For companies wanting to grow their business GEN UK has launched xporter, an accelerator designed to enable you to export successfully. As part of the programme we are running dedicated webinars exploring topics related to growing your business in new markets. Each month our export experts provide insights and guidance to help you prepare to export [...]
We are looking forward to gathering together with our GEN colleagues at the GEC in Melbourne and creating new connections and opportunities. Last year in Riyadh we had a UK delegation of almost 30 ecosystem players, and we would love to invite you to join us this year for GEC 2023. Vibrant, scalable, and high-performing startup [...]
One way for ambitious SMEs to beat the recession and limits on UK market growth is to export. GEN UK and Resolve have partnered to bring a unique and practical approach to scaling your business for growth overseas. The export accelerator, xporter, was announced at the Business Show in London during Global Entrepreneurship Week. xporter, enables leaders [...]
The Restart Ukraine programme is now live and supporting 30 Ukrainian female founders as part of the first cohort. Each is paired with a personal coach and together they identify the specialist mentors and business advisors they need to rebuild their businesses in the UK. In the coming weeks we will be sharing stories from our [...]
Royston Guest, CEO of Pathways Global, has been appointed first GEN UK Director, Channel Islands. An entrepreneur at heart, Royston sold his first business after just 3 years. Since then, he’s built multiple businesses and works with a portfolio of fast growth businesses across diverse sectors. Royston is the CEO of Pathways Global, a fast growth [...]
Gareth Jones, founder of coworking network and small business specialists Town Square Spaces Ltd (TownSq), has been named as new National Director for Wales. Based out of Cardiff, south Wales, Gareth has more than a decade of experience helping other entrepreneurs start and grow enterprises. Through TownSq’s growing network, he has directly worked with over 3,000 startups. [...]
Last week several thousand entrepreneurship support organisations, entrepreneurs, investors, ministers and policymakers convened at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh. Join us for a GEC Special edition of the Business Show with GEN UK Ambassador, Arif Zaman on Bloomsbury Radio. Guests include Jerry Allen, Oli Barrett, Fabio Bianchi, Peter Cowley, Julian Dingli, Moni Jefferson and Steven Rodriguez. [...]
We love mavericks and are delighted to announce that Jerry Allen is joining the GEN UK team as National Director England. Jerry spans the academic and commercial worlds as an entrepreneur and Director for Entrepreneurship at UCL. After 25 years of research and starting 7 businesses, he has experienced the hard way many of the pitfalls [...]
GEN UK invites you to join our UK Delegation attending the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh 27-30 March. Following the pandemic the world's largest dedicated entrepreneurship meeting is back and in-person. Connect with entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, ecosystem leaders, researchers, and more from 200 countries for 4 days of talks, workshops, and networking. Celebrate UK entrepreneurship on [...]
We’re excited to announce the opening of a new Startup Huddle in Winchester to support the growth of the local startup community while crowdsourcing advice and support for its entrepreneurs. Winchester joins a global network of more than 60 Startup Huddle chapters world-wide and will host its first event on January 19, 2022. Startup Huddle Winchester [...]
