National Entrepreneurship Observatory

ENTREPRENEURSHIP: POSITIVE ATTITUDES AMONGST UK ADULTS NOT CONVERTING TO INTENT TO START A BUSINESS,

Figures released today in the 2007 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor report for the United Kingdom suggest that despite a relatively favourable climate for start-ups , a general belief that there were many opportunities to start a business, and relatively high confidence in their own abilities, few British people expected to start their own business in the near future.

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor UK Research & Policy Seminar, May 15-16th Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff

The GEM team, in association with BERR and the Welsh Assembly Government, is holding the first UK research event in Cardiff on May 15th-16th 2008

Entrepreneurship is Vital for Raising Prosperity Within Deprived Communities

This is just one of the key findings of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report for Wales 2007 which was launched at the Hilton Hotel Cardiff on Tuesday 18th March 2008.

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European Planning Studies

The Paper “The Spatial Dispersion of Informal Investment at a Regional Level - Evidence from the UK” by Piers Thompson and Dylan Jones-Evans has been accepted for publication in European Planning Studies. 

GEM Wales to Join Strategy Committee

Professor Dylan Jones-Evans, joint director of the National Observatory for Wales, has been appointed to the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association’s strategy committee.