Attitudes to enterprise

At the same time in comparison to previous

surveys, more people disagree that they are
Compared to 2005 there has been a shift in
scared of debt, fewer people are not confident
attitudes towards starting businesses. A
to speak to

a bank manager, and a greater
majority of people in England agree that
number of people claim to have the skills and
starting a business would mean having less
knowledge to be able to start a business. This
time to spend with family, and they would not
would seem to indicate a greater ability to start
want to start a business themselves for fear of
a business, yet less of an appetite to do so at
losing the security of employment. Most
the moment. These findings are entirely
tellingly, significantly fewer people would
consistent with those that indicate that
encourage a friend or relative to start
Thinkers

want to wait longer before starting a
a business.
business than was the case before.


Social enterprises

Familiarity with social enterprises has
increased since 2005, with nearly three in ten
now aware of their existence. Young people
are the least aware of this type of enterprise.



























Although the numbers of people
involved with social enterprises
has not changed since 2005 (2
per cent of all respondents),
there is an increase in the proportion of people
saying they have family, friends and acquaint-
ances who work for social enterprises. This
finding is again consistent with improved
awareness of social enterprises.

The full report is available in electronic format.
www.biz-mag.co.uk/pdf/berr-survey.pdf
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