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In this paper we provide detailed evidence from a UK adult population survey on various measures of entrepreneurial activity or potential activity. In doing so we not only put hard figures on the nature of women's involvement, but show precisely what types of women are physically active as entrepreneurs, or are likely to become engaged in future entrepreneurial activity. For comparative purposes we present identical information for men.
It is a widely held perception, although empirically contentious, that credit rationing is an important phenomenon in the UK small business sector. In response to this perception the UK government initiated a loan guarantee scheme (SFLGS) in 1981. In this paper we use a unique dataset comprised of small firms facing a very real, and binding, credit constraint, to question whether a corrective scheme such as the SFLGS has, in practice, alleviated such constraints by promoting access to debt finance for small credit constrained firms.
This is the third edition of the Small Business Service's annual survey, investigating the experiences and opinions of the owners of small businesses in Wales. The survey set out to gauge the needs of small businesses, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevent them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help small businesses; and record small businesses' expectations of government business support.
The IES Labour Market Overview 2006 provides information on the trends within the UK labour market in 2006. It includes key facts, figures and commentary on the main changes in the supply and demand for labour in the UK.
The Small Business Service (SBS) carried out an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of small businesses in 2003 and 2004. These built on previous experience with its omnibus survey of small businesses. This document is the report of the third, 2005, edition of the new survey. It sought to monitor the needs of small businesses, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevent them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help small businesses; and record small businesses' expectations of government business support.
In 2003 and 2004, the Small Business Survey (SBS) completed an annual survey of the experiences and opinions of the owners of SMEs, which built on its earlier Omnibus Survey of SMEs. This document is the report of the third, 2005 sweep of the survey. The survey sought to monitor the needs of SMEs, assess their main concerns, and identify the barriers which prevented them from fulfilling their potential; act as a sounding board for possible government actions to help SMEs; and record SMEs' expectations of government business support.
This report aimed to provide a regional overview of labour market information across the Yorkshire and Humber region, focusing specifically on each of the 25 Sector Skills Council (SSC)-defined sectors.
This report presents the findings from research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions and carried out by IES on the barriers to employment for Pakistanis and Bangladeshis in Britain. The research study comprised five discrete stages: a review of the literature and other relevant information; interviews with key experts and informants in the field; an analysis of the labour markets of five selected locations in Britain: Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Glasgow and Tower Hamlets in London; a survey of 1,000 employing establishments in the five locations; and in-depth interviews with Pakistani and Bangladeshi jobseekers and non-jobseekers.
This report presents the results of the 2006 Survey of the Profession, carried out on behalf of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). The 2006 survey is the fourth survey carried out by the RCVS. The membership was also surveyed in 1998, 2000 and 2002. Throughout this report, where possible and appropriate, results are compared with those of previous surveys. The aim of these membership surveys is to provide RCVS, and other interested parties, with an evidence-based view of the veterinary profession and the changes taking place within it.
This expert paper explores the nature and dynamics of the wider care workforce. In doing so, it considers the expected expanded contribution by the voluntary sector, community organisations and charities, and social enterprises, alongside users and their carers. It goes on to explore issues of gender, age, ethnicity, qualifications and other background descriptors of the wider care workforce.
