The Faculty of Business, Environment and Society at Coventry University has been working with and supporting Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the UK. Recently the value of such work was recognised at the highest level when Coventry Business School received the prestigious Small Business Charter Award:
Coventry University’s business school has been awarded a prestigious accolade at 10 Downing Street today in recognition of the role it has played in helping to kick-start British enterprise.
The school has won a Small Business Charter award for its part in a country-wide initiative – the Small Business Charter Award Scheme – which has helped 4,700 students to find work placements in the UK’s exciting micro-business and start-up sector.
Small Business Charter business schools have directly helped over 8,000 small businesses – engaging with them through workshops, mentoring and other business support. Over 800 new businesses have already been started as a result of Small Business Charter schools.
Today’s award brings significant benefits – it means that Coventry Business School will have the ability to play an active role in schemes such as Growth Vouchers, Growth Accelerators and Start-Up Loans provided by the government, enabling it to invest directly in new start-ups and entrepreneurs.
The work of CETEB with SMEs in the jewellery industry was a part of the Business School’s submission for this award. Led by Prof Marylyn Carrigan, this CETEB project on Responsible Jewellery SMEs continues to provide high quality, high impact academic research to SMEs in the jewellery sector, which in turn is enabling such SMEs to develop corporate social responsibility practices that resonate with UK consumers.
You can learn more about the Small Business Charter here.
Jewellery SMEs 