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Down to Business pitching event - audience favourite announced
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:45
At the end of the Down to Business series the four projects featured were invited to London to pitch their ideas to business experts. You can now find out what questions the audience asked them and which business they picked as their overall favourite.
Lloyds TSB bank supports Global Entrepreneurship Congress
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:28
Banking group Lloyds TSB have pledged �100,000 to become gold sponsor of the Global Entrepreneurship Congress, to be held in Liverpool next spring.
Global Entrepreneurship Week celebrated
Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:51
Around the world business and political leaders marked last week's celebration of entrepreneurship.
Ashoka 'Changemaker' Bill Drayton celebrated
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:04
Bill Drayton, the CEO and visionary founder of social enterprise organisation Ashoka, has accepted three awards from around the world honouring his work - all in the last three weeks.
Global Entrepreneurship Week launches (14-20 November)
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Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:43
Founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the initiative is supported by dozens of world leaders and a growing network of 25,000 partner organisations.
UN Secretary General stresses the important role of NGOs
Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:25
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed non-governmental organisations (NGO) and civil society partnerships as an important force in helping transitional countries build and strengthen their fledgling institutions with the assistance of the United Nations.
New method to calculate the solar power potential of rooftops
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:33
With household solar panels increasingly popular throughout the world, a new technique has been developed to predict the precise efficiency potential of individual rooftops.
European Commission announces plans for EUR90 million social enterprise fund
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:28
The European Commission's Social Enterprise Initiative will help start-up companies to access funding and development opportunities, with plans to earmark funds of up to EUR90 million for the initiative.
Energy efficient lighting company secures US$13 million in growth funding
Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:42
Lighting company EcoSense has closed US$13 million in a financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures.
Hear how the World Challenge projects found the filming experience
Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:37
Every year readers get to hear from the finalist projects about their time being filmed by the team of World Challenge producers.
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