NEW research out today from Jun Du exploring the link between business confidence and exporting and the impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA). Great to work with BCC on this research #Brexit #smes #economy enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/b…

🧠Out today - our latest report on workplace #mentalhealth, reporting on data collected from 1,904 firms in the #Midlands in 2022 and comparing with earlier surveys in 2021 and 2020 @maria_wishart @mhpp_mids @midsengine Mind Acas Economic and Social Research Council enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/w…

How do formal IP protection mechanisms contribute to innovation? New research paper by Joanne Turner and stephen roper out today Intellectual Property Office UK Economic and Social Research Council Enterprise Analysis Innovate UK Innovation Caucus #innovation #SMEs #intellectualproperty enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/our-work/publi…

This new paper by @carolStanfield2 Joanne Turner + stephen roper explores how access to intellectual property support influences the awareness and confidence of small firms with their IPP strategies enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/a… Intellectual Property Office UK Economic and Social Research Council UK Research and Innovation Innovate UK Innovation Caucus #IP

How did Brexit affect UK trade? Full journal paper in Contemporary Social Science by Jun Du, Emine Beyza Satoglu and @shepotylo is now available. Read it here ⬇️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Brexit #exports #economy

NEW - How are #innovation activities distributed in the UK? This paper by Joanne Turner and stephen roper looks at patterns of IP protection uncovering geographical concentrations of intellectual property (IP) protection activity enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/t… Innovate UK Intellectual Property Office UK Economic and Social Research Council

New journal paper available online by stephen roper, @EnricoVanino and Bettina Becker: Assessing innovation spillovers from publicly funded R&D and innovation support: Evidence from the UK, see: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Economic and Social Research Council Innovate UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Support for firms on R&D and innovation comes via range of policy schemes such as grants and tax incentives. This paper by stephen roper, Rita Nana-Cheraa and Kevin Mole explores the impact of this 'policy mix' on innovation outcomes - enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/e… Innovate UK UK Research and Innovation

📢 Workplace mental health is everyone's business! Join us for this FREE online event next Monday to coincide with National Productivity Week. Hear our latest research findings as well insights from experts delivering interventions. Sign up here - eventbrite.co.uk/e/erc-workplac… Economic and Social Research Council

💡 New paper from @maria_wishart analyses interview data from 5 firms to explore the ways in which workplace mental health issues can impact on team performance. Read it here - enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/c… The Productivity Institute Economic and Social Research Council @cmi CIPD

📢💡📊Today we launch our latest State of Small Business Britain report. You really won’t want to miss this one as it is a 10-year anniversary special issue! Please share widely... bit.ly/3UhAGZd Economic and Social Research Council Innovate UK jan bentley Intellectual Property Office UK British Business Bank The Productivity Institute

You really won't want to miss this! We've pulled together the ERC's research insights from the past decade into one (large!) report. Essential reading for all in enterprise policy and research...📖

R&D plays a key role in innovation. This new report by stephen roper for Economic Intelligence Wales explores high R&D intensity firms in Wales, their contribution to employment and turnover, based on a survey, data analysis and interviews Innovate UK Innovation & Research Caucus

The programme for the State of Small Business Britain Conference 2024 has been released. Only a few in person places remaining. Register now at enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/events/erc-sta…

ERC Insight paper : Twin Green and Digital Transitions: Joint adoption of net zero and digital practices by UK SMEs. bit.ly/4bfHfky

What do we know about firms' vulnerabilities to cyber security breach and attack, and the cyber security challenges faced by smaller firms? New Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) SOTA review out today.

🆕💡This report, by stephen roper, Karen Bonner, Gillian Martin and Kevin Mulligan maps R&D and innovation support in Northern Ireland, benchmarking support and identifying policy opportunities👇 enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/r… WBS Ulster University Queen's University Belfast 🎓

Published today the first in a series of research papers using the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) secondary analysis data. Department for Business and Trade University of Wolverhampton Business School University of Wolverhampton enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/i…

Second paper in our Longitudinal small Business survey (LSBS ) series is released today looking at understanding AI adoption for rural enterprises. Read the full paper and policy briefing here. enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/u… Robert Bowen Wyn Morris

The third research paper in our series using the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) secondary analysis data published today. Read the full paper here enterpriseresearch.ac.uk/publications/t… Stir Man School Stirling Research Samuel Mwaura University of Edinburgh Business School