by Shania Edwards | Jul 16, 2026 | News
A Morning That Changed How the Room Thought About Growth Scaling a business well is rare. According to the ScaleUp Institute, just 0.8% of UK businesses ever become true scaleups, yet those scaleups generate around £2.19 trillion between them, roughly half of all SME...
by Shania Edwards | Jul 14, 2026 | News
The Hub Was Full. So Was the Conversation. There’s a difference between a room full of people and a room full of people who actually mean what they’re saying. Last month, iSE’s Women’s Enterprise Hub had both. We brought together businesses,...
by Shania Edwards | Jul 14, 2026 | News
A Club Built to Unite a City Birmingham is the youngest city in Europe. It is also one of the most diverse. And for a long time, that diversity hasn’t been reflected on the football pitches that matter, the academies, the semi-professional leagues, the pathways...
by Shania Edwards | Jul 14, 2026 | News
A Plan Built on More Than 1,000 Conversations Growth doesn’t stall because ambition is missing. It stalls when people can’t get hold of the right skills at the right time, and businesses can’t find the talent they need to grow. That’s the gap...
by Shania Edwards | Jul 14, 2026 | News
A Room Full of People Who Get It There is a particular kind of nervousness that comes with the very first steps of starting a business. The idea that keeps you up at night. The question of where to even begin. The quiet worry that you might be the only one who...
