This briefing paper is based on the edited highlights of a roundtable discussion. It took place at the Leeds office of PwC with business leaders invested in promoting Yorkshire as a hub for entrepreneurship. Our principal guest was Iain Wright MP, chair of the Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) Select Committee. The ideas presented were designed to feed into his work on the committee, the Northern Powerhouse initiative and wider debates on how to support entrepreneurship across the whole of the country.
Parliamentary Snapshot 2015
Parliamentary Snapshot 2015 follows up on the previous year's report, uncovering areas where MPs' views have changed towards how best to support entrepreneurship in the UK. This report was supported by BDB.
Made in the UK
Based on a ground-breaking survey of 1,599 graduate international students, this report reveals that the visa system is failing international graduate entrepreneurs who want to start a business in the UK.
Parliamentary Snapshot 2014
This is the first survey to uncover the views of MPs on policies impacting entrepreneurs, providing useful insights on the opinions and working knowledge of the House of Commons.
An Entrepreneurs' Manifesto
An Entrepreneurs’ Manifesto is a selection of seventeen ideas that the authors think would help support and promote high growth businesses in Britain.