In this blog that coincides with Scottish Co-production Week – #CoProWeekScot – Professor Colin Lindsay reflects on the importance of co-production for more responsive public services, and considers if there are lessons for PrOPEL Hub partners and employers interested in driving productivity and innovation in public, private and third sector workplaces. It’s Scottish Co-production Week […]
In this video, PrOPEL Hub Partners Punch Records and CREME, present BLACK NEW STREET. The documentary explores the past, present and future of Birmingham’s black entrepreneurs. The documentary features interviews with well-known figures in Birmingham’s black business community and The P Word cohort. It also considers how the future could look for the city’s black
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The second part of our “Thriving in Uncertainty” podcast series explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on entrepreneurs and their enterprises as they move from crisis phase into longer term management for sustainability. Professors Monder Ram and Eleanor Shaw are joined by two entrepreneurs from the creative and housing sector, with very different experiences
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Professor Colin Lindsay of the University of Strathclyde blogs on recent research by Strathclyde Business School and the University of Portsmouth on drivers of under-employment, and what we can do to build back towards workplaces where people have access to the hours and shifts that they need. There has been much discussion of the need,
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Explore the world of entrepreneurship with the PrOPEL Hub as we release new content to mark Global Entrepreneurship Week. THRIVING IN UNCERTAINTY PODCAST – PART 2 Release Date – 18 November It’s been 9 months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation and countries across the world went into lockdown. The
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In this video, PrOPEL Hub’s Alan Felstead joins an expert panel to discuss the impact of remote working on productivity and steps organisations can take to keep staff motivated and engaged from a distance. The panel consists of Hayfa Mohdzaini Senior Research Adviser on Data, Tech and AI at the CIPD; Tim Ringo, Author and
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Professor Graeme Roy, PrOPEL Hub Director, explores the long term impact of homeworking on productivity and considers the implications for job quality. The shift to homeworking One of the features of the COVID crisis has been the shift to homeworking for millions of workers across the UK. In a recent article, PrOPEL investigator Professor Alan
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Exploring the impact of the sudden shift towards homeworking and what may lie ahead.
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April 2020 was a frantic month for Citizens UK Birmingham (CUK B’ham) members involved in the Business Leaders’ Project (BLP), a pioneering cross-sector partnership that aims to support migrant business owners. On April 26, Tsitsi Mudokwani of Sisters Care spoke movingly to Sky News about the risks to her care staff on home visits without
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Covid-19 is revealing a number of deep-seated inequalities. Whilst the differential health outcomes for ethnic minorities make headlines, less well reported is the devastating impact on small businesses that provide an economic lifeline for minority communities: retail, catering and (for younger groups) the creative sector. Our ESRC research focuses on productivity in smaller firms (microbusinesses
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