Empowering small business success: Wales

As part of its ongoing 10th Anniversary celebrations in each of the four nations of the UK, the Small Business Charter hosted an event at the Cardiff School of Management to celebrate the role of SBC business schools in driving economic growth and supporting small business success in Wales. 

The event featured keynote speeches from Welsh Minister for Further and Higher Education, Vikki Howells and Ben Cottam, Head of Wales, Federation of Small Businesses.

Lord Young Talk with entrepreneur and investor Sarah Willingham

We hosted an inspiring evening celebrating small business success with leading entrepreneur and former Dragons’ Den investor Sarah Willingham.

Sarah shared valuable lessons from her journey as an entrepreneur and investor, offering advice for aspiring entrepreneurs on the importance of building a strong network of support, either through mentoring or by meeting other business owners.

Empowering Small Business Success on the island of Ireland

We kicked off the tenth anniversary celebrations in the devolved nations with an event in Belfast during Global Entrepreneurship Week. The event brought together key figures in academia, entrepreneurship, and business groups to discuss the challenges unique to the Irish economies and what support SMEs need to help them accelerate productivity and growth.

Held at the Ulster University Business School's Belfast campus, the event brought together SBC-accredited business schools from Ireland for the first time, including representatives from Queen’s University Belfast, Ulster University, and Dublin City University.

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