First part of the JobTown
Transnational Workshop in
Enfield, UK, 19th June 2014
Video times
00 - intro -Anna
1:40
Setting the
Context – Neil
Isaac Ass.
Director of
Economic Development (
PPT available)
– overview of entrepreneurship issues and what’s going on locally
10:00 –
Anna intro to next
10:17- 16:12 –
Councillor Alan Sitkin – (
Del’s replacement) – Enfield Councillor (and
Business Teacher),
Regeneration – facilitating entrepreneurial behaviour among young people
–
Intro
16:29 - 24:27
Martin Fitches, (PPT available)
District Operations Manager,
Department of Work and Pensions,
Work Services Directorate,
North London District
Office, https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions
– talks especially about
New Enterprise Allowance, 'Wage incentive', to get employers to hire – support to get unemployed into their own businesses as an employment option
– Intro
– 25:20-32:42 –
Peter O’Brien (PPT available),
Regional Commissioning Manager, (
Young People’s
Education and Skills)
London Councils,
The London Education and Skills offer for young people – 14-19. www.londoncouncils.gov.uk
Discusses NEETs levels and challenges. Apprenticeship take up – low, big challenge.
– Intro
33:10-42:45 –
Malcolm Goodwin, (PPT available)
Vice Principal,
Capel Manor College, Overview of the
College Offer
http://www.capel.ac.uk/
Horticulture and other trades. Discussed students with special or learning needs.
43:00-50:00 – Despina
Johnson,
CEO Enterprise Enfield, Overview, http://enterpriseenfield.org/ –
Support to business start ups.
Works closely with the local administration. They use qualified business advisors
.
50:22-1:00:20 –
John Spindler, CEO
Capital Enterprise http://capitalenterprise.org/ – Very interesting.
Large support structure for businesses and incubators and business financing. Specific difficulty for young entrepreneurs to access finance. Strategies for dealing with ‘
Credit Crunch’ – alternative financing tools: e.g. crowdfunding.
About
150 000 start ups a year in
London, EU capital for business creation – lots of it by EU nationals coming to London.
1:02:00 – Panel – of previous speakers with
Q & A
– 1:05- 1:13 – How many start ups are successful and how well can people live off these new businesses? And issue of soft skills, confidence, resiience for entrepreneurship.
– !:13:00 Spindler, most people leaving unemployment in UK now do it through self-employment. Most business start ups in London are voluntary, not forced by circumstances. Self-employed earn £7000 less a year than employees, on average.
Uber etc. platforms to support self-employment.
1:14:00-1:15:35 Interesting:
Public services adjusting to new (self)employment strategies becoming predominant.
– 1:15:30-1:18:30 – Sitkin – How
Council can help with start up financing via 'maker spaces', 'hacker spaces' etc.
–
Marlene question on specialisations and strategy
1:19:00-1:21:10 – Sitkin – ‘Foundational Sectors’ and historical specialisations – prioritised sectors
1:21:15-1:24:50– Neil Isaac – strategies for attracting companies and building historical base, current skills set of Enfield
1:24:55 –
Women working in sectors of food
1:25:43 – Karoline,
Kielce question – support for business closings and closing rate
!:27:30 – Spindler – lower failure rates with lower risk jobs – e.g. driving a van – problem with giving people a second chance after business failure
1:29:00 – Neil Isaac – Skills needs of business start up
1:31:20 – Ian Goldring question on what to do about entrepreneurial attitudes –?
1:32:00 – Spindler – How US is different – install these attitudes in
Europe, and build skills base.
1:34:00 – Sitkin – relative ease of creating company in UK
1:35:00 – Spindler – comparison with
Spain and licensing requirements (not an issue in UK)
1:36:00 – Anna, closure
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