📊| More than 1 in 4 firms took a hit to turnover this year while 30% were forced to shed jobs, according to new survey data from the State of Small Business Britain 2020🇬🇧 report - essential reading for enterprise policymakers #smallbizbritain2020
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💥| NEW: Today we've published the State of Small Business Britain 2020🇬🇧 report. It brings together fresh data & insights on how #SMEs have been affected by the #COVID19 crisis and how they've reacted. @beisgovuk @BritishBBank@UKRI_News@The_IPO
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📰| With the end of the transition period less than a month away, a new report from @LloydsBankNews featuring research by @AstonBusiness' @jundu1mecom shows around 1 in 5 🇬🇧 exporters have diverted trade worth £50bn away from 🇪🇺 since 2016 @LBGCBP
https://t.co/7jBWUYNVTJ
📰| Is now a good time to start a business? In this @FT long-read, our Deputy Director @markhart84 says we could be seeing an uptick in "crisis entrepreneurs" as people who've lost jobs in the pandemic start their own enterprises. @AndyBounds@ChrisTigheFT
https://t.co/scpk0aFeQP
👑| Just...WOW! We are so thrilled to have been awarded University of the Year 2020 by @guardian@GdnUniversities!!
An incredible testament to the hard work of our staff, students and everyone who makes #TeamAston so special 🥳 🎉🥳 #UniversityOfTheYear
https://t.co/XquF3kXcWQ
🎉 We’re so excited to tell you that @gdnuniversities has today announced Aston as University of the Year 2020! We’ve been awarded this honour for our graduate outcomes, our diversity & inclusion activity, and for embedding sustainability: https://t.co/WbrRdI8biH
📰| #Entrepreneurship in 🇬🇧 reached a new high pre-Covid but now faces "jeopardy" due to support gaps.
New findings from the @GEMNOW UK report by @AstonBusiness's @markhart84 feature in this @BLeaderNews article by @Oli_BLeader.
https://t.co/meezCuuHix
📊| Poor #mentalhealth in workplaces has a huge impact on individuals, firms and the wider economy. Our latest Insight Paper for @midsengine @mhpp_mids finds attitudes can influence how managers deal with issues @MindCharity@TimetoChange#infographic
➡️ https://t.co/zCgJHqvWU3
Is it time to move away from the mean? @markhart84 and @Npra31 argue that we do if we are to ensure a more accurate estimate of local #productivity and enable better comparisons of productivity differences between regions. https://t.co/zCgJHqvWU3
📰| With one in six firms reporting that operating costs are exceeding turnover, around 250k businesses could be at risk of insolvency, our Deputy Director @markhart84 tells @jilltreanor in this @ST_Business article:
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📰| “As a leader, it’s been about showing compassion and my own vulnerability."
For @SusannaOneFile, co-founder of @OneFileUK, the pandemic has meant focusing on core values to keep her team's #productivity⚙️ high.
Read her case study here ➡️ https://t.co/EfqD4Ha73X
📺| ICYMI: Take a look at this @bbcmtd piece by @MichelePaduano on the brilliant #innovation that will help NHS doctors perform nasendoscopies more safely, developed by @endoscope_i and @Aston_EAS's @markellous using 3D printing technology. Amazing stuff! #TeamAston🙌
🦈| The image in this @guardian article may look like the final scene in Jaws 3D, but good to see research from @BristolUni & @SwanseaUni shedding new light on the size of #TheMeg! https://t.co/RFZLpcYhoq
📰| Interesting piece in @newscientist by @ClareWilsonMed. Perhaps a combination of T cell and antibody testing represents the way forward in establishing levels of population immunity to #COVID19?
➡️ https://t.co/B8sZbZki1W
📰| As we revive the economy after the shock of #COVID19, we need to address inequalities in business dynamism. Differences in start-up and growth rates are particularly sharp in the #NorthernPowerhouse, as our research covered by @BBCNews found:
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📰| Another fantastic #business#industry collaboration driving #innovation💡! Aston's @ThinkBeyondData team helps Moseley-based firm MCG Digital develop a new #AI marketing app to aid property developers @lushv1 @gezmcguire
➡️https://t.co/OTzuoffPX3