As the UK begins to figure out what the country may look like post-COVID, many are concerned for young people who have felt a significant economic impact caused by the crisis. The latest figures show that 23% of young people…
The Bullring and Birmingham Enterprise Community are pleased to announce that we have entered into a partnership, combining The Bullring’s opportunities for exposure & funding with BEC’s regional community of emerging entrepreneurs and start-ups. Birmingham – 14/05/2020 With entrepreneurship playing…
We are excited to announce that Birmingham Enterprise Community (BEC) has launched a fundraise that will support the growth of exciting early stage ventures looking for support within theMidlands region by providing direct equity investment as part of the FORWARD…
Created in 2007, the National Enterprise Network Awards were set up to recognise excellence in the delivery of enterprise support across the country. The names of the overall category winners will be announced on Friday 22nd November during a dedicated…
Successful start-up Calamus – an e-bike company in India – is making its journey into the UK market, thanks to a place on the Birmingham Enterprise Community (BEC) FORWARD accelerator scheme. Calamus is now in line to receive full support…
Community Commentary is where we provide opportunity for voices from our community to share thoughts, feelings & insight on everything startups, scaleup, enterprise & entrepreneurship from across the Midlands and the world beyond. This edition is written by Elroy D’souza, an MSc…
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, working together is a success.” -Henry Ford We are absolutely delighted to share with you all the news that we have entered into partnership with Alpha Works to help support the next generation of…
In order to deliver the level of support needed for the participants of FORWARD it is necessary for us to bring on board partners that share the same values as BEC and are able to help us to create our package of…
Applications for our first cohort ‘F1’ are now open and will run until 9th August with FORWARD F1 starting in September. You can see more about the programme details here. Moving Forward Soon after forming Birmingham Enterprise Community we knew that…
Is it possible to build a 3-million-pound fashion brand with nothing more than £40 and a sewing machine? Yes! James Buckley-Thorp, a graduate of the University of Kent, founded clothing brand Rupert & Buckley whilst studying toward a degree in Law. Rupert &…