are caring for a relative? Perhaps you sit on a board, or have a community-focused initiative and have a passion for inclusion and diversity? If so, we want to hear from you! Please apply for FREE by filling in the form in the comments below - it is a good idea to compile your entry on a word document first as it just makes it a bit easier! You can find out more on the website, also below The deadline to enter is 30th September 2024! Let's go girls (hair swish, channeling Shania, not really pulling it off tbh... A for Effort though) Picture shows Mich on the right in a pink and red roses dress (goddess level) with hair blowing in the wind, next to the fabulous Grace Graham in a slick black jacket with dark hair flowing. They are smiling on the balcony of the House of Lords with the Thames and the London Eye to the right, holding a pale blue f:Entrepreneur sign. It is giving spring in their step, and perhaps Mich should have worn a jacket - brrrr 

Today is the day! The call out for f:Entrepreneur #iAlso100 2025 is underway. At Small Business Britain, we are on a mission to increase the number of female entrepreneurs from its current 20% to 30% in 2030 - and the f:Entrepreneur campaign and all female entrepreneurs are pivotal to that. Launching in 2018, the #iAlso100 campaign is now in its seventh year and celebrates a wide range of UK female entrepreneur talent. It has seen a significant growth in entries, reach, press coverage and awareness each year. The ever-evolving f:Entrepreneur community is the at the heart of the campaign and is filled with collaboration, support, friendship and inspiration. Each member of the #iAlso100 is showcased on f:Entrepreneur’s website and all social media platforms. There are exclusive monthly events for members to attend and opportunities to host events, speak on panels throughout all of Small Business Britain’s campaigns, as well as dedicated press and PR support. These opportunities raise the profile of the entrepreneurs, giving them a greater voice and access to policy makers in order to contribute to key issues impacting female business owners. So are you, or someone you know, running your own business but also wearing many more hats? Perhaps you also volunteer for a charity, have a side hustle or are caring for a relative? Perhaps you sit on a board, or have a community-focused initiative and have a passion for inclusion and diversity? If so, we want to hear from you! Please apply for FREE by filling in this form - it is advisable to compile your entry on a word document first and please do find out more on: https://lnkd.in/dyT45d3 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eKxmkgGH The deadline to enter is 30th September 2024! Pic shows two of the #iAlso100 2024 on the balcony at the House of Lords celebrating International Women’s Day last year. They are holding a board with the f:Entrepreneur logo on with the Thames and London Eye behind them. #iAlso #iAlso100 #iAlso25 #FemaleBusinessOwner #FemaleEntrepreneur #SmallBizOwner #WomenSupportingWomen

Join f:Entrepreneur's Live Instagram chat on Tuesday at 9am with #ialso100 Lynn Stanier MBE, the founder of Their Future Today charity. Sri Lanka travel specialist Lynn Stanier experienced a life-changing moment when she went to the island to volunteer in an orphanage in the wake of the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004. Lynn's charity provides housing, schoolbooks, an international pre-school for under-fives, and vocational training to empower institutionalised girls. Lynn believes that dreaming big and punching above your weight can render the impossible, possible. 📅 Join on Instagram on Tuesday at 9am: https://lnkd.in/dYTBad8s Image description: Instagram Live image featuring Lynn Stanier MBE, dressed in formal attire with a fascinator, holding an MBE medal in its presentation box. At the bottom of the image is the Instagram logo and "LIVE" badge.

Did you know that pets and children are always welcome to join our Netwalks with BT Group? Join us in Glasgow on 18th September, where we’ll walk and talk, enjoy fresh air, connect with local entrepreneurs and hear expert advice on how sustainability can help business growth! After the walk, we'll enjoy free refreshments at Kelvingrove Cafe. We will also be heading to Liverpool on 25th September on the final day of the Labour Party Conference to talk about what small businesses need right now and in the future. Register now for our next Netwalks: ⭐ GLASGOW 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 18th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1.30pm 📍 Meeting Point: Entrance to Kelvingrove Park from Eldon Street (Opposite Eusebi Deli) 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu ⭐ LIVERPOOL 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1pm 📍 Meeting Point: Keel Wharf, near the Wheel of Liverpool 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu Image description: A small business owner with blonde hair is pictured smiling at a cafe decorated with pop art. She is wearing a pastel vest over a white sweater and is holding a small black and grey dog. In the background are other entrepreneurs, who are engaged in conversation after Small Business Britain and BT's Netwalking event.

Are you a female business owner who also has other irons in the fire? Maybe you volunteer, have a caring role or are developing another business? f:Entrepreneur want to hear from you! f:Entrepreneur's #iAlso100 campaign celebrates and showcases 100 inspiring female business owners, with entries for 2025 opening on Monday 2nd September 2024. Applying is completely free: https://lnkd.in/dyT45d3 Image description: Picture shows five of the #iAlso100 2024 alumni on the balcony at the House of Lords. They are holding glasses of Prosecco and smiling into camera with the Thames and the London Eye behind them.

Small business is my JAM! Thanks once more Sky News! Today we kick off the run up to Small Business Saturday UK with our iconic #SmallBiz100 and I have been talking to small biz a LOT about what is going on.... so it was a pleasure to join Matt Barbet on Sky News today to talk about working hours..... I think the thing that really shines out from small businesses to me is how much they are the heart and soul of communities, how much they care about their staff and how much they worry about keeping going - well - and growing. I don't think the Government in any way wants to mandate a 4 day working week - nothing I have heard or seen suggests this - and for many many businesses this simply is not practical. And I would not want to scare businesses into thinking they are about to be "made" to do this - they absolutely are not. However this does not mean small biz do not care - they care a LOT! They are already offering flexibility, know their staff like family and work to create great places to live and work. In fact, we can all learn a lot from them.... So as we look towards Small Business Saturday in just 100 days, let's continue to support the businesses that provide over 60% of private sector jobs and the fabulous work they are doing. Off to go and appreciate a small biz lunch right now myself..... Small Business Britain Picture shows Mich on the right, speaking to Joe Ryle on the right and Sky News presenter Matt Barbet in the centre. They are all smiling - Joe in a dark jacket, Matt with white shirt and blue jacket and tie, and Mich in a white shirt and a delightful summer tan. It is giving good natured debate with a little Friday Lunch thrown in. Along the bottom it says Four-day week - Deputy PM Rayner reportedly behind the initiative. Let's see how this goes...

How to use social media to boost customer loyalty! In this BT Group session with social media consultant Plum Laws you’ll learn: ☑️ What customer loyalty is ☑️ Why customer loyalty is cost effective for your business ☑️ How to keep customers hyping you ☑️ Simple, actionable strategies to keep customers loyal! 📅 REGISTER for Thursday 19th September: https://ow.ly/guZR50T7vno Image description: Promotional image for a webinar titled 'Winning Customer Loyalty with Social Media' hosted by Small Business Britain and BT Digital Skills on 19th September at 10am. The graphic features an illustration of various social media icons, including LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, and Pinterest, each connected by lines to a central hand holding a smartphone. The bottom section are logos for BT and Small Business Britain, with an image of the host Plum Laws in a circular frame.

"Connecting with like-minded individuals, feeling welcomed, respected and part of the group. It was inclusive, enjoyable and social. Very impressed!” Jessica White from Write It Down shares how our Netwalking events differ from the norm! Why not join us and get some fresh air, hear industry expertise on important smallbiz topics and meet up with inspiring local entrepreneurs? Children and pets are welcome, and we'll also treat you for free coffee and cake after the walk! Register now for our next Netwalks with BT Group: ⭐ GLASGOW 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 18th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1.30pm 📍 Meeting Point: Entrance to Kelvingrove Park from Eldon Street (Opposite Eusebi Deli) 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu ⭐ LIVERPOOL 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024 ⏰ Time: 10.30am-1pm 📍 Meeting Point: Keel Wharf, near the Wheel of Liverpool 🎟️ Register: https://lnkd.in/e5vNHqcu Image description: A lively scene of small business owners mingling in a modern cafe after participating in Small Business Britain and BT's Netwalking event. They are engaged in animated conversations while enjoying coffee and cake. The cafe's interior features decor with exposed pipes and eclectic furniture.