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| Nick Clegg: “Economic
opportunity is the next frontier for race
equality" |
 The
Deputy Prime Minister, Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP,
today (24th November 2011) delivered the Scarman
Lecture, hosted by the People Can charity,
to an invited audience in Brixton. In his
speech, he gave a frank assessment of the
race debate in Britain since the Brixton riots
in 1981 citing economic opportunity as the
next frontier for race equality. 
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| Cyrus Mistry
appointed Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons |
 Tata
Sons, one of India's leading conglomerates
that also owns Jaguar Landrover, Corus Steel
and Tetley Tea in the UK, at its meeting today
appointed Cyrus P Mistry as Deputy Chairman.
He will work with Ratan N Tata over the next
year and take over from him when Mr Tata retires
in December 2012. Mr Mistry, currently managing
director, Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has been
a director of Tata Sons since August 2006.
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| TSBC panel
debate on tackling social mobility through
enterprise |
 The
Small Business Consultancy (TSBC), a social
enterprise, hosted an independent parliamentary
discussion chaired by Baroness Verma, in celebration
of Global Entrepreneurship Week (14th - 20th
November 2011) . Held at the House of Lords
on Thursday 17th November, the panel debated
focused on the issue of "Tackling Unemployment
& Social Mobility through Business &
Enterprise".
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| Business
Minister Mark Prisk at The National Jump Start
Conference |
 Minister
for Business and Enterprise Mark Prisk announced
a £500,000 investment in the National
Consortium of University Entrepreneurs, allowing
it to develop student-led enterprise societies
in every university and most colleges in England.
The Minister was attending the The National
Jump Start Conference held at London's Southbank
University on Tuesday 15th November 2011.
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| Ruby McGregor
Smith is voted 'Leader of the Year' 2011 |
 Ruby
McGregor-Smith, CEO, MITIE Group, won the
Orange 'Leader of the Year' accolade at this
year's National Business Awards; this is the
only category determined by an expert panel
of judges from across the business community,
as well as by public vote. MITIE Group has
become one of the largest facilities management
providers in the UK.
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| 13-year
old wins TSBC Start-Up Business of the Year
2011 Award |
 Three
young entrepreneurs: Malaik Bryce (13), Georgio
Shirely (17) and Chris Smith (19) were all
named winners of the 'TSBC Start-Up Business
of the Year 2011' Award on Tuesday 1st November
2011. The first of the winning business ideas
was Hydro Heating (an eco-friendly portable
Hydrogen Heater) created by Chris Smith (19)
from Barking & Dagenham. Chris was joint
winner and won a prize worth £2,000.
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| Basildon
hosts CII Indian Business Delegation event
in Essex |
 Bala
Mahendran, CEO of Basildon Council, Essex
hosted a CII Indian Business Delegation event
on Friday 14th October 2011 at the county's
Wat Tyler Country Park. 50 delegates from
Indian manufacturing, engineering and services
industries were given a tour of the Green
Centre (an eco building) at the park followed
by site visits to local businesses.
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| LKQ Corporation
Acquires Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia's Euro Car
Parts |
 American
firm LKQ Corporation today announced that
it had acquired Euro Car Parts, the largest
distributor of automotive aftermarket parts
in the United Kingdom, from founder Sukhpal
Singh Ahluwalia, a refugee who came to Britain
in 1972 following the expulsion of Asians
from Uganda. The purchase price of the business
was £225 million ($347 million).
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| Indian-owned
Jaguar Land Rover invests £355 million
in a new UK facility |
 Following
recent discussions between Indian-owned Jaguar
Land Rover (JLR) and UK Government ministers,
JLR confirmed a £355 million investment
in a new facility to manufacture all-new,
advanced technology, low-emission engines
in the UK which is is expected to create up
to 750 highly-skilled engineering and manufacturing
jobs.
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| Siten Mandalia
wins £10,000 for solar-powered mobile
phone charger idea |
 Shell
Livewire award winner Siten Mandalia has won
£10,000 as part of a team who won the
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Design business
plan competition at Imperial College, London.
Siten's solar-powered mobile phone charger
prototype device can charge several mobile
phones at the same time and can function continuously
on a typical sunny day.
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| Indian revives
the East India Company |
 Indian,
Sanjiv Mehta is helping to revive East India
Company after it was abolished by the British
in 1874. Originally established in 1600, The
East India Company is one of the most recognised
brands, it once employed a third of the British
workforce and was responsible for 50 percent
of global trade. The re-launched East India
Company has a $100m of investment plan.
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| Redhotcurry
Founder joins the Board of Social Enterprise
Company TSBC |
 Redhotcurry.com
Founder Lopa Patel MBE has been appointed
to the Strategic Advisory Board of Community
Interest Company, The Small Business Consultancy
(TSBC), a social enterprise that aims to inspire
young people to success through enterprise.
Founded in 2009 by Amar Lodhia, TSBC has already
trained 400 people and created 15 new businesses
as a result.
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| UCL &
Imperial College London sign MOU agreements
with India |
 Two
of Britain's leading universities, UCL (University
College London) and Imperial College London
have signed memorandum of understanding agreements
that will pave greater way for joint work
on innovation and technology between UK and
India. Lord Stephen Green, Minister for Trade
and Investment also launched a report by CII
and UCL on “Partnerships in Manufacturing:
Roadmap Ahead” during a 2-day conference
in London.
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| Hidden Brain
Drain Task Force launches new findings |
 The
Hidden Brain Drain Task Force of 67 multinationals
hosted the launch of new research entitled
"The Sponsor Effect: Breaking Through
The Last Glass Ceiling" at the House
of Commons in London on Thursday 16th June
2011. Ripa Rashid (pictured left),
Executive Vice President at the Centre for
Work-Life Policy, led a seminar on the issue
earlier in the day.
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| Chicken
King Ranjit Singh Boparan acquires Northern
Foods |
 Chicken
King Ranjit Singh Boparan has acquired a controlling
stake in Northern Foods having aggregated
384, 216, 311 Northern Foods Shares, representing
approximately 90.18% of the shares to which
the Offer relates. The £342 million
acquisition of Northern Foods will increase
Boparan's turnover to more than £2 billion
and transform the enlarged group into one
of the biggest players within the British
convenience foods market.
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| UK BUSINESS
NEWS 2011 |
|
Indian
Government to allow 51% stakes of FDI in
multi-brand retail (11/11)
Nick
Clegg: “Economic opportunity is the
next frontier for race equality"
(11/11)
Cyrus
Mistry appointed Deputy Chairman of Tata
Sons (11/11)
TSBC
panel debate on tackling social mobility
through enterprise (11/11)
Ruby
McGregor Smith is voted 'Leader of the Year'
at The National Business Awards 2011
Business
Minister Mark Prisk at The National Jump
Start Conference (11/11)
Young
Enterprise stars urge Education Secretary
to back business lessons (11/11)
13-year
old wins TSBC Start-Up Business of the Year
2011 Award (11/11)
Basildon
hosts CII Indian Business Delegation event
in Essex (10/11)
LKQ
Corporation Acquires Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia's
Euro Car Parts (10/11)
New
Research: "Are EU SMEs recovering from
the crisis?" (10/11)
Shell
LiveWIRE 'Hot 40' Young Entrepreneur of
the Year shortlist announced (10/11)
UK
Government proposes to scrap audit requirements
for SMEs (10/11)
Supplier
Diversity in the Spotlight (09/11)
'Arduous'
& 'Onerous: SME Perceptions of Public Sector
Procurement (09/11)
Indian-owned
Jaguar Land Rover invests £355 million
in a new UK facility (09/11)
Siten
Mandalia wins £10,000 for solar-powered
mobile phone charger idea (08/11)
Young
Enterprise perfume pen idea wafts up to
The Queen (08/11)
TSBC
urges UK to develop a positive enterprise
culture among the young (08/11)
New
Research: Women 'raise the bar' in family
business (08/11)
£1bn
of new business deals as result of UK-India
economic dialogue (07/11)
Businesses
organisation calls for more competition
in the banking sector (07/11)
Technology
sector is hot target for private equity
firms in 2011 (07/11)
UK
- India Food Conference, 25th - 27th July
2011 (07/11)
Sun
Mark celebrates third Queen's Award for
Enterprise (07/11)
Sony
heads Asia's Top 1000 Brands list for second
year running (07/11)
Indian
revives the East India Company (07/11)
Major
contract for French company in Pakistan
(07/11)
Redhotcurry
Founder joins the Board of Social Enterprise
company TSBC (07/11)
Kingston
Smith launches Midas Touch entrepreneurs'
network (06/11)
CII
hosts a UK-India 'Towards Greater Partnerships'
Reception (06/11)
UCL
& Imperial College London sign MOU agreements
with India (06/11)
Molson
Coors and Cobra India Announce Indian Joint
Venture (06/11)
Hidden
Brain Drain Task Force launches new findings
(06/11)
Administrators
appointed for Shilpa Shetty's Indian Restaurant
Chain (06/11)
Business
services company Serco acquires India's
Intelenet (06/11)
Bangladesh's
growing economy receives record boost from
Japan (05/11)
Mayor
launches Business Bootcamps to train 1,000
new entrepreneurs (05/11)
Restaurants
are next on the list for HMRC tax evasion
clampdown (05/11)
Chicken
King Ranjit Singh Boparan acquires Northern
Foods (05/11)
Baby
clothes retailer JoJo Maman Bébé
sells a stake to Tom Singh (05/11)
Guerlain
signs up to the 'Women on the Board Pledge
for Europe' (05/11)
Key
Drivers for Entrepreneurial Success in UK
(04/11)
37
Oddbins stores sold to Raj Chatha's European
Food Brokers (04/11)
Sun
Mark wins Queen Award for Enterprise for
the third year in a row (04/11)
Luxury
British Motorcar Marquee Aston Martin launches
in India (04/11)
More
than £450m investment for regional
jobs and growth (04/11)
Dell
Women Entrepreneurs Networking Event, 7th
April 2011 (04/11)
Improving
Social Mobility through Enterprise: a perspective
from Amar Lodhia (04/11)
Cobra
Beer Partnership records a first year profit
(03/11)
Government
creates first four new generation enterprise
zone locations (03/11)
StartUp
Britain' campaign launched amid worsening
economic climate (03/11)
Chancellor
encourages Non-Doms to invest in UK businesses
(03/11)
Budget
won't boost small businesses says business
poll (03/11)
Deloitte
identifies disruptive Tech Trends for next
18 months (03/11)
Lebara
launches mobile money transfer service
(03/11)
Sun
Mark Ltd wins Asian Business of the Year
Award 2011 (03/11)
Manifesto
for Economic Growth (03/11)
Government
rolls out visas for start-up entrepreneurs
(03/11)
PwC
targets women for the top (02/11)
Indian
takeovers of UK firms set to increase in
2011 (02/11)
Livity
search for 12 'Young Minds' to attend Google's
Zeitgeist 2011 (02/11)
UK
can build a 'Golden Age' of high-tech creativity,
new report (02/11)
Government
opens up contracts to small business
(02/11)
Big
Society Bank raids dormant accounts for
funds (02/11)
Sahara
India Pariwar acquires the Grosvenor House
hotel in London (01/11)
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