Katherine Jones, Author at PrOPEL Hub

Addressing the Productivity Challenges of Microbusinesses

In this PrOPEL Hub Research Showcase video, the award winning Productivity from Below team share how their project uses academic research to address and boost productivity in microbusinesses. Micro-businesses rarely attract policy attention despite their importance. There are more than 1.1 million microbusinesses, employing 4.1 million people (18.6% of all private sector employees) and contributing […]

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Pushing an Agenda to Democratise Business Knowledge

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In the latest blog in our Voices from the Micro Business blog series, Katherine Jones, our PrOPEL Hub Knowledge Exchange Fellow and Richard Thickpenny from Ashley Community Housing, an award-winning social enterprise providing a range of support for refugees, BAME & migrant individuals, discuss the need to establish networking groups for business support provision for

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The P-Word: 12 Midlands based creatives changing their industry

Boosting innovation

What do 12 entrepreneurs, 1 university, and 1 creative industry company create? It sounds like the start of a riddle, but the answer is… The “P” Word. The “P” Word launched with a bang on Thursday 23rd July 2020 with the dynamic host FUSION. 12 pioneering creatives are poised to start a 9-month leadership programme

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Launch of the P-Word: a leadership development programme for the Creative Industry

Boosting innovation

The “P” Word is a brand-new, nine-month leadership development programme for diverse artists and entrepreneurs. Co-designed with its participants, THE “P” WORD is being led by PUNCH and the CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ETHNIC MINORITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP – “CREME”- at Aston University Business School. As COVID-19 continues to impact the creative industries, innovative models of business

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Key Impacts of Covid-19 on Entrepreneurs

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Following on from our recent PrOPEL Hub podcast “Thriving in uncertainty – the power of entrepreneurial leadership and the need for community,” Katherine Jones reflects on lessons learned on the impacts of Covid-19 on entrepreneurs and considers the important role of the PrOPEL Hub and Crème, based at Aston Business School, in supporting businesses through uncertainty. Uncertain

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