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Business Start-up Provision for
Disadvantaged People

Business Start-up Provision for Disadvantaged People in the SE

1. Aim of the Research Study The principle aim of the research study was to establish the extent and robustness of provision provided to support disadvantaged people across the SEEDA Region who wanted to start their own business and whether it was “fit for purpose”... more

2. Methodology The UK team conducting the research have worked for a number of years within this sector and it was deemed appropriate to commence with a sample survey of existing provision. This was developed from existing knowledge of the market place and extensive networks, which were already established... more

3. Political and Economic Overview 3.1 Governmental structures 3.2 Employment Overview 3.3 Dealing with Exclusion in the UK 3.4 Economically inactive people in the SEEDA Region more

3.1 Governmental structures Unlike the majority of other EU states England has no Regional Governmental structure. Initially, the Government has legislated to create Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) to promote economic development in a similar way to the Scottish Enterprise and the Welsh Development Agency... more

3.2 Employment Overview Current statistics for the UK show that over the last year the working age employment rate has remained static at 74.7%. Of concern however is the fact that the overall trend over a two year period has shown a peak in the April 2005 figures and that the direction is indicative of this level falling... more

3.3 Dealing with Exclusion in the UK The Government has recently announced new initiatives to tackle exclusion. A new task force has been created who will report to the Minister for Social Exclusion Hilary Armstrong. She has she set out the next steps for the Government's drive to tackle deep-seated disadvantage... more

3.4 Economically inactive people in the SEEDA Region Across the SEEDA region a conservative estimate* of the labour force 16+ who are employed, unemployed or economically inactive represents 5,103,000 of which 899,000 (over 17.5% of the labour force) are economically inactive (neither employed or unemployed) 163,000 (over 3% of the labour force) registered unemployed and a further 118,000 (over 2.3% of the labour force) of whom are on Incapacity Benefit... more

4. Findings 4.1 Current Mainstream Provision in SEEDA Region 4.2 Specialised Provision in SEEDA Region more