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Is Your Business a Winner? Enterprise Enfield is delighted to announce the launch of its Business Awards 2007 competition sponsored by The RSA Trust. This is the third time that Enterprise Enfield has held the popular competition, which recognises rewards and promotes the excellence of local businesses. The awards are open to all Enfield based businesses (with no more than 50 employees), as well as Enterprise Enfield clients based in Enfield or other areas of London.	01 Aug 2007
North London Ecomonic Snapshot The North London Strategic Alliance has published a snapshot of the subregion’s economy.	27 Apr 2007
Top Level Praise for Stansted Employment Project The London Stansted Employment Partnership (LSEP) has been hailed as a major success in a report published as part of the Budget by Chancellor, Gordon Brown.	27 Mar 2007
New enterprise programme for north London A new LDA Business London start-up and micro business support and skills development programme called North London Pathways to Enterprise has been launched to utilise the untapped entrepreneurial potential.	27 Feb 2007
Newham’s celebrates the successes of its Access to Excellence programme Over the past seven years, the London Borough of Newham has benefited from Access to Excellence (A2E), an £18.75m Single Regeneration Budget funding programme aimed at transforming and revitalising the area by improving social and economic wealth.	24 Jan 2007
North Woolwich library re-opens with state of the art facilities The Mayor of newham officially re-opened the Library to the public on 16th January 2007. The refurbishment was funded by £155,000 from Urban Futures' managed project Access to Excellence and the London Borough of Newham, Early Start, and Royal Docks Trust.	16 Jan 2007
Disabled horticulture students collect their graduation certificates Disabled students celebrated their success at completing NVQ and NPTC-level courses in horticulture during a graduation ceremony at the John Grooms FAITH Plant Centre in Wolves Lane, Haringey.	14 Dec 2006
Urban Futures supports innovating business competition Urban Futures' managed project awards innovating companies.	01 Dec 2006
Newham groups benefit from £690,000 of CAF Funding The Community Access Fund (CAF) small grants scheme was set up as part of the Access to Excellence SRB (Single Regeneration Budget) programme in 2001 and will conclude in March 2007.	15 Nov 2006
A2E Funded Project Tours Newham's Schools The Chain Reaction Theatre Company, based in 3 Mills Studios in Newham, went on a tour of Newham's primary and junior schools.	10 Nov 2006
North London Business Adviser Wins National Award Urban Futures' North London Business Gateway project now has an award winning business adviser on its team.	16 Oct 2006
A2E Funded Cheerleaders Project on BBC TV The Ascension Eagles Cheerleaders (AEC), funded through the A2E SRB (Single Regeneration Budget) programme, are going to be featured on BBC1?s Inside Out.	10 Oct 2006
Urban Futures awarded Customer First quality assurance framework Urban Futures have successfully continued to meet the Putting the Customer First Framework and been awarded full compliance against the Customer First Framework to 2008.	28 Sep 2006
Business Clinic reaches out to north London's small businesses Urban Futures' North London Business Gateway recently held a free business clinic to promote the business support available to those in the Upper Lee Valley.	14 Sep 2006
Cash boost for London LCS announce a further European funding round.	13 Sep 2006
Winning contracts through consortium working Urban Futures' Construction Web programme has been working with local construction companies to explore the benefits of constortium working in the construction industry.	11 Sep 2006
Urban Futures supports film up for Venice award A short film funded through Urban Futures? Access to Excellence programme has been short-listed for a top award at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival.	08 Sep 2006
Meganexus Newsletter August 2006: News highlights from the Employ ULV Meganexus network	14 Aug 2006
"No hard hat, no work" or "no card, no work". Developments in the construction industry have now made the importance of having a CSCS card critical for businesses and their survival.	07 Jul 2006
Future continues to look bright for Newham post A2E The SRB programme has played a part in laying the future foundations upon which a post Olympic and Paralympic games strategy could be built.	05 May 2006
Homeless Charity awarded £800,000 Access to Excellence funding A hostel and life skills centre for the homeless in Canning Town has recently been awarded ?800,000 of A2E funding to help give the building a facelift.	05 Apr 2006
End of SRB Celebration UF celebrates the success of SRB projects, JUNP and West Green.	08 Mar 2006
Celebrating Achievements in Haringey Over the past seven years, residents in Northumberland Park and West Green have reaped the benefits of two government-funded programmes aimed at improving residents quality of life and enhancing their life opportunities.	02 Mar 2006