World Entrepreneur Society 2010
Instead of a major summit in 2010, we organised a number of smaller events throughout the year which profiled leading edge research and thinking in the area of entrepreneurship, economic development and sustainability.
The first of these was held on the 11th March 2010 at Goodenough College, London. This half day event celebrated the launch of Delta Economic's new report, "Hidden Social Enterprises."
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Delta Economics and IFF Research
Delta Economics and IFF Research are proud to announce the launch of their first report looking at the social enterprise sector in the UK. The research isolates companies within a sample of 2,120 for-profit, growth-oriented entrepreneurs who conform to a broad and a narrow definition of social enterprise. They are the "Hidden Social Enterprises" in the UK who create economic, social and environmental value simultaneously. The report compares them with "mainstream" enterprises in terms of their economic and social/environmental performance, their motivations and the challenges they face.
Speakers at the launch included Rebecca Harding (Managing Director, Delta Economics), Steve Lomax (Director, IFF Research), Vicky Pryce (Joint Head of UK Government Economic Services and Chief Economic Adviser, BIS), Renate Hornung-Draus (Managing Director, Confederation of German Employers'), John Elkington (Founder, Volans), Andrea Coleman, Founder, Riders for Health, Duncan Grossart (Founder and former CEO of Image Source), Jonathan Jenkins (Director of Ventures, UnLtd), Richard Litchfield (Managing Director, Eastside Consulting) Ceri Jones (Head of Policy, Social Enterprise Coalition) and Allison Ogden-Newton (Social Enterprise London)
WES around the world
In May 2008 we helped Sacoma, a UK registered charity helping entrepreneurs in Kenya to set up and grow their businesses, to organise a Summit in Nairobi. Some 300 people with a shared interest in sustainable development through entrepreneurship in Africa attended the event in Nairobi.
Our event model is readily transferrable into different international contexts because of its focus on the entrepreneurs who really want to innovate and make a difference. If you would like to talk to us about an event outside of the UK in partnership with us, please click here.
Entrepreneurship and growth in East Africa