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Supporting entrepreneurs is a top priority for us and supporting entrepreneurs is repeatedly featured in our annual business plan as a key driver of economic growth. Over the last three years, we have provided support to over 2,000 young businesses under five years old, accounting for 30% of all support provided during this period. This represents around £57 million, or 22%, of the total support provided by Invest NI, equating to a total investment of £280 million in the economy and creating around 2,000 jobs. We estimate that these young businesses account for 18% of both the total economic investment…

Written by Annabelle Liangbusiness reporterNovember 14, 2023image source, Getty Imagesimage caption, Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled to meet with US Joe Biden on WednesdayOfficial data shows foreign companies are withdrawing money from China faster than they are putting it in. The country's economic slowdown, low interest rates and geopolitical conflict with the United States have raised questions about the country's economic potential. But it appears that companies are already erring on the side of caution.”Anxiety around geopolitical risks, domestic policy uncertainty and slowing growth are prompting companies to consider alternative markets,” said Nick Marlo of the Economist Intelligence Unit…

The opportunities and challenges faced by entrepreneurs and business owners are changing rapidly, as they are in other parts of the world. Whether you want to start a new company or join an existing one, the ease of doing business, market potential, tax system, innovation ecosystem, talent pool, and quality of life in different countries.Based on the latest statistics and trends from numerous sources, we have listed below some of the best countries to start or join a business in 2024. However, decisions can also be influenced by many other factors, such as personal preferences, business objectives, target markets, industry…

Both consumer and small business sentiment indexes remain very pessimistic by historical standards. In this article, we take a closer look at possible explanations. Our analysis suggests that after the Covid-19 recession in the United States, the responses of consumers and small business owners to sentiment-related surveys have become less sensitive to labor market conditions. More than three years into the recovery from the pandemic recession in the U.S.,1 traditional measures of both consumer and small business sentiment have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, since April 2020, some measures, such as the University of Michigan’s Index of…

MADRID, 26 OCTOBER 2023: Forestica, the global network partner of WBCSD in Spain, organized the 2nd DEI Business Forum – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, in which “Business Reporting and Social A new European framework for social is being published. ESRS” was announced. The forum was organized together with more than 60 companies within the framework of the Social Impact Cluster, led by Forética and led by Grupo Cooperativo Cajamar, ILUNION, Mahou San Miguel, ManpowerGroup and Naturgy. Data from WBCSD's Business Council on Tackling Inequality (BCTI) shows that 83% of the world's 4,500 largest companies have accelerated their social impact efforts…

Lucihub, a Las Vegas-based artificial intelligence-powered video production platform and mobile app, was founded with one goal in mind: It's about delivering high-quality, professionally edited video within hours to consumers who typically pay tens of thousands of dollars. In the case of video production, where production often takes so long that the content becomes meaningless. The 18-month-old company now has just over 20 employees worldwide and was recently accepted into nonprofit business incubator StartUpNV's accelerator program, giving Lucihub a wealth of resources to advance its products. and access to funds. “We are just getting started,” says Lucihub CEO Amer Tadayon.…

The global cannabis market is growing like a weed. According to Grand View Market Research, the value of the global legal cannabis market is expected to reach $91.5 billion by 2028, increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 26.3%. With this impressive growth expected, it's no wonder so many investors are interested in owning cannabis stocks. What is the best approach to investing in marijuana stocks? Follow these seven important steps to become a successful cannabis investor. Image source: Motley Fool Here's everything you need to know about each of these seven steps. 1. Understand the different types of…

[–> Learn essential business skills and turn your vision into a reality. Benefit from group learning and networking opportunities linking you into the business and industry networks of the Sunshine Coast. Program includes: 10 business skills coaching circles (2hrs each, one session per fortnight) Building community and finding your business voice. Unlocking your “why” and defining your values. The business vision. Business quest. Unpack your customers. Product and service proposition. Customer experience strategy. Sales and marketing stories and strategies. Building financial projections and plans. Navigating risk and create accountability. Access to an online coaching portal for assistance between sessions. Option…

Created by Niccolo Battistini and Pedro NevesPublished as part of the ECB Economic Bulletin, issue 7/2023.Expectations for business activity have worsened since mid-2022, with the decline occurring faster than the slowdown in economic growth in the euro area. According to the European Commission's Economic Survey, short-term expectations for business activity have declined year-on-year since the third quarter of 2022. This deterioration foreshadows a subsequent slowdown in euro area economic activity, but the pace of slowdown varies across sectors. This box analyzes a new bottom-up composite index of business activity expectations across sectors. We also use disaggregated data on output expectations…

Sectoral analysis Services activities accounted for the largest share of the enterprise population within the EU’s non-financial business economy when analysed at NACE Rev. 2 section level for 2021: almost one-fifth (18.9 %) of the 31.0 million enterprises in the EU’s business economy were classified to distributive trades (motor trade, wholesale trade and retail trade), while close to one in six (15.5 %) were in professional, scientific and technical activities — see Figure 1. Many business services have benefitted from outsourcing, which may explain, in part, the structural shift towards services. Human health and social work activities is ranked third among the services activities,…